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Series
Publisher
Milestone Film & Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (332 min.) : sd., b&w and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (ill. ; 17 cm.)
Description
Killer of sheep: An African-American slaughterhouse worker searches for tiny moments of beauty in his predominantly bleak life.
My brother's wedding: A young African-American man navigates his conflicting obligations while trying to figure out what he really wants in life.
2) Get out
Formats
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) Waves
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times....
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no motherf****** game. This film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
5) Gook
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two Korean-American brothers discover an unlikely friendship with an African-American girl in the midst of the 1992 Los Angeles race riots.
Publisher
[PBS?]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In this groundbreaking documentary from the Independent Film channel, filmmaker Isaac Julien takes us back to the early 70s and the explosion of blaxploitation films, today one of American cinema's most beloved cult genres. The original guilty pleasure, these fun and energetic films had all the action, comedy, sex and groovy music you could want in two hours worth of entertainment."--Container.
Publisher
Milestone Film & Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Charlie Banks is looking for work ... searching for it every day. But there are no jobs and unemployment is taking a toll on him and his family. His wife, Andais is worn out working and taking of their young children. So Charlie takes day jobs whenever he can, cutting weeds and painting houses. At night, he falls asleep in the bathtub."
11) Monsters and men
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The aftermath of a black man being killed by a police officer. The story is told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act. A high school baseball phenomenon and an African-American police officer were inspired to take a stand.
12) Queen & Slim
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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...
13) Friday
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ice Cube as Craig gets mixed up with his crazy friend Smokey who must pay back Deebo or he'll never see Saturday, unfortunately nobody has the money to help him.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, c1988
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An African prince who must find a bride ... and the mission leads him and his loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pamered prince relishes the chance to test his mettle in the urban wilderness.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1107
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
Newt Winger, a fourteen-year-old African American boy, learns about love, racial injustice, and the value of truthfulness when he makes a difficult decision after witnessing a murder in 1920s Kansas.
16) Breaking
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
When Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley is denied support from Veterans Affairs, financially desperate and running out of options, he takes a bank and several of its employees hostage setting the stage for a tense confrontation with the police. Based on a true story.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (307 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene to better their lives and the lives of their families. Earn Marks is a young manager trying to get his cousin's career off the ground. Alfred is a new hot rapper trying to understand the line between real life and street life. Darius is Alfred's right-hand man and visionary. Van is Earns best friend and the mother of Earn's daughter.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this documentary traces the untold history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre. Adapting Robin Means Coleman's seminal book, this will present the living and the dead, using new and archival interviews from scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre's past trends, to those...
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color with black and sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Roots music icon Chris Strachwitz is a detective of deep American music - music that's the antithesis of the corporate "mouse music" dominating pop culture. Since 1960, he has been the guiding force behind legendary Arhoolie Records, bringing Cajun music out of Louisiana, Tex-Mex out of Texas, blues out of the country - and into the living rooms of Middle America. American music has never been the same. -- IMDb.
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