Videos on the U.S. and American Studies

Across 110th Street 2001, 1972

A hard-edged cop on the take for years battles the Mafia and local gansters in Harlem. 1 videodisc (101 min.)

MEDIA 10-4024

 

Ali 2002

Jon Peters, Gregory Allen Howard, Stephen J Rivele, Michael Mann, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson,  Jada Pinkett, Nona Gaye, Michael Michele, and Joe Morton

Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight championship title thus stripped from him entirely for political reasons, the champ sets about to win back his crown, culminating in a legendary unification bout against George Foreman in Zaire, dubbed the "Rumble in the Jungle.". 1 videodisc (157 min.)

MEDIA 10-162

 

Alice's ordinary people 2012

This documentary features Alice Tregay, an ordinary Chicago woman who stood up in injustice in her community. 1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.)

MEDIA 10-4838

 

Audre Lorde the Berlin Years, 1984 to 1992 2012

Audre Lorde's incisive, often-angry, but always brilliant writings and speeches defined and inspired the US-American feminist, lesbian, African-American, and Women-of-Color movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Audre Lorde, the Berlin Years 1984 to 1992, documents an untold chapter of Lorde's life: her influence on the German political and cultural scene during a decade of profound social change. The film explores the importance of Lorde's legacy, as she encouraged Afro-Germans -- who, at that time, had no name or space for themselves -- to make themselves visible within a culture that until then had kept them isolated and silent. It chronicles Lorde's empowerment of Afro-German women to write and to publish, as she challenged white women to acknowledge the significance of their white privilege and to deal with difference in constructive ways. Previously unreleased archive material as well as present-day interviews explore the lasting influence of Lorde's ideas on Germany and the impact of her work and personality. For the first time, Dagmar Schultz's personal archival video- and audio-recordings reveal a significant part of the private Audre Lorde as well as her agenda -- to rouse Afro-Germans to recognize each other. 2012 marks the 20-year anniversary of Audre Lorde's passing. 1 videodisc (79 min.)

MEDIA 10-3893

 

Black Israel 2003

This  film is a vibrant portrait of pluralistic 21st-century Jewish identities across the globe. It documents Africans and African-Americans who live in Israel and practice Judaism there. Africans from Nigeria, Togo, the Congo, Zaire, Lagos and Ethiopia have emigrated to Israel to work or to study Judaism. They were unable to study their religion at home since there was no one to teach them. In the Negev desert, several thousand black Americans who fled the urban slums in the 1960s have formed an independent community where they practice their own version of the Hebraic religion under the law of their leader Carter Ben Ami. Although they have been denied citizenship in Israel, they enjoy friendly relations with Israelis and believe Israel is "the kingdom of Paradise on Earth." Many black Jews born in the Caribbean have moved to the U.S. to practice Judaism. One congregant of the Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Harlem, born in Trinidad, recalls that his father's family which had Sephardic roots, kept kosher and celebrated the Sabbath. We meet a diverse group of people from a Harlem rabbi who reveals his thoughts on the spread of Judaism in sub-Saharan Africa, to Rebecca Walker, the biracial daughter of civil rights activist Alice Walker and to an African learning Yiddish in Paris. As one Jew from Nigeria concludes, "Judaism has no color.". 1 videodisc (91 min.)

MEDIA 10-5418

 

Black like who? 2006?, c1995

Debbi Reynolds, Martain S Gonzaalez, and Filmakers Library, inc

Filmmaker Debbi Reynolds explores her racial identity as a black who grew up in a white neighborhood while learning about the experiences and feelings of her parents and new black friends in college. 1 videodisc (30 min.)

MEDIA 10-1912

 

Blood done sign my name 2010

Rick Schroder, Nate Parker, Lela Rochon, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Mari Stuart, Jeb Stuart, Nick Searcy, Afemo Omilami, Michael Rooker, Steve Mason, Timothy B Tyson, Image Entertainment (Firm), and Real Folk Productions

Recounts the aftermath of the murder of Henry Marrow, a 23-year-old African-American Vietnam veteran who was killed by a prominent white businessman and his grown sons in Oxford, North Carolina. Responding to the crime and the sham trial that followed, many young African-American men took to the streets, engaging in riots and vandalism. Marrow's cousin, Benjamin Chavis, decided that the best way to protest the government was a peaceful march on the state capitol. 1 videodisc (128 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2900

 

Boyz 'n the hood 1998

John Singleton, Steve Nicolaides, Larry Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, and Morris Chestnut

For three young men growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the "hood" is a place of drive-by shootings, unemployment, drugs and pain. But their reactions to the world around them vary- one is an unambitious drug dealer, his brother is a college bound teenage father, and the brother's best friend is guided by a strong father who hopes for a better life for his son. 1 videodisc (112 min.)

MEDIA 10-45

 

Broad daylight and other times selected works of Kevin Jerome Everson c2011

Kevin Jerome Everson, Art Institute of Chicago, Video Data Bank, Picture Palace (Firm), and Trich Arts

"What do we see in the films of Kevin Jerome Everston? We see what cinema rarely, if ever, show us. We see the ordinary gestures of America's Black population, the gestures of work and sport, of the taxi driver, the trucker, the policeman, of the amateur and the champion. We see men and women talking into the film maker's microphone or that of a TV station, going and coming with the rhythm of works and days, but also with a rhythm of images that originate as waves: flux and reflex, broad days and lights out, visibility and invisibility, etc."--Accompanying booklet. 3 videodiscs (183 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2800

 

Broken on all sides race, mass incarceration & new visions for criminal justice in the U.S 2012

"More African Americans are under 'correctional' (prison) control today than were enslaved in 1850. Why? The movie explores mass incarceration across the U.S. and the intersection of race, poverty, and the criminal justice and penal systems. It centers around Michelle Alexander's theory in her groundbreaking book, 'The New Jim Crow:' through the rise of the drug war and tough on crime policies, because discretion within the system allows for targeting people of color at disproportionately high rates, mass incarceration is the new caste system in America. The movie dissects the War on Drugs and 'tough on crime' movement, illustrates how the emerging Occupy movement offers hope for change, and explores possible reforms and solutions to ending mass incarceration and this new racial caste system. "--Container. 1 videodisc (68 min.)

MEDIA 10-4798

 

The Charles Burnett collection c2007

Charles Burnett, Henry G Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Everette Silas, Jessie Holmes, Richard Peńa, Armond White, Sept/Arte (Firm), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Milestone Film & Video, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

Killer of sheep: An African-American slaughterhouse worker searches for tiny moments of beauty in his predominantly bleak life. My brother's wedding: A young African-American man navigates his conflicting obligations while trying to figure out what he really wants in life. 2 videodiscs (332 min.)

