African American Cinema on VHS
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To Sir, with Love
Price: $28.95
Category: VHS Movies
 Publisher: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video Starring: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu Directed By: James Clavell Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment is to proffering life lessons instead of academics. The spirit of this movie can be found in such recent films as Dangerous Minds and Mr. |
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The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns (Boxed Set)
List Price: $99.88 Now Only: $76.50 You Save: $ 23.38 (23%)
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Publisher: Pbs Home Video Starring: David McCullough Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Hailed as a documentary masterpiece without parallel, Ken Burns' filmed chronicle of America's most terrible and destructive conflict will hold you in thrall as it portrays the strategies and action of the war's famous battles, and tells the stories of illustrious generals and ordinary field soldiers, politicians and rogues, heroes and a beleaguered President. Winner of two Emmy Awards, the series begins by looking at the fateful causes of the war that led to the firing on Fort Sumter, to the devastating battles of Shiloh, Antietam and Gettysburg, climaxing with Lee's surrender and the assassination of President Lincoln. Vivid photographic imagery and narration by many of today's most acclaimed performers highlight this epic program. Titles are: "The Cause of 1862," "A Very Bloody Affair 1862," "Forever Free 1862," "Simply Murder 1863," "The Universe of Battle 1863," "Valley of the Shadow of Death 1864," "Most Hallowed Ground 1864," "War Is All Hell 1865," and "The Better Angles of Our Nature 1865 .". |
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Jazz - A Film by Ken Burns
List Price: $149.88 Now Only: $44.85 You Save: $ 105.03 (70%)
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Publisher: Pbs Home Video Starring: Richard Nixon, Charles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden, Edward R. Murrow, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The story, sound, and soul of a nation come together in the most American of art forms: Jazz. Ken Burns, who riveted the nation with The Civil War and Baseball, celebrates the music's soaring achievements, from its origins in blues and ragtime through swing, bebop, and fusion. Six years in the making, this "soundbreaking" series blends 75 interviews, more than 500 pieces of music, 2,400 still photographs, and over 2,000 rare and archival film clips. The 10-part musical journey spotlights many of America's most original, creative--and tragic--figures, including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis.. |
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Our Friend Martin
Price: $8.95
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Starring: Edward Asner, Angela Bassett, Lucas Black, Theodore Borders, LeVar Burton Directed By: Rob Smiley, Vincenzo Trippetti Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This animated time-travel adventure features a stellar cast and is a delight for kids and adults alike. When Matt, a black teenager, has to go on a class field trip to the museum of Martin Luther King Jr., he thinks that he'd rather play baseball. But the trip turns into an exciting adventure when he and his best friend, Randy, who's white, are sent back in time to meet Dr. King. |
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Roots 6 Video Box Set
List Price: $54.98 Now Only: $38.00 You Save: $ 16.98 (31%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Warner Home Video Starring: LeVar Burton, Tina Andrews, Grand L. Bush, Henry Butts, Brooks Clift Directed By: David Greene, Gilbert Moses, John Erman Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from this most shameful chapter in U.S. history to the 20th-century author Alex Haley, a Kinte descendant. The late Haley's acclaimed book Roots was adapted into this six-volume television miniseries, which was a widely watched phenomenon in 1977. The programs cover several generations in the antebellum South and end with the story of "Chicken" George, a freed slave played by Ben Vereen whose family feels the agony of entrenched racism and learns to fight it. |
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Price: $79.66
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Live / Artisan Starring: Claudia McNeil, Janet MacLachlan, Robert Christian, Larry B. Scott, Roy Poole Directed By: Jack Smight Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from this most shameful chapter in U.S. history to the 20th-century author Alex Haley, a Kinte descendant. The late Haley's acclaimed book Roots was adapted into this six-volume television miniseries, which was a widely watched phenomenon in 1977. The programs cover several generations in the antebellum South and end with the story of "Chicken" George, a freed slave played by Ben Vereen whose family feels the agony of entrenched racism and learns to fight it. |
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Preacher's Wife
List Price: $9.99 Now Only: $1.98 You Save: $ 8.01 (80%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Walt Disney Video Starring: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis Directed By: Penny Marshall Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Starring Academy Award(R)-winner Denzel Washington (Best Actor, TRAINING DAY, 2001) and multi-talented Whitney Houston (WAITING TO EXHALE), here's a delightful romantic comedy to send spirits soaring! Washington plays a charming angel named Dudley who's sent to earth to help a young minister (Courtney B. Vance -- DANGEROUS MINDS) and his beautiful wife (Houston) revive their marriage! But things take a hilarious twist when Dudley accidentally falls in love with the preacher's wife. From director Penny Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN) and featuring screen favorite Gregory Hines (RENAISSANCE MAN), this critically acclaimed comedy hit also showcases nine dynamic songs by Grammy Award-winner Houston, including the Top 10 hit "I Believe In You And Me.". |
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Bebe's Kids
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Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Paramount Starring: Faizon Love, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Wayne Collins Jr., Jonell Green, Marques Houston Directed By: Bruce W. Smith Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Starring Academy Award(R)-winner Denzel Washington (Best Actor, TRAINING DAY, 2001) and multi-talented Whitney Houston (WAITING TO EXHALE), here's a delightful romantic comedy to send spirits soaring! Washington plays a charming angel named Dudley who's sent to earth to help a young minister (Courtney B. Vance -- DANGEROUS MINDS) and his beautiful wife (Houston) revive their marriage! But things take a hilarious twist when Dudley accidentally falls in love with the preacher's wife. From director Penny Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN) and featuring screen favorite Gregory Hines (RENAISSANCE MAN), this critically acclaimed comedy hit also showcases nine dynamic songs by Grammy Award-winner Houston, including the Top 10 hit "I Believe In You And Me.". |
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Bill Cosby, Himself
List Price: $6.98 Now Only: $3.84 You Save: $ 3.14 (45%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Starring: Bill Cosby Directed By: Bill Cosby Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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One of America's most popular comedians, Bill Cosby treats his fans to a funny, satirical and heart-warming concert at Toronto's Hamilton Place Performing Arts Center. His material ranges from marriage and the unending trials of parenthood, to the side-splitting antics of the very young, and a hilarious encounter with a dentist's drill and needle. Insightful and witty, this highly entertaining film is a rare cinematic treat, filled with all the spontaneity and electricity that only a live performance can provide.. |
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Glory
List Price: $14.95 Now Only: $4.58 You Save: $ 10.37 (69%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Sony Pictures Starring: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy Directed By: Edward Zwick Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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One of the very best films about the Civil War, this instant classic from 1989 is also one of the few films to depict the participation of African American soldiers in Civil War combat. Based in part on the books Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard, the film also draws from the letters of Robert Gould Shaw (played by Matthew Broderick), the 25-year-old son of Boston abolitionists who volunteered to command the all-black 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Their training and battle experience leads them to their final assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina, where their heroic bravery turned bitter defeat into a symbolic victory that brought recognition to black soldiers and turned the tide of the war. With painstaking attention to historical detail and richness of character, the film boasts superior performances by Denzel Washington (who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, and Andre Braugher. |
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