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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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| African American Streaming Titles |
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AT THE RIVER I STAND
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| DVD and Educational Streaming, 56 minutes, 1993 |
| During two eventful months in 1968, what began as a local labor dispute between striking African American sanitation workers and the white power structure of Memphis grew into the devastating tragedy of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a national struggle for racial and economic justice. It marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement MORE... |
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BANISHED
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DVD and Educational Streaming, 84 minutes, 2007,  |
| From 1860 to 1920 hundreds of US counties expelled all of their African American inhabitants. Banished visits three of these still all white towns today. Meanwhile the descendants of those displaced and disinherited seek redress. MORE... |
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BLACK IS...BLACK AIN'T
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DVD and Educational Streaming, 87 minutes, 1995
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| Marlon Riggs's final film debates Black identity, white critiques, sexism, patriarchy, homophobia, colorism and cultural nationalism. MORE... |
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BLACK PANTHER / SAN FRANCISCO STATE: ON STRIKE
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| DVD and Educational Streaming, 34 minutes, 2 titles on 1 cassette or DVD, 1969 |
| In interviews, Huey P. Newton describes the origins of the Panthers, Minister of Information Eldridge Clear explains their appeal to the Black community and Chairman Bobby Seals explains their 10 Point Program. San Francisco State: On Strike recounts how a student strike succeeded in creating the first Ethnic Studies department on a college campus in America. 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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BLACKS AND JEWS
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DVD and Educational Streaming, 85 minutes, 1997
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| Scholars and critics probe the history and psychology of victimization shared between Blacks and Jews and their exploitation by the media. MORE... |
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BRICK BY BRICK: A CIVIL RIGHTS STORY
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DVD and Educational Streaming, 53 minutes, 2008
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| Brick by Brick Tracks the landmark case, U.S. vs Yonkers, which challenged housing and educational discrimination in the North and pushed for desegregation. 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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