MEDIA 10-1198

 

Circle of recovery 2004

Bill Moyers talks with seven recovering drug- and alcohol-addicted African-Americans who believe that in addition to traditional support groups, they need peer group counseling that emphasizes total honesty. Their group is shown in action. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

MEDIA 10-4105

 

Dislocation 2005

Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, Larry Kamerman, Alladi Group, Ltd, and Genco Film Company

Explores the demolition of the Robert Taylor Homes, Chicago, and the resulting dislocation of its African American residents. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-993

 

Dreams deferred the Sakia Gunn film project c2008

Charles Bennett Brack, Eamonn Simone Films, and Newsreel (Firm)

A documentary on  the events surrounding the death of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year old African American lesbian who was fatally stabbed in gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. The film includes the court hearing, arguments presented by both sides regarding the victim and the accused, and the sentencing. 1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA DANA 10-1760 434

 

Ending silence, shame & stigma HIV/AIDS in the African American family c2012

"This documentary explores the impact of HIV/AIDS on the Black community and addresses the complex social issues factoring into the high rate of infection among African Americans. Topics addressed include women's studies, addiction, African American studies, family relationships, Christianity, sexuality and religion, sexual behavior in the African American community, judgement of those who have the disease, and the need for cross-gender dialogue in progressive churches and in the community."--Dark Hollow Films website. 1 videodisc (27 min.)

MEDIA 10-4168

 

The Heart of the matter 1994

Amber Hollibaugh and  Gini Reticker

Focuses on the inspiring story of Janice Jirau, an HIV-positive African American woman, who deals with the knowledge that she has AIDS.  A chorus of other HIV-positive women underscores the universal nature of the problems Janice confronted and draws attention to the alarming growth of the epidemic among women. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-3254        2-2778

 

I am a man Black masculinity in America c2006

Byron Hurt, Andrew P Jones, National Black Programming Consortium, Media Education Foundation, Connecticut Public Television, and God Bless the Child Productions

A documentary that explores what it means to be a black man in America.  It confronts issues of race, and racism, through the lens of gender, probing deep within the traditional American ideals of manhood in order to draw out the complex and often ambivalent nature of black male identity. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-699

 

"I have a dream ..." the life of Martin Luther King, Jr 2009

"This documentary, originally produced for CBS News, includes portions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's most famous speech as it tells the story of this dedicated man's life and the forces that brought him to leadership of his people. Using news footage from the civil rights movement of the 1950's and '60's, 'I have a dream' illustrates a watershed era of U.S. history and highlights the philosophies and ideals that Dr. King came to exemplify."--Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 33 min.)

MEDIA 10-5139

 

Ida B. Wells a passion for justice 2004?

Chronicles the life of Ida B. Wells, an early Afro-American journalist and activitist who protested lynchings, the treatment of Afro-American soldiers, and other forms of racism and injustice toward black Americans around the turn of the century. Her involvement in the women's suffrage movement is also described. 1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-4070

 

In search of Africa 1997

"In 1996, the filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara, now living in New York, returns to Guinea, thirty-two years after he and his family were expelled from the newly liberated country. Despite the years that have gone by, Diawara expects to be welcomed as an insider, and is shocked to discover that he is not."-- Distributor Website. 1 videodisc (18 min.)

MEDIA 10-4196

 

Islam behind bars 2000

John Curtin, Paul Carvalho, and Kaos Productions, Inc

Takes an unflinching look at the disruptive power of poisonous religious demagoguery, but also leaves the viewer with a better understanding of an intriguing new fact of the black experience in the West. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

MEDIA 10-1939

 

James Baldwin the price of the ticket 2004?

Presents a look at the life and influence of author James Baldwin, at once a major twentieth century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy. Through interviews with writers and friends, this documentary captures the passionate intellect and courageous writing of a man who was born Black, impoverished, gifted and gay. 1 videodisc (87 min.)

MEDIA 10-4062

 

The new black 2013

Documentary that examines how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar-the black church and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. 1 videodisc (74 min.)

MEDIA 10-4987

 

On the downlow 2007?

Abigail Child, Childworks (Firm), and Newsreel (Firm)

A look at the lives of four African-American men "on the down-low", who identify publicly as heterosexual but engage in secret homosexual relationships. 1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-1319

 

Paul Robeson 2004

Rex Barnett, Clairmont J Barnes, and History on Video, Inc

Traces the life of the great African American singer, actor, and activist. 1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.)

MEDIA 10-917

 

A place of rage 200-?

Prominent black women comment upon experiences of African American women, upon racial discrimination and its effects upon the American culture and make suggestions which they hope will improve the future. Includes historical footage of civil rights movement in the 1960s. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-4289

 

The quiet one 2007, 1948

Sidney Meyers, Marie Evans Davis, Sadie Stockton, Donald Thompson, and Alpha Home Entertainment (Firm)

An award-winning documentary filmed on the streets of Harlem in the late 1940's which shows the devastating psychological effects of life in the ghetto on a ten year-old boy named Donald. Abandoned by his parents, Donald lives a life of quiet despair until he is sent to Wiltwyck School for Boys for psychiatric care. 1 videodisc (65 min.)

MEDIA             MEDIA 10-1362               2-1365

 

A Raisin in the sun 1987

Lorraine Hansberry, David Susskind, Philip Rose, Daniel Petrie, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, and Claudia McNeil

Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations. 1 videocassette (128 min.)

MEDIA   DANA      MEDIA 10-90       1040            2-1415

 

Reflections unheard black women in civil rights "Archival footage and in-depth interviews with former members of organizations including Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Black Panther Party reveal how black women mobilized, fought for recognition, and raised awareness of how sexism and class issues affected women of color within and outside The Black Power Movement and mainstream feminism."--WMM website. 1 videodisc (81 min.)

MEDIA 10-5506

 

Ring of fire the Emile Griffith story 2005

Dan Klores, Ron Berger, Emile Griffith, Hole in the Fence (Firm), and Shoot the Moon Productions

March 24, 1962: Rival boxers Emile Griffith and Benny Paret entered the ring for their anticipated world title bout. Earlier Paret allegedly taunted his homosexual opponent with a slur. That night Griffith beat Paret to death in the ring. Tells the story through archival footage and new interviews with journalists, historians and others, and Griffith himself . 1 videodisc (87 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3446

 

Say amen, somebody 2007

This film "documents the Golden Age of Gospel Music in its dying hour and pays homage to the music's pioneers in their extreme old age. Though Willie Mae Ford Smith, Thomas A. Dorsey and Sallie Martin lived years after 1980, they would never again be strong enough to both recall and embody the soul of gospel. In the language of the church, each of them had a charge to keep and a story to tell."--Guide. Also profiles Delois Barrett Campbell and The Barrett Sisters, The O'Neal Twins, and Zella Jackson. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-5642

 

Scene not heard women in Philadelphia hip hop 2005

Maori Karmael Holmes and Newsreel (Firm)

Philadelphia is often overlooked as a city that makes enormous contributions to hip hop music. Despite this, it continues to showcase many hip hop artists many of whom are female. This film seeks to show the struggles and the stories of these female artists who are making a name for themselves in a male dominated industry. 1 videodisc (43 min., 58 sec.)

MEDIA 10-2070

 

Seen but not heard AIDS the untold war against black women 2008

Cyrille Phipps, Urban Media (Firm), and Newsreel (Firm)

Through revealing personal accounts and  investigative journalism, Seen But Not Heard presents viewers the daunting statistics and  the real stories of women of color whose lives are affected by HIV/AIDS. 1 videodisc (10 min.)

