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Until September 2012, DVDs from our African American Perspectives collection are available for up to 75% OFF their list prices Colleges, Universities and Government Agencies can buy 10 or more titles for ONLY $49.95* each. High schools, public libraries, HBCUs and Qualifying Community Organization can purchase titles for $24.95* each. Choose from over 50 documentaries spanning centuries of African American history, literature and culture and titles addressing racial justice themes
*The following titles are exempt from these special offers: Freedom on My Mind, Have You Heard from Johannesburg?, No!, Skin Deep, and W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices. |
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ALEX HALEY
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| DVD, 50 minutes, Switzerland, 1992 |
| The author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots discusses his life and work just before his death in 1992. MORE... |
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BLACK THEATER: THE MAKING OF A MOVEMENT
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| DVD and Educational Streaming, 114 minutes, 1978 |
| This film documents the history of the leading figures, institutions and events that transformed the American stage in the wake of Civil Rights activism. It includes interviews with Ossie Davis, Amiri Baraka, James Earl Jones and Ntozake Shange, and clips from many landmark plays. MORE... |
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BLACKING UP: HIP-HOP'S REMIX OF RACE AND IDENTITY
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DVD and Educational Streaming, 57 minutes, 2010,  |
| Explores tensions surrounding white participation in Hip-Hop. For some, it is an example of cultural progress. For others, it is just another case of cultural appropriation. MORE... |
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COLOR ADJUSTMENT
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| DVD and Educational Streaming, 88 minutes, 1991 |
| Marlon Riggs' study of how network television absorbed deep-seated racial conflict into the non-threatening formats of primetime television. Clips from Amos 'n' Andy, Good Times, Roots and The Cosby Show among others are intercut with interviews with producers, cultural critics and actors. MORE... |
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ETHNIC NOTIONS
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| DVD and Educational Streaming, 56 minutes, 1987 |
| Scholars shed light on the origins and consequences of anti-Black stereotypes in popular culture from the Antebellum period to the Civil Rights era. MORE... |
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FOR MY PEOPLE: THE LIFE AND WRITING OF MARGARET WALKER
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| DVD and Educational Streaming, 28 minutes, 1998, |
| A literary biography of a seminal figure of 20th century American literature, Margaret Walker, who established one of the first Black Studies centers in the nation, and mentored the Black Arts movement of the 1960s. MORE... |
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FURIOUS FLOWER II
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DVD and Educational Streaming, 3 Episodes, approx. 60 min. each on 1 DVD or 3 VHS, 2005,
Closed Captioned on DVD only
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| Provides the definitive teaching tool for exploring the world of today's Black poetry. Surpassing the scope, ambition and accomplishments of its (1998) predecessor, Furious Flower II presents outstanding critical scholarship on Black contemporary poetry's origins and trends, its conflicts and consonances. MORE... |
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HUGHES' DREAM HARLEM
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| DVD and Educational Streaming, 61 minutes, 2002 |
| This cine-poetic experience celebrates the spirit and work of Harlem's poet laureate Langston Hughes. Contemporary writers, slam poets and arts supporters star. MORE... |
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JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET
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| DVD, 87 minutes, 1990 |
| Film biography of the life of James Baldwin includes excerpts from his work . Writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed and William Styron discuss Baldwin's influence. MORE... |
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