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(0)Harry Belafonte
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The popular singer and former UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador shares the story of his life and career, from his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica and his racial barrier-breaking career to his commitment to numerous civil causes.
Author
Publisher
Island Def Jam Music Group
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Legendary performer Harry Belafonte stars in this live concert that features an exuberant mix of new songs and world famous favorites. This concert video is a front row ticket to an exclusive engagement with the performer who first explored the beat of the Caribbean and is forever linked with its musical roots.
Author
Publisher
37 INK, Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Women's March co-organizer Linda Sarsour shares how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized and celebrated activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country"--
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style and musical panache, Susanne Rostock's inspiring biographical documentary surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer and his experiences touring a segregated country to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
An ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife and a Bible-thumping con artist. Attacked by racist bounty hunters, Buck and his followers must summon courage in order to help settle the wild west.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Witness the compelling and dramatic story of the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech. This watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement helped change the face of America. Recounts the events when 250,000 people came together to form the largest demonstration the young American democracy had ever seen.
12) Blackkklansman
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ready for the taking. It's too much to resist for Earl Slater, a bigoted ex-con slumming through life with a patronizing girlfriend, an obliging neighbor and zero expectations. He agrees to be part of a bank job planned by former cop Burke. Until, that is, he finds out one of his partners will be a black man. Earl's desperate need for cash, however, leads him to reconsider. For the job only, he'll put his racism...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four different love affairs simultaneously wreak havoc in the lives of the inhabitants of a tropical paradise. A wealthy plantation owner plots murder when he suspects his wife of having an adulterous relationship. At the same time, his sister-in-law is drawn to his enemy, a dedicated black labor leader, and a governor's aide is torn over his scandalous affair with a native woman.
17) Carmen Jones
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Set in a time where color roles have been reversed, Louis Pinnock (John Travolta), a poor man of the ghetto, struggles to support his family. When he loses his job at the whim of the factory's owner (Harry Belafonte), Louis decides to take on the system by taking on his former boss.
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An homage to "the funniest woman in the world", Jackie "Moms" Mabley, who emerged from African-American vaudeville to become a showbiz pioneer. Mabley, who broke racial and gender boundaries over the course of five decades, continues to inspire comedians today.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Using James Baldwin's unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author's friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these iconic figures and narrating historic events using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. An up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, this film is a journey into...