MEDIA 10-2069

 

Silent choices c2007

Faith Pennick, Richard Sussman, Organized Chaos Mediaworks (Firm), and New Day Films

Illustrates the abortion issue through the lives of African American women, with both interviews and dramatic content. Features the personal experiences of several such women, some of whom chose to have abortions, and some who are staunchly pro-life. The film also brings in others active in the African American community on abortion issues, as well as juxtaposing African American viewpoints to those of white Americans, all combined and contrasted with the larger economic, political, and social pressures that are faced by the African-American community in general. 1 videodisc (60 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2355

 

Sing your song  2012

"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."--Container. 1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-3946

 

Sisters in cinema c2003

Yvonne Welbon, Our Film Works (Firm), and Black Starz! (Firm)

This documentary offers an overview of the lives and the films of African American women feature film directors from the early part of the 20th century to today. Showcases the careers, lives and films of such filmmakers Euzhan Palcy, Julie Dash, Darnell Martin, Dianne Houston, Neema Barnette, Cheryl Dunye, Kasi Lemmons, and Maya Angelou. Interweaves interviews with film clips, archival footage, photographs, and footage of the filmmakers at work. 1 videodisc (62 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3635

 

That rhythm, those blues 1988

A capsule history of black music, i.e. rhythm and blues, of the 1940's and early 50's given through interviews, reminiscences and vintage photographs and recordings. Black performing artists, promoters, record producers and disc-jockeys all contribute their varied recollections. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 10-4964

 

This black soil a story of resistance and rebirth c2004

Teresa Konechne, Bullfrog Films, Working Hands Productions, and Virginia Commonwealth University

Chronicles the successful struggle of Bayview, Virginia, a small and severely improverished rural African-American community to overcome the state of Virginia's plans for building a prison in their backyard, and under the leadership of visionary women, building a new community from the grounds up. 1 videodisc (58 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3460

 

Tongues untied  2006

In an experimental amalgam of rap music, street poetry, documentary film, and dance, a gay African-American man expresses what it is like to be gay and black in the United States. 1 videodisc (55 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 683 10-4036

 

Wattstax c2004, 1974

Mel Stuart, Richard Pryor, Isaac Hayes, Luther Ingram, Johnnie Taylor, Staple Singers, Emotions (Musical group), and Warner Home Video (Firm)

On Aug. 20, 1972, more than 100,000 people attended a concert that came to be known as 'the Black Woodstock.' Wattstax documents this historic event and includes the once-lost original ending. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-579

 

The witness from the balcony of room 306 2009

Samuel Billy Kyles, Adam Pertofsky, Steve Yedlin, Sarah Bleakley, David Brodie, and National Civil Rights Museum

The film chronicles the final days and hours of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as told through the eyes of his contemporary, Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles, who stood on the balcony with Dr. King when he was slain that fateful day at the Lorraine Motel in 1968. It follows Dr. King's efforts to gain community support for the striking sanitation workers in 1968 and the famous marches through Memphis. It contains stirring details about conversations with Dr. King moments before his passing. The 32-minute documentary short includes exclusive, never before seen commentary and interviews with Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles, Dr. Benjamin Hooks, Civil Rights Leader and former Executive Director of the NAACP, Mrs. Maxine Smith, Executive Secretary, NAACP Memphis Branch and Taylor Rodgers, one of the original sanitation workers who marched alongside King and Kyles, among others. 1 videodisc (32 min.)

MEDIA 10-1999

 

Yari yari pamberi black women writers dissecting globalization, October 12-October 16, 2004 2007

Jayne Cortez, New York University, Institute of Afro-American Affairs, Organization of Women Writers of Africa, and Newsreel (Firm)

Documents selected scenes from panels, readings, and performances during the 2004 conference and features renowned writers Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and others. 1 videodisc (75 min.)

MEDIA 10-2060

 

Yonder come day 1975?

Bessie Jones, Willie Ruff, Dwike Mitchell, Milton Fruchtman,  William Warfield, Capital Cities Communications, Inc. (U.S.), and McGraw-Hill Films

A documentary about 72-year-old Bessie Jones and her efforts to pass along to new generations the rich heritage of Black slave songs and culture. The music, games, songs, and traditions of an earlier time reveal the roots of Black music, the role played in the time of slavery, and its significance today. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA D-104

 

Zora Neale Hurston jump at the sun c2008

Kristy Andersen, Sam Pollard, Kim Brockington, Marceline Hugot, S. Epatha Merkerson, Marian Hunter, Don Vappie, Bay Bottom News (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and California Newsreel (Firm)

A biography of African American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, the first black woman to enter the American literary canon. 1 videodisc (83 min.)

MEDIA 10-1408

Across the river 1995

Hedrick Smith and Eric V Tait

A five-part TV program on heroes in the inner city, shot across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.  Six aspects of inner city development are featured: former drug users and criminals rehabilitate juvenile offenders and prisoners who are fathers, 2 school programs lower the dropout rate drastically by using mentors and job internships; a public housing project reaches out to tenants; businesses lure back the middle class to the inner city destroyed by the crack epidemic of the 1980's, and the re-development of a shopping area opens up new businesses, creates services and jobs that aid the community. 1 videocassette (58 mins.)

DANA 1418

 

Affirmations 1990

Marlon T Riggs and Reginald T Jackson

Video piece on black gay men in America, combining a monologue/interview with scenes of the black gay contingent at the Harlem Black Affirmation Parade. 1 videocassette (10 min.)

MEDIA 2-5608

 

The African-American family 1992

Gene A Davis, Danny Glover, and Esther Rolle

"An insightful study of the tradition of family and its importance to the Black community."--Container. 1 videocassette (93 min)

DANA 849

 

African-American men 1992

Gene A Davis and Louis Gossett

"...a documentary that offers a fresh and honest portrayal of Black men in America... The film features candid interviews with public officials, entertainers and unsung heroes who are striving to make positive changes in the Black community.". 1 videocassette (92 min)

DANA 848

 

African-American women 1992

Gene A Davis

"...a unique depiction of the unsung heroines in our nation's past and present.  This refreshing documentary, made possible by AT&T, salutes Black women and shows how their strength has enriched generations in America.". 1 videocassette (90 min)

DANA 845

 

African and African-American religions  1998

Coley Coleman and Ben Kingsley

Discusses the cultural diversity of Africa through its many religions. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

DANA 1814

 

Alma's Rainbow 1996, 1993

Ayoka Chenzira, Howard Brickner, Charles Lane, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Kim Weston-Moran, Mizan Nunes, Lee Dobson, and Victoria Gabriella Platt

Rainbow is the daughter of Alma, "the no-nonsense owner of a popular beauty parlor"..."Ruby, Alma's free-spirited sister, unexpectedy arrives after a ten year absence, bringing the beauty and warmth Rainbow craves, and a few secrets from Alma's past.". 1 videocassette (88 min.)

