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A Century of Black Cinema (1997)
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A 90-minute special celebrating the finest Afro-American entertainers ever to grace the silver screen featuring performances from PORGY AND BESS, LILIES OF THE FIELD, GONE WITH THE WIND, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, WAITING TO EXHALE and many more.
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Something Within Me (1999)
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WINNER! Sundance Film Festival: Audience Awards, Filmmakers Trophy, Special Jury Prize. St. Augustine's school is located in the poorest section of the South Bronx. The teachers & principal decided to commit to an arts curriculum, one where the arts
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U-Carmen (U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha) (2005)
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Brilliantly acted and sung by the internationally acclaimed South African theater company Dimpho Di Kopane (DDK), U-Carmen is a stunning adaptation of perhaps the world's best-loved opera, Carmen. Re-imagined in the modern world of South African pool hall
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The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
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Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century, plays himself in his own biography. Traces his life and career from childhood to the Negro leagues to the major leagues.
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The Joe Louis Story (1953)
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The life story of Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion. Mr. Louis held the title for 12 years, which is longer than any other boxer in history. The film includes some great fight footage of Joe with other legendary boxers, such as Primo Carnera, Max
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Ninth Street (1999)
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For over 40 years Junction City, Kansas was known as Sin City. Ninth Street with its notorious stretch of black-owned jazz clubs, bars, and businesses, was known as The Harlem of Kansas. Catering to the GI's of nearby Fort Riley, Ninth Street was home to
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Black Action: Disc 1 (1987)
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Check out this fine collection of films featuring the baddest cats and sexiest ladies ever to take on the mean streets of the city, you dig! Disc 1 contains three "Black Cobra" movies!
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Jive Turkey & Black Hooker (1974)
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Blaxploitation Double Feature! In "Jive Turkey" it's a turf battle over the mean streets of Harlem! In "Black Hooker" a boy moves in with his African American grandparents and learns what his mother does for a living and why she didn't want him around...
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Get Christie Love! & A Real American Hero (1975)
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Crime Double Feature - Teresa Graves is Christie Love, the first African-American woman hired by the Los Angeles Police Department. She proves her value to the department by working as an undercover operative. Her breakthrough case involves her
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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1969)
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The inside story on the life and career of one of the world's most enduring and endearing heroes, from his early life in Louisville, Kentucky to his triumphant return to the international stage at the 1996 olympics in Atlanta.
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