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Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) + 3 booklets + 12 pictures ; in white binder 30 x 27 x7 cm
Language
English
Description
Designed as a multi-media, multi-sensory kit for program leaders who work with groups of older adults to encourage them to share their memories of African American life styles.
2) Get out
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.
3) Till
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart of the African American experience. Beginning with enslavement, traveling through Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights movement, and ending in the present-day, Gates takes viewers on a journey through time, focusing on the key events, charismatic figures, political debates, and musical traditions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the Black Church. The series also...
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Music spanning over four hundred years, three languages and seven different musical styles including: opera, broadway, jazz, soul, spiritual and gospel. Includes 4 bonus tracks not part of the PBS broadcast, exclusive interview footage, and photos.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
7) Queen & Slim
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman, are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two African American twenty-somethings have a one-night stand. And a night they barely remember becomes a day they will never forget. A tale of sex, race, bicycles and modern urban life. Deals with the challenge of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.
9) Roots
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 389 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 2011, construction workers were shocked to uncover the remains of a woman in an abandoned lot in Queens, New York. Follow forensic archaeologist Scott Warnasch and a team of historians and scientists as they investigate this woman' story, revealing a vivid picture of what life was like for free African American people in the North.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her six-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in a rapidly changing New York City.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (590 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Matt Ruff's novel, this series follows Korean war vet Atticus Freeman, his friend Letitia and his Uncle George on a journey across 1950's Jim Crow America where they face racist terrors and the terrifying monsters of an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.
13) The photograph
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother's early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block.
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
12 videodiscs (approximately 66 hr., 5 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages ; 13 cm).
Language
English
Description
Dance! Sing! Jump for joy with this marvelous collection featuring 50 of the most delightful movie musicals from Hollywood's golden era. This magical set offers hours of harmonious entertainment from the biggest stars of the stage and screen. --Container.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the 'Fighting 99th' - the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. It is 1943 and the U.S. is suffering huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when black flyers were not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, the "Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives and to prove to America that courage...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The powerful documentary examines the life of Muhammad Ali beyond the boxing ring to offer a personal perspective on the American sporting legend. Investigating Ali's spiritual transformation includes his conversion to Islam, resistance to the Vietnam War draft, and humanitarian work. The documentary connects Ali's transcendent life story to America' struggles with race, religion, and war in the twentieth century.
"When Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad...
18) Rough crossings
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence.
19) 12 years a slave
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 134 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbener, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad...
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume LVI
Pub. Date
©2006, ©2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of Pat Conroy's year of teaching at Yamacraw School on an island off the coast of South Carolina.
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