MEDIA 2-3785

 

America beyond the color line 2003

Henry Louis Gates, Dan Percival, Mary Crisp, Wall to Wall Television, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), British Broadcasting Corporation, and PBS Home Video

Henry Louis Gates, Harvard's Chair of Afro-American Studies,  travels to the east coast, the deep South, inner city Chicago, and Hollywood to investigate modern black America and interview influential African Americans, including Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou, and Willie Herenton. 2 videocassettes (ca. 220 min.)

MEDIA  DANA 2-6804 -2-6805       117

 

Arthur Ashe citizen of the world 1994

Ossie Davis, Ross Greenburg, Julie Anderson, and Frank Deford

Arthur Ashe was the first black tennis player to capture a Grand Slam title. This video celebrates the life of a man who was more than a world class tennis star. He was a devoted advocate of human rights, opponent of apartheid, and AIDS activist. Friends and admirers share thier insights and memories of his remarkable life and career. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

DANA 1175

 

An atmosphere of change 1996

Natatcha Estébanez and Andre Braugher

Profiles of environmental scientists of color Keith Miles, Karen Medville, and Maurio Molina. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-3980

 

The autobiography of Malcolm X 2001

Lynn Dougherty and Sydnye White

Focuses on the impact the book The Autobiography of Malcolm X had on race relations in America. Also scrutinizes the life of Malcolm X himself. Features dramatizations and interviews with Malcolm X's family and friends, as well as scholars and authors. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

DANA 28

 

Beah a black woman speaks 2003

Lisa Gay Hamilton, Neda Armian, Beah E Richards, Clinica Estetico, Ltd, HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Beah Richards (1920-2000), actress-poet-activist, shares her wit and wisdom about her life as a black woman in America. 1 videocassette (91 min.)

MEDIA 2-6934

 

Benjamin E. Mays 1992

Benjamin E Mays and Rex Barnett

A program on the life and achievements of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, former president of Morehouse College.  Includes comments from President Jimmy Carter, Atlanta Mayor Maynard H. Jackson and more celebrities Dr. Mays energized. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 1259

 

Benny Andrews, the visible man 1996

David K Irving, Benny Andrews, Linda Freeman, and Geoffrey Holder

Benny Andrews, African-American artist, talks about his life and art. Includes critical commentary by various art historians and others. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-3178

 

Betye and Alison Saar conjure women of the arts 1994

Alison Saar, Betye Saar, David Irving, and Linda Freeman

Mother and daughter artists demonstrate collaborative art, and the use of found objects in their work, and reflect on their relationship, motivation and role as African American women. 1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.)

DOUGLASS 166

 

Bill Moyers presents a conversation with Alice Walker 2004

Alice Walker, Bill D Moyers, Public Affairs Television (Firm), and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

A leading voice among American writers, Alice Walker has published books of influential poetry, novels, short stories, essays, and criticism. In this program, Ms. Walker talks with Bill Moyers ..."--Container. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

DANA 227

 

The black king c1993

A. B Comathiere, Vivianne Baber, Knolly Mitchell, Bud Pollard, Donald Heywood, Facets Video (Firm), and Sack Amusement Enterprises

The main character, "Charcoal" Johnson, through connivance, becomes the minister/leader of a Logan, Mississippi congregation from which he attempts to extort money for a "Back to Africa" movement. He proclaims himself King of the United States of Africa. 1 videocassette (70 min.)

  DANA 1913

 

Black like me 1992, 1964

Carl Lerner, Julius Tannenbaum, Gerda Lerner, John Howard Griffin, Victor Weingarten, James Whitmore, Will Geer, and Roscoe Lee Browne

A white writer travels through the racially torn South of the 1950's as a black man by chemically darkening his skin color and cutting and dyeing his hair to personally experience and write about racism and prejudice. 1 videocassette (107 min.)

DANA 1009

 

Black music in passage 1968

Robert Hagopian and Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou explains how Black music has evolved from a functional communication tool to spirituals, blues, jazz, boogie-woogie, and be-bop. Features performances by the Kas Bonsieh Quartet, The Heavenly Tones, J.H. Smalley, The Jimmy Ed Trio and Maya Angelou. 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.)

MUSIC 158

 

Black shadows on a silver screen 1986

Steven York and Ossie Davis

History of the motion picture made by Black film makers between 1900 and 1950, including scenes from these films. Emphasizes the attempt by Black film makers to provide alternatives to the lack of sensitivity and racism of Hollywood films by portraying Blacks realistically. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-1315

 

Blacks without borders chasing the American dream in South Africa 2008

Stafford U Bailey, Judy Thayer-Bailey, and 20 Four 7 Productions

Showcases the lives of a group of African Americans who move to South Africa to find the American Dream.  They discover that the same boundaries that many of them faced in America do not exist in South Africa.  Captures the lifestyle South Africa has to offer and tours their homes. 1 videodisc (71 min.) :

DANA 543

 

The blood of Jesus 1993/1941

Spencer Williams, Cathryn Caviness, Amegro Films (Firm), Facets Video (Firm), and Sack Amusement Enterprises

Concerns the accidental shooting of a woman and of the faith in Jesus that brings her back.  celebrate the miracle. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

   DANA    MEDIA 1912              2-3436

 

Body and soul 1998, 1925

Paul Robeson, Oscar Micheaux, Lawrence Chenault, Julia Theresa Russell, Mercedes Gilbert, and Marshall Rodgers

Paul Robeson in his first screen role, plays two parts, an evil preacher and his good brother, who wage a personal war for the body and soul of the heroine. 1 videocassette (100 min.)  1 videocassette (75 min.)

MEDIA          DANA 2-3557            598

 

Born musicians traditional music from the Gambia ; On the battlefield : gospel quartets in Jefferson County, Alabama  1984

Geoffrey Haydon, Penny Corke, and Dennis Marks

The first two films in a seven part series.  The first program focuses on the professional musicians of the West African Savannah and in particular on the Mandinka music of the Gambia. The second program looks at gospel music in Alabama. 1 videocassette (120 min.)

MEDIA 2-2555

 

Bright like a sun 1999

Tracy Heather Strain and Vanessa Williams

Discusses the creative visions of African-American artists such as singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson, who uses his fame and artistry to fight for social justice; sculptor Augusta Savage, who builds an art school in Harlem to nurture African-American talent; jazz musicians Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, playing the bebop that will become a recognized musical genre. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4292

 

The Bronz buckaroo  1996

Richard C Kahn, Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks, Artie Young, Flournoy E Miller, Spencer Williams, and Clarence Brooks

Bob Blake and his boys arrive at Joe Jackson's ranch to find him missing. While Slim cheats Dusty out of his money using ventriloquism and marked cards, Blake tries to find Jackson. Learning that Thorne and his gang are holding him prisoner, he and his men trail them. When Thorne's gang gets the drop on them, Slim puts his ventriloquism to work. Filmed with an all Black cast and crew. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-6190

 

Brother Future 1997, 1991

Phill Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Akosua Busia, Frank Converse, Moses Gunn, Roy Campanella, Wayne Morris, Robin Wilson, and Ann E Eskridge

A slick inner-city youth is knocked unconscious and wakes up to find he has been transported back through time to 1822 Charleston, S.C., where he is taken captive as a slave. 1 videocassette (116 min.)

