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1) The help
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1960s Mississippi, Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world"--Container.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A divorced L.A. lawyer, Peter, thinks he has met the girl of his dreams online, until she shows up at his door and is a sassy, African American ex-con. She moves in and really begins to shake up his boring suburban lifestyle.
4) Soul food
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
Formats
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
6) Respect
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
Offers a look into the life of Aretha Franklin: from her childhood traumatized by the loss of her mother through her difficult rise to international fame in the sixties, when she was also struggling with an abusive marriage and alcohol problems.
8) Bulworth
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Believing his career is over, Senator Jay Bulworth takes out an enormous insurance policy and a contract on his own life. His impending death fills him with an outrageous desire to break the rules and tell it like it is.
9) Harriet
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
10) Tina
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"With a wealth of never-before-seen footage, audio tapes, personal photos, and new interviews, including with the singer herself, TINA presents an unvarnished and dynamic account of the life and career of music icon Tina Turner. Everything changed when Tina began telling her story, a story of trauma and survival, that gave way to a rebirth as the record-breaking queen of rock 'n' roll. But behind closed doors, the singer struggled with the survivor...
11) Claudine
Series
Criterion collection volume 1052
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
Claudine, a struggling mother working to raise enough for her six children by working as a maid in a wealthy home, meets Roop, a charming man who holds back his affections because of his own struggles.
Publisher
Manufactured and distributed by Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miss Jane Pittman is celebrating her 110th birthday. As the civil rights movement heats up, Miss Jane, a former slave, recounts her memories of the black experience from picking potatoes on a southern plantation to fetching water for soldiers in the Civil War to her views on the current and turbulent equal rights movement.
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a team of forensic archaeologists and historians, who examine the remains of an African-American woman of the first half of the nineteenth century that were uncovered in an expensive iron coffin in Queens, New York, and reveal what the life was like at the time for free African Americans in the North.
15) Something new
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
If love is an adventure, Kenya McQueen has yet to be embarked upon it. A beautiful L.A. career woman, Kenya works as a senior manager at a prestigious accounting firm, and is on the verge of making partner. But she has yet to find her own partner and a fulfilling personal life. After another Valentine's Day spent working late, Kenya agrees to a blind date with Brian, a sexy and free-spirited landscape architect who is not exactly what she'd pictured...
16) Bessie
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into 'The Empress of the Blues', who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Born into poverty and a broken family, Maya Angelou's gift for poetry and storytelling propelled her to international renown as a leader in African-American culture and literature. Ultimately, her personal story and written words inspired and delighted millions from all races around the world. Witness a close-up portrait of a legendary figure in this first feature documentary about her life.
18) Good hair
Publisher
Roadside Attractions
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining "good hair" can impact African American's activities, relationships, wallets, and a self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny conversations with haircare professionals, beautyshop and barbershop patrons, as well as featuring interviews with Dr. Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Ice-T, Raven Symone, and more.
19) Set it off
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four poor black women try to get some payback from the social system which has abused them by a staging a series of bank robberies.
20) Antebellum
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
Successful author Veronica Henley is finishing a book tour before she returns home to her husband and daughter. But a shocking turn of events is about to upend Veronica's existence, plunging her into a horrifying reality that forces her to confront her past, present, and future-before it's too late.
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