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Bestsellers > VHS > African American Cinema
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Nightfighters: The True Story of the 332nd Fighter Group: The Tuskegee Airmen»rank: 19008starring: Nightfighters
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Lady Day - The Many Faces of Billie Holiday»rank: 22199starring: Billie Holiday
: :Given the often inextricable relationship between art and suffering, it's no coincidence that Billie Holiday, popularly acclaimed as jazz's greatest (if not technically best) female singer, was also one of its most tragic figures. While both triumph and tragedy are covered in this hourlong documentary, we are mercifully spared excessive details about the more sordid aspects of Holiday's life (her drug and alcohol addictions, her disastrous relationships with abusive men) in favor of careful consideration of her music. Testimonials are offered by those ... |
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Higher Learning»rank: 17140starring: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Jennifer Connelly, Ice Cube
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Jesse Owens The Black Americans of Achievement Video Collection II (Schlessinger Productions)»rank: 21536: :This ambitious 1995 film by John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood) doesn't quite succeed at painting the illuminating, collective portrait of college life in the '90s that the director seeks. But Singleton does do a fine job of defining some conflicting impulses for young people on the cusp of adulthood, particularly the desire to broaden horizons on the one hand and circle the wagons with like-minded allies on the other. Students in the film's Columbus University divide themselves along lines of race, sexual ... |
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True Story of Glory Continues»rank: 12879starring: Morgan Freeman, Raymond St. Jacques
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Civil War: War Is Hell»rank: 21961starring: David McCullough
: :Whether or not you've seen the 0scar-award-winning feature film Glory, you're sure to find inspiration and heartbreak in the story of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The True Story of Glory Continues, narrated by Morgan Freeman, looks at the patriots of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, formed at the behest of Frederick Douglass. Their story of gallantry and heroism is told with period photos, letters, reenactments, and footage from Glory. Fighting in South Carolina, risking unknown misery at the hands of Southern ... |
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When We Were Kings»rank: 19347starring: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown, B.B. King
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The Story of Jazz»rank: 22954starring: Various Artists
: :Produced as the title segment to a six-part series, this 90-minute documentary traces the evolution of jazz from its 19th-century origins in New 0rleans's Congo Square, where slaves first introduced American listeners to the complex rhythms and earthy textures of African music. How that cultural diaspora combined with European and American folk, classical, and popular styles to become jazz, 'America's classical music,' is an oft-told tale, but it's handsomely served here by an intelligent script shaped by veteran jazz journalist Chris Albertson, and ... |
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Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk (Volume 4)»rank: 20580starring: Julian Bond, James Bevel, Myrlie Evers, James Farmer, James Forman
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Michael Jordan's Playground»rank: 21441starring: Michael Jordan, Tyrin Turner, Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin
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