DANA 1013

 

Buck and The Preacher 2007? 1971

Ernest Kinoy, Joel Glickman, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell, Alex Phillips, Benny Carter, Columbia Pictures Corporation, E & R Productions Corp, Belafonte Enterprises, Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm), and Columbia Pictures Industries

"Buck, 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 known as The Preacher. Attacked by racist bounty hunters determined to return the former slaves to a life of sharecropping in Louisiana, Buck and his followers must summon all the courage they have in order to reach their destination and help settle the Wild West"--container. 1 videodisc (117 min.)

DANA 448

 

Citizen King, 1963-1968 c2004

Orlando Bagwell, W. Noland Walker, ROJA Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Educational Foundation , and PBS Video

This work chronicles the last five years of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.  The first tape includes the events that led up to his arrest and incarceration in Bigmingham, Alabama, the March on Washington, his "I have a dream" speech, the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, and his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize; the second tape includes the march from Selma to Montgomery, King's move to Chicago, the Poor People's Campaign, his "Mountaintop" speech, and his assassination.--Containers. 2 videocassettes (ca. 120 min.)

 MEDIA 2-4395, 4396

 

Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill public hearing, private pain 1992

Ofra Bikel

Discusses the Thomas confirmation hearings, the charges of sexual harrassment by Anita Hill, and the reactions from Afro-Americans. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

DANA 481

 

Coffy 1998

Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, William Elliott, Allan Arbus, Sid Haig, Robert A Papazian, and Jack Hill

Pam Grier plays a nurse by day, avenging angel by night in order to retaliate against a greedy drug pusher who has corrupted her younger sister.  She carries out her mission of vengeance to the very top. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-5178

 

Commitments c2001

Vince Ravine, John J Kelly, Carol Mayes, Allen Payne, Victoria Dillard, Joe Torry, Michael Greene, Fredro Starr, Toby Smith, Virginia Capers, and BET Pictures

With money, power, prestige and a beautiful apartment in New York City, super stockbroker Fox Giovanni thought she had it all. She loved life in the fast lane, until a heart attack changed everything. Ordered by her doctor to rest, she calls her only friend in the world, her foster mother, who invites her to recover in the small town of Slumber, North Carolina. Now, far from everything she knows, she's examining who she is, falling in love and finding her way in a strange new place that feels surprisingly like home. 1 videodisc (93 min.)

DANA 88

 

Compensation c1999

Marc Arthur Chéry, John Earl Jelks, Michelle A Banks, Zeinabu Davis, Women Make Movies (Firm), and Wimmin with a Mission (Firm)

The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900's parallels with another living in the 1990's. Also includes the six-minute documentary of the making of the film, "Working with a deaf actress.". 1 videocassette (92 min.)

MEDIA 2-6645

 

A conversation with Elizabeth Carnegie 1992

Mary Elizabeth Carnegie, Tony Ely, and Harry Wade

Dr. Mary Elizabeth Carnegie discusses her career, her research on Afro-American nurses, and the future of the profession. 1 videocassette (24 min.)

DANA 416

 

Cotton comes to Harlem 1999

Ossie Davis, Samuel Goldwyn, Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Chester B Himes, Judy Pace, Arnold Perl, Redd Foxx, John Anderson, Emily Yancy, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, and J. D Cannon

St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson and Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. Neatly combines action and comedy. 1 videocassette (ca. 96 min.)

MEDIA      DANA 2-5179         133

 

Death of a prophet El Hajj Malik El Shabazz 2003

Woodie King, Ossie Davis, Morgan Freeman, Yolanda King, Mansoor Najee-Ullah, National Black Touring Circuit, Inc, and Brentwood Home Video (Firm)

A study of the final 24 hours of Malcolm X's extraordinary life. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

DANA 156

 

A different image 1982

Alile Sharon Larkin and Adisa Anderson

Presents a portait of a beautiful young African American woman attempting to escape becoming a sex object and to discover her true heritage. Through a sensitive and humorous story about her relationship with a man, the film makes provocative connections between racism and sexual stereotyping. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-5396

 

Do the right thing  1989

Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee

Spike Lee's powerful film combines humor and drama with memorable chararcters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York. 1 videocassette (120 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 55 2-838

 

Duke is tops 1994, 1938

Lena Horne, Ralph Cooper, Monte Hawley, Lawrence Criner, Vernon McCalla, Edward Thompson, Harry M Popkin, and William L Nolte

Lena Horne, in her film debut, plays a successful singer who very nearly loses her man because his career as a producer is on the skids. 1 videocassette (72 min.)

DANA 597

 

El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Malcolm X 1978?

Malcolm X and Gil Noble

Focuses on the qualities and characteristics that predicated Malcolm X's rise as a leader and spokesman of the Black American movement. 2 videocassettes (56 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-951 cassette 1 2-952 cassette 2

 

First person singular John Hope Franklin 1997

Dick Young, Stephan Wilkinson, Charles Kuralt, and John Hope Franklin

A personal exploration of the remarkable life and work or John Hope Franklin. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA 1793

 

Five on the black hand side c2001

Brock Peters, Michael Tolan, Charlie L Russell, Oscar Williams, Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson, Virginia Capers, United Artists Corporation, and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

Mr. Brooks is the domineering head of his middle-class, African American family.  However, Mr. Brooks must do some soul-searching after his previously subordinate wife joins their children in rebelling against her husband's authoritative behavior. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

DANA 301

 

For love of Ivy c2004, 1968

Robert A Aurthur, Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters, Carroll O'Connor, Leon Bibb, Edgar J Scherick, Jay Weston, Daniel Mann, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Palomar Pictures International, and MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc

A wealthy family, afraid of losing their housekeeper to a secretarial career, fix her up with a man-about-town, who is secretly involved in illegal gambling. 1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 178 10-462

 

Framing an execution ABC News & the case of Mumia Abu Jamal 2001

Sut Jhally, Tom Gardner, and Danny Glover

In the 1990's, Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African American journalist on death row, became a symbol of the inequities in the United States judicial system. This film examines how ABC reporter Sam Donaldson's framing of Abu-Jamal's case stands up to the available facts and how it measures up to basic journalistic standards of fairness, balance, and accuracy. 1 videocassette (70 min.)

MEDIA 2-5684

 

From Harlem to Harvard a film 1982

An award-winning film made by four Harvard upperclassmen in the 1979-1980 school year. Traces the experiences of a motivated, black, middle class freshman from Harlem as he tries to succeed i- an alien environment at Harvard University. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

DANA 968

 

From prison to home 2008

Adam Blank, Brian Huston, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Focuses on the African American Program for parolees. Ex-convicts face formidable odds, and for African-Americans, conditions are usually even more difficult. This documentary traces the experiences of four black ex-inmates over the course of a year, focusing on their challenges with employment, housing, addiction and reconnecting with family, as well as their participation in the nontraditional African American Program. The parole officers who work with these men are also interviewed. 1 videodisc (71 min.)

