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1) Cane River
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Written, produced, and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian, Horace B. Jenkins, and crafted by an entirely African American cast and crew, CANE RIVER is a racially-charged love story in Natchitoches Parish, a “free community of color” in Louisiana. A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity—the light-skinned, property-owning Creoles and the...
Author
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
©2008.
Physical Desc
36 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Ohio State Murders portrays Suzanne Alexander, a fictional African American writer whose life both is, and is not, like her author's. When Suzanne enters Ohio State University in 1949, little does she know what the supposed safe haven of academia holds in store. Years later, Suzanne is invited to return to the University to talk about the violence in her writing. A dark mystery unravels. The play is an intriguing, unusual and chilling look at the...
6) Aferim!
Publisher
Big World Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Romanian
Description
Set in early nineteenth century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Derek Vinyard, the charismatic leader of a group of young white supremacists, lands in prison for a brutal, hate-driven murder. Upon his release, ashamed of his past and pledging to reform, Derek realizes he must save his younger brother, Danny, from a similar fate. A groundbreaking controversial drama about the tragic consequences of racism in a family.
8) Tyrel
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tyler joins his friend on a trip to the Catskills for a weekend birthday party with several people he doesn't know. As soon as they get there, it's clear that he's the only black guy, and it's going to be a weekend of heavy drinking. Although Tyler is welcomed, he can't help but feel uneasy in 'Whitesville.' The combination of all the testosterone and alcohol starts to get out of hand, and Tyler's precarious situation starts to feel like a nightmare....
Publisher
Kreative Digital Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1998
Edition
Full screen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"High school teacher and Clear River Mayor Peter Suvak is a popular instructor and pillar of the community. But his integrity comes under fire when Kate McKinnon, the mother of one of his students, discovers he is teaching blatant racism. Determined to challenge his teachings, McKinnon undertakes a campaign to have him removed from the school. But Suvak's power as a member of the government is overwhelming and he is not giving up without a fight....
10) Small island
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.
11) The hate U give
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
12) A way of life
Series
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Leigh-Anne is a single teenage mother, Gavin is desperately chasing love, Robbie is determined to leave his community, and Stephen is yearning to find an identity. One day, paranoia, boredom, and rage explode in a lethal combination.
13) Doubting Thomas
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a black baby is inexplicably born to white parents, a family's life is torn apart as secrets are revealed, their love is tested, and the legacy of racism in America hits home.
14) Monster's ball
Publisher
distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Edition
Widescreen version (19x9 ; 2.35:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond.
Publisher
Distributed by Monterey Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An eye-opening account of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in the modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, comes the story of three unlikely friends isolated in a small rural town discovering what they can of life and love and racial tensions, in a world by a dark mystery from his past.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas from an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures...
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (384 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season three finds the Butlers and Johnsons continuing to find common ground. Two years after Dave and Gemma moved in next door to Calvin and his wife Tina, the families come together for pivotal moments in their lives, whether standing against injustice in their community or supporting Dave's enthusiastic run for city council. But when Calvin and Dave decide to take their first road trip together, will their growing friendship survive, or hit an...
19) Misbehaviour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The sensational true story of the Women's Liberation Movement's disruption of the 1970 Miss World pageant, an event watched by more than 100 million viewers, and which made headlines around the world. Not only that, when order was restored, the first woman of color was crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.
20) The searchers
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color, double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, an Indian-hater who believes more in bullets than words. He's out to find his young niece, who's been taken captive by the renegade Comanches who massacred her family.
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