African American Cinema on DVD
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The Original Kings of Comedy/ Queens of Comedy Gift Set
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 Publisher: Paramount Starring: Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Bernie Mac Directed By: Spike Lee Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The Original Kings of Comedy achieves the seemingly impossible task of capturing the rollicking and sly comedy routines of stand-up and sitcom vets Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac and the magic of experiencing a live concert show. Director Spike Lee and his crew plant a multitude of cameras in a packed stadium and onstage (as well as backstage, as they follow the comedians) to catch the vivid immediacy of the show, which is as much about the audience as it is about the jokes. And the jokes are funny. |
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Waiting to Exhale
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Publisher: 20th Century Fox Starring: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines Directed By: Forest Whitaker Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett star in this funny and touching film about four women who find strength through their rare and special relationship. Savannah, Bernadine, Robin and Gloria are all searching for the Real Thing: true love. Bernadine thought she had it, until her husband left her for another woman. Savannah and Robin are successful in business but their love lives are bankrupt. |
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Do the Right Thing
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Publisher: Universal Studios Starring: Danny Aiello, Rick Aiello, Paul Benjamin, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Spike Lee's incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colorful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward. Do the Right Thing is a joyful, tumultuous masterpiece--maybe the best film ever made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the whole spectrum of life in this neighborhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does the "right thing." Featuring Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza parlor owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal's sons; Lee's sister Joie as Mookie's sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie's girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie's hot-headed friend Buggin' Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L. Jackson as deejay Mister Señor Love Daddy. |
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Wattstax (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
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Publisher: Warner Home Video Starring: Ossie Davis, Richard Pryor, Fred Berry, James Alexander (VI), Billy Eckstine Directed By: Mel Stuart Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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On August 20 1972 more than 100000 people attended what came to be known as "The Black Woodstock." Wattstax - The Special Edition is the 30th anniversary release of the film that documented that historic event and includes the once-lost original ending featuring Isaac Hayes' performances of "Theme From Shaft" and "Soulsville."Running Time: 103 min. Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 085393499723 Manufacturer No: 34997. |
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4 Little Girls
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Publisher: Hbo Home Video Starring: Dianne Braddock, Carolyn Lee Brown, Gerald Colbert, Arthur Hanes Jr., Freeman Hrabowski III Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Documents the events surrounding the 1963 bombing of an African American Baptist Church in Alabama, which resulted in the deaths of four young girls.Genre: DocumentaryRating: NRRelease Date: 8-JAN-2002Media Type: DVD. |
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Disappearing Acts
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Publisher: Hbo Home Video Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Wesley Snipes, Regina Hall, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Q-Tip Directed By: Gina Prince-Bythewood Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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A construction worker meets an aspiring singer;songwriter. He dreams of his own business; she dreams of fame. As they face the challenges of their chosen paths, they discover together that it's easy to build an affair...and hard to make it last.DVD Features:Audio CommentaryBiographiesDVD ROM FeaturesDeleted ScenesDocumentaryFeaturetteFilmographiesInteractive MenusMultiple video angles. |
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House Party 3
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Publisher: New Line Home Video Starring: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Angela Means, Khandi Alexander, David Edwards Directed By: Eric Meza Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Kid 'n Play return to the raucous hip-hop comedy series, but this time Kid's engaged. Play is determined to make him go out kickin', and plans the most outrageous, out of bounds, out of control bachelor party ever to hit the hood!. |
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Baby Boy
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Publisher: Sony Pictures Starring: Omar Gooding, Ving Rhames, Tamara LaSeon Bass, Mo'nique, Tyrese Gibson Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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A worthy companion piece to 1991's Boyz N the Hood, John Singleton's Baby Boy expresses compassionate but unforgiving criticism of young, African American black men who lead reckless, irresponsible lives while blithely blaming racism for their chronic disadvantage. That's already enough to make this a provocative and emotionally challenging film, but Singleton injects his drama with such passionate vitality that it never seems inflammatory; instead, in presenting this portrait of a confused and conflicted 20-year-old black man named Jody (Tyrese Gibson), Singleton is both affectionate and accusatory, lending Baby Boy an edgy, timeless wisdom that other, less courageous films could never hope to offer. Unemployed and living with his 36-year-old mother (A.J. Johnson), Jody has fathered children from two young mothers and seems destined for an early grave. |
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Poetic Justice
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Publisher: Sony Pictures Starring: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King, Joe Torry, Tyra Ferrell Directed By: John Singleton Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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A mismatched pair pushed together on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland Justice and Lucky have only one thing in common: they can't stand each other. But as their friends Lesha and Chicago fight - and make up - in the back of the van Justice and Lucky find themselves reluctantly drawn together. After a surprising detour toward romance the two travelers are confronted once again by the shocking violence they thought they'd left behind. |
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A Soldier's Story
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Publisher: Sony Pictures Starring: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, David Harris Directed By: Norman Jewison Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Tensions flare in this gripping film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) a proud black army attorney is sent to Fort Neal Louisiana to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar). Through interviews with Sarge's men Davenport learns that he was a vicious man who served the white world and despised his own roots. |
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