DANA 485

 

Funto to seiko Afurikan Amerikan no Nihon keiken = Struggle and success : the African American experience in Japan 1993

Regge Life and Ossie Davis

Examines the complex relationships of African Americans with Japanese culture and people experienced by several Black Americans living as foreigners in Japan. 1 videocassette (85 min.)

DANA 651

 

Get on the bus 1997

Spike Lee, Ruben Cannon, Barry Rosenbush, Bill Borden, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Ossie Davis, Charles S Dutton, Andre Braugher, Isaiah Washington, DeAundre Bonds, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Richard Belzer, and Albert Hall

Follows a group of different men traveling from Los Angeles to the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. They board the bus as strangers but emerge three days and thousands of miles later as brothers. 1 videocassette (ca. 121 min.)

DANA 890

 

Go down, death! 1994

Spencer Williams, Sam Elljay, Alfred N Sack, James Weldon Johnson, Myra D Hemmings, Samuel H James, and Eddy L Houston

"A morality melodrama which puts a minister's reputation in question, bringing him to the brink of Heaven and Hell."--Facets video catalog # 12. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

DANA 594

 

Go tell it on the mountain 1985

Calvin Skaggs, Stan Lathan, Jay Freund, Paul Winfield, Alfre Woodard, Rosalind Cash, James Bond,  Olivia Cole, Ruby Dee , and James Baldwin

"To be Black in America.  To seek both salvation and understanding in the journey of a family from the rural South to 'big city' Harlem.  To be a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather."--Container. 1 videocassette (97 min.)

DANA     MEDIA 1420           2-2176

 

The green pastures 1993, 1936

Marc Connelly, William Keighley, Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk,  Eddie Anderson, and Marc Connelly

An all-Black cast presents Marc Connelly's religious allegory, based on the premise of a Southern Black preacher telling Bible stories to his Sunday school class in terms of the world they are familiar with. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-6201

 

Guts, gumption and go-ahead Annie Mae Hunt remembers 1992

Cynthia Salzman Mondell, Allen Mondell, Ruthe Winegarten, Irma P Hall, and Donna Hightower

Documentary dramatization of the life of Annie Mae Hunt in her own words accompanied by archival footage. 1 videocassette (24 min.)

DANA 1873

 

Hardwood dreams 1993

Michael Tollin, Brian Robbins, and Wesley Snipes

This documentary focuses on 5 Morningside H.S. (Inglewood, CA) "Monarchs" basketball players, who want to make millions from professional basketball, but are not making an effort to pass their academic courses. In the end they do make progress and win basketball scholarships to different schools with the hope of becoming college stars and going on to the pros. 1 videocassette (47 min.)

MEDIA 2-2698

 

Harlem rides the range 1994, 1939

Spencer Williams, Richard C Kahn, Lucius Brooks, Herbert Jeffrey, Flournoy E Miller, and Artie Young

A sagebrush singer's two-gun law is all that stands between the claim-jumpimg villains and the heroine and her father's uranium mine. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

DANA 593

 

Heart of stone 2009

Beth Toni Kruvant and Good Footage Productions

Portrait of a bold principal who works with gang leaders and alumni of Weequahic High School of Newark, New Jersey to give African American students at this inner city school a hopeful future. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

DANA 475

 

Heritage of African-American worship  1999

Schuyler Sackett

The dramatic story of the African-American church in America, from Boston's African Meeting House in 1804, to Birmingham and Montgomery in the 1960s. 1 videocassette (46 min.)

DANA 1458

 

Home of the brave 1989, 1949

Mark Robson, Arthur Laurents, Stanley Kramer, Carl Foreman, James Edwards, Lloyd Bridges, and Frank Lovejoy

A black soldier is sent on a top secret mission in the South Pacific, but finds that he must battle with his white comrades as he is subjected to subordinate treatment and constant racial slurs. Hollywood's first outstanding statement against racial prejudice. 1 videocassette (86 min.)

MEDIA 2-3468

 

Hoop dreams 1995

Fred Marx, Steve James, and Peter Gilbert

Follows the high school careers of two young Black men, Arthur Agee and William Gates, from inner-city Chicago, as they pursue their dream of playing professional basketball. 1 videocassette (176 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 490 2-2603

 

A Huey P. Newton story c2001

Spike Lee, Roger Guenveur Smith, Steven Adams, Bob L Johnson, Marc Henry Johnson, Starz Encore Entertainment (Firm), Black Starz! (Firm), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), African Heritage Network, Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, Luna Ray Films, and  Urban Works Entertainment (Firm)

Smith's solo performance is filmed before a live audience and supplemented with archival footage. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

DANA 151

 

Hughes' dream Harlem 2002

Jamal Joseph, Jad Joseph, Darralynn Hutson , Ossie Davis, and  Donald Cogsville

Langston Hughes was one of the most prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance and is often referred to as Harlem's poet laureate. This film shows how Hughes successfelly fused jazz, blues and common speech to celebrate the beauty of Black life. 1 videocassette (61 min.)

MEDIA 2-5999

 

I shall moulder before I shall be taken a story of Afro-American defiance 1976

S. Allen Counter, David Beecher Evans, and James Earl Jones

Documents the authors' 1972 expedition to the jungles of Suriname in seach of their cultural and racial roots. There, they encounter and study the Djuka tribe, recording their daily activities, special ceremonies and religious events. 1 videocassette (58 min.)bsd., col. ;

MEDIA D-255

 

Illusions 1983

Julie Dash, Lonette McKee, Roseanne Katon, Ned Bellamy, Jack Radar, Ella Fitzgerald, and Chick Webb

Story takes place in 1942 and is about Mignon Dupree, a black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star.  The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of film in wartime Hollywood. 1 videocassette (34 min.)

MEDIA 2-3490

 

Interview with Angela Davis 1970

Charles Hobson, Dan Fanelli, Marquita Jones, WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and American Documentary Films

Angela Davis speaks from prison shortly after her arrest in Dec., 1970. Panel discussion follows. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA D-87

 

Jericho 1997, 1937

Thornton Freeland, Walter Futter, Robert N Lee, Paul Robeson, Wallace Ford, Henry Wilcoxon, Peter Ruric, and George Barraud

A soldier flees from an unjust criminal conviction and is chased across Africa. 1 videocassette (75 min.)

MEDIA 2-3445

 

Just another girl on the I.R.T 1993

Leslie Harris, Erwin Wilson, Ariyan A Johnson, Kevin Thigpen, and Ebony Jerido

Drama about a teenager coping with life in the projects and sustained by her fierce desire to go to college to become a doctor. 1 videocassette (96 min.)

MEDIA 2-2644

 

Keep the faith, baby 2003

Geoffrey L Garfield,  Monty Ross, Harry Ufland, Art Washington, Doug McHenry, Harry J Lennix, Vanessa Williams, Russell Hornsby, Rufus Crawford, Naomi Gaskin, Larry Marshall, Sean McCann, Lance Reddick, Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Showtime Entertainment

Based on the true story of Adam Clayton Powell, a larger-than-life wartime congressman with an unconventional style. He started out as a preacher, but with his passion for justice, he led an impressive two-decade career - shaking up Congress with his gutsy determination to spearhead a movement that aimed to make life better for African Americans everywhere. He was eventually thrown out of Congress on charges of misconduct. 1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.)

