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HOMEGOINGS
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DVD and Site/Local StreamingLicense with DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 56 minutes, 2013,  English Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired |
| Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. It reveals the special status of undertakers in the community; borne out of their permanence, their economic stability, and the necessities of the segregation period. It film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home." MORE... |
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MARLON RIGGS: THE COMPLETE EDITION
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| DVD and Site/Local StreamingLicense with DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 7 films on 5 DVDs |
| Marlon Riggs: The Complete Edition marks the first time that the entire oeuvre of this legendary filmmaker is available for local streaming licensing. MORE... |
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THE RAISING OF AMERICA
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| This ambitious documentary series and multimedia initiative by the producers of Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? explores how a strong start for all our kids leads not only to better individual life course outcomes (learning, earning and physical and mental health) but also to a healthier, safer, better educated and more prosperous and equitable America. MORE... |
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ANNE BRADEN: SOUTHERN PATRIOT
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| DVD and Site/Local StreamingLicense with DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 77 minutes, 2012, Subtitled in English for the hearing impared, Spanish subtitling option |
| A moving, in-depth biography of a Southern white woman organizer and journalist who for a remarkable 60 years participated in the most significant movements for racial and economic justice in this country's most conservative region - the South. MORE... |
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THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIMBUKTU
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| DVD and Site/Local StreamingLicense with DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 52 minutes, South Africa, Mali, Morocco, 2009, In French and Arabic with English subtitles |
| Timbuktu was founded in the 11th century as a major city in the Mali Empire and its prominence as an advanced civilization lasted until the 18th century. Along with being a thriving trading and Islamic religious center, it also established great places of higher learning. These educational institutions generated scholarly texts which became known as the “Manuscripts of Timbuktu”. MORE... |
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BLACKING UP: HIP-HOP'S REMIX OF RACE AND IDENTITY
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| DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 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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SNCC LEGACY VIDEO (THE 38 DVD COLLECTION)
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| DVD and Site/Local StreamingLicense with DVD, 38 volumes, 52 hours in all, 2011 |
| Formal addresses, panel discussions and programs that took place at a conference and reunion unfolding over four days at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee or SNCC MORE... |
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WHITE SCRIPTS AND BLACK SUPERMEN: BLACK MASCULINITIES IN COMIC BOOKS
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DVD and Site/Local StreamingLicense with DVD and Upgrade to Site /Local Streaming License, 52 minutes, plus bonus feature THE BLACK AGE OF COMICS, 2012, subtitled in English for the hearing impaired
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| A valuable and colorful examination of 40 years of changing representations of Black masculinity in a significant area of popular culture - comic books. This genre's reach and impact extended into other forms of cultural production such as movies and animated TV series. MORE... |
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