DANA 86

 

Killer of sheep 1978

Charles Burnett, Henry Gayle Sanders, and Kaycee Moore

The film is a moving portrait of Stan, a young black man employed in a Los Angeles slaughterhouse.  His grueling work, gutting and cleaning the carcasses of dead sheep, infects his whole life, including his relationships with his wife, children and friends.  Charles Burnett's compassionate and honest depiction of Stan's story suggests a vast social and historical experience beyond the individual hardship and tragedy of one person. 1 videocassette (79 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 854 2-1852

 

King 1978

Abby Mann, Paul Winfield, and Cecily Tyson

A portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the events of the Civil Rights Movement leading up to his assassination. 2 videocassettes (245 min.)

DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA 49 cassette 1 49 cassette 1 49 cassette 1 49 cassette 2 49 cassette 2 49 cassette 2

 

Lady sings the blues 2005

Berry Gordy, Jay Weston, James S White, Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne De Passe, Sidney J Furie, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James Callahan, Paul Hampton, and Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Diana Ross stars in this musical drama charting the life of Billie Holiday, a life tormented by racism and drug abuse. 1 videodisc (143 min.)

DANA  MEDIA 264   2-1903

 

The Learning tree 1987

Gordon Parks, Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, and Dona Elcar

A poignant story of a young black man's coming-of-age in Kansas during the 1920's. 1 videocassette (107 min.)

DANA. DANA 588 588

 

Legacy 2000

Tod S Lending and Nickcole Collins

Reveals the incredible struggles of an inner-city ghetto family to achieve success against overwhelming odds. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1619 2-5997

 

Long journey home 1987

Elizabeth Barret, Herby Smith, Anndreena Belcher, William Turner, and James N Hardin

A film about the ethnically diverse people who became the Appalachians, those who because of hard times in the coal-mining industry chose to leave this region to seek their fortunes elsewhere, and those who have returned. The migration story is told mainly by three mountain natives . 1 videocassette (58 min.)

DANA 563

 

Lost boundaries 1996

William Lindsay White, Mel Ferrer, Beatrice Pearson, Susan Douglas, Canada Lee, Richard Hylton, Louis De Rochemont, Alfred Werker, Virginia Shaler, and Eugene Ling

Based on the true story of a light-skinned black family who pass for white in a New Hampshire town. 1 videocassette (99 min.)

MEDIA 2-1807

 

Louis Farahkan Thursday, April 5, 1984 1990

Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel interviews black militant leader, Louis Farrakhan, over the latter's alleged negative remarks concerning a black journalist's sanctions against presidential nominee, Jesse Jackson's use of the term "hymie" to depict the Jewish populace. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-2004

 

Love & basketball 2004

Gina Prince-Bythewood, Spike Lee, Sam Kitt, Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, New Line Cinema Corporation, Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, and New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)

"From the playground to the pro leagues, Monica and Quijncy taught each other how to play the game. Now, their commitment to the sport will force them to make a choice between each other and the game ... between family and team ... between Love and Basketball"--Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 127 min.)

DANA 444

 

Lying lips 1993, 1939

Oscar Micheaux, Edna Mae Harris, Carmen Newsome, Alfred N Sach, and Robert Earl Jones

The story of a night club singer who is unjustly convicted and sent to prison for the murder of her aunt and the two men who set out to prove her innocence. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-2742

 

Madam C. J. Walker, entrepreneur 1992

A'Lelia Perry Bundles, Rhonda Fabian, Jerry Baber, John O'Neal, and Michael Logan

A biography of the Afro-American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success and who, throughout her life, devoted herself to many social and political causes. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1857       2-3835

 

Mahogany 1991

Berry Gordy, Neil Hartley, John Byrum, Rob Cohen, Jack Ballard, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Jean Pierre Aumont, Anthony Perkins, and Toni Amber

"Ambitious young secretary becomes a high fashion model and world famous designer."--Container. 1 videocassette (109 min.)

MEDIA 2-3933

 

Malcolm X 1991

Mike Wallace and Kate Purdie

Reporter Mike Wallace presents a brief documentary look at the controversial man, Malcolm X. 1 videocassette (ca. 14 min.)

MEDIA 2-5370

 

Malcolm X his own story as it really happened 1995

Betty Shabazz, Marvin Worth, Arnold Perl, Alex Haley, James Earl Jones, and Ossie Davis

A documentary film on the life of Malcolm X, told through newsreel footage, narrations and interviews. 1 videocassette (92 min.)

DANA 1856

 

Malcolm X make it plain 1994

Orlando Bagwell, Steve Fayer, David G McCullough, Jean Tsien, and Alfre Woodard

Through interviews, archival footage, and photographs this film documents the life and work of Malcolm X. Highlights his influence on Black Nationalism. 3 videocassettes (143 min.)

DANA. DANA. DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1017 cassette 1 1017 cassette 2 1017 cassette 3 2-3121 cassette 1 2-3122 cassette 2 2-3123 cassette 3 2-4046 2-4047 2-4048

 

Martin Luther King Jr 1990

Martin Luther King and Darrell W Moore

Presents a collection of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s major speeches and minor asides, tracing the development of his oratorical style. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-1199

Material witness race, identity and the politics of gangsta rap 1995

Michael Eric Dyson and Sut Jhally

Dyson talks about the important issues of essentialism and notions of identity within the context of race, and discusses hip hop culture and the conflicts around gangsta rap. 1 videocassette (42 min.)

MEDIA 2-2628

 

Michael Jordan air time 1993

Michael Jordan, Jim Podhoretz, and Larry Weitzman

A look at one of sport's most celebrated stars, on and off the court. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

DANA 1064

 

Michael Jordan's playground 1991

Michael Jordan, Lisa Lisa, Cheryl Riley, I. c. e. Doctor, Zack Snyder, Larry Weitzman, Nancy DiToro, Michael Antinoro, and Rudy Bloom

A sports video that combines dazzling highlights from Jordan's career, a dramatic and personal storyline, and hot new movie. 1 videocassette (40 min.)

DANA 1065

 

The Million Man March story 1995

Thomas A Hart, Harry Davis, and Malik Yoba 

A profile of the Million Man March which took place in Washington D.C. on October 16, 1995. Includes footage of preparations for the event, interviews with organizers and participants, and videotaped segements of the march itself. 1 videocassette (ca. 120 min.?)

DANA 425

 

Miss Evers' boys 1997

Joseph Sargent, Kip Konwiser, Derek Kavanagh, Joseph Sargent, David Feldshuh, Alfre Woodard, Larry Fishburne, and Craig Sheffer

In 1932, Nurse Eunice Evers is invited to work with doctors on the "Tuskegee Experiment" to study the effects of syphilis.  She is faced with a terrible dilemma when she learns the patients are denied treatment that could cure them. 1 videocassette (118 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1076 2-5995

 

The Morehouse men 1995

Sabita Kumari-Dass

Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia is the only African-American men's college in the United States. For 128 years, Morehouse has educated the black elite, seeking to instill moral, social, spiritual and academic values among its students. It boasts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses, and filmmaker, Spike Lee as graduates. This film follows a group of freshmen students and explores the formal and informal processes whereby boys are molded into "Morehouse Men". 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

DANA 1251

 

Muhammad Ali the whole story 2001

Paul Doyle, Gary Cohen, Gen Watabe, Lindsy Clennell, Big Fights, Inc, 4 Finger Entertainment (Firm), Turner Home Entertainment (Firm), and Warner Home Video (Firm)

Muhammad Ali arrived at a turbulent time... issues were everywhere and everyone had an opinion. Yet Ali transcended it all, risking everything to take a stand and defend his beliefs. In the end, Ali became the foremost citizen on the planet and the most recognized face in the world. This is his whole story. 2 videodiscs (346 min.)

DANA 129

 

Muhammad Ali through the eyes of the world c2001

Phil Grabsky, TWI (Firm), and Universal City Studios

This documentary explores the public image that developed about Ali as his fame began to grow. 1 videodisc (104 min.)

DANA 128

 

Nathaniel H. Bronner, Sr from small street vendor to a multimillionaire businessman 1998

Rex Barnett

Nathaniel H. Bronner, Sr., the founder of Bronner Brothers Cosmetics Co. is profiled.  Includes interviews with his family about him.  They discuss their role in continuing the business dynasty.  Also includes comments from Nathaniel Bronner, Sr. about his company and his philosophy. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 1260

 

Non je ne regrette rien No regret 1992

Marlon T Riggs

Five gay Black men discuss growing up and living in the United States, focusing on the social pressures and the fear of AIDS. 1 videocassette (38 min.)

MEDIA 2-2130

 

On the downlow 2007?

Abigail Child, Childworks (Firm), and Newsreel (Firm)

A look at the lives of four African-American men "on the down-low", who identify publicly as heterosexual but engage in secret homosexual relationships. 1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-1319

 

Once upon a time ... when we were colored 1996, 1995

Tim Reid, Al Freeman, Phylicia Rashad, Leon, and Clifton L Taulbert

Tells the story of growing up in the segregation-era South, in a community that faced adversity and held together with amazing dignity and grace. 1 videocassette (ca. 72. min.)

DANA 1011

 

One drop 2001

James Banks and Todd Bridges

Explores the recurring and divisive issue in African American communities of skin color. Contains intimate interviews with darker skinned African Americans, lighter skinned African Americans and inter-racial children of black and white parents. 1 videocassette (ca. 49 min.)

MEDIA 2-6004

 

Paris is burning 1992

Jennie Livingston, Pepper Labeija, Anji Xtravaganza, Freddie Pendavis, Dorian Corey, Venus Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja, Octavia St. Laurant, and Junior Labeija

Story of the young men of Harlem who originated "voguing" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride.  A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream. 1 videocassette (76 min.)

MEDIA 2-2246

 

Paul Robeson 2004

Rex Barnett, Clairmont J Barnes, and History on Video, Inc

Traces the life of the great African American singer, actor, and activist. 1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.)

MEDIA 10-917

 

The Persistence of racism 1994

Phil Donahue, Derrick A Bell, Morris Dees, Lawrence Graham, and Wendell C Dawson

This especially adapted Phil Donahue program presents stories of discrimination against black people that whites will find shocking: the evidence of a successful African American attorney who concealed his profession to apply for a job as a waiter in a white country club and information from a civil rights activist about the rise of white supremacy movements in the U.S. today. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5527

 

Pioneer of color a conversation with Mal Goode 1991

Doris McMillon, Millicent Massey, and Mary Lawrence

The grandson of slaves, Mal Goode tells how he became the nation's first African-American network news correspondent for ABC News. He relates his struggles during segregation and tells how his close-knit family and spiritual beliefs sustained him during times of adversity. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-4213

 

The promised ship c2000

Luciano Capelli, Yazmín Ross, B Richardson, Río Nevado Producciones, and Latin American Video Archives

Tells of Marcus Garvey, his Black Star shipping line, and his plans for a mass migration back to Africa, focusing especially on his importance to the Black citizens of the city of Limón, Costa Rica. 1 videocassette (51 min.)

MEDIA 2-6628

 

The Proud valley 1997, 1940

Pen Tennyson, Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman , Simon Lack, Edward Rigby, Janet Johnson, Rachel Thomas, Alfredda Brilliant, and Herbert Marshall

A sailor comes to a Welsh coal mining town and helps re-open the mine at the cost of his life. 1 videocassette (77 min.)

DANA 852

 

The psychological residuals of slavery 1995

Kenneth V Hardy and Stephen Lerner

Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy, internationally acclaimed family therapist and educator, examines the negative psychological legacy of slavery for African Americans. 1 videocassette (18 min.)

MEDIA 2-3370

 

Queen c1997

Mark M Wolper, John Erman, Halle Berry, Ann Margret, Patricia Clarkson, Tim Daly, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover, Warner Bros. Television, Elliot Friedgen & Co, Wolper Organization, and Warner Home Video (Firm)

The true story of Roots author Alex Haley's paternal grandmother, Queen. 3 videocassettes (ca. 283 min.)

DANA 2191 cassette 1-3

 

A Question of color  color consciousness in Black America 1992

Kathe Sandler

Examines the issue of color consciousness within the black community.  This film explores a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal.  A variety of African Americans give their experiences and attitudes towards the question of color. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA  DANA 2-2621  379

 

The quiet one 2007, 1948

Sidney Meyers, Marie Evans Davis, Sadie Stockton, Donald Thompson, and Alpha Home Entertainment (Firm)

An award-winning documentary filmed on the streets of Harlem in the late 1940's which shows the devastating psychological effects of life in the ghetto on a ten year-old boy named Donald. Abandoned by his parents, Donald lives a life of quiet despair until he is sent to Wiltwyck School for Boys for psychiatric care. 1 videodisc (65 min.)

MEDIA             MEDIA 10-1362               2-1365

 

The race for mayor  1983

Howard Gladstone and James Ylisela

Chicagos 1983 mayoral campaign sparked nationwide interest in the growth of black political awareness. The stunning victory of Harold Washington, a black U.S. congressman over Chicagos Democratic "machine" heightened the expectations of blacks all over the country. This independent documentary--with Mayor Washington, Jesse Jackson, former mayor Jane Byrne, Richard Daley, and Democratic political boss Edward Vrdolyak--shot in churches, city streets, empty lots, Polish restaurants, political offices and Operation PUSH offices paints a complex picture of the fusing of a new political coalition, and places it in the context of the historic evolution of successive waves of ethnic groups who seek to wrest control from earlier entrenched minorities. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-3669

 

Ralph Bunche an American odyssey c2001

William Greaves, Louise Archambault, Leslie Enders Lee, Sidney Poitier, Brian Urquhart, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and William Greaves Productions

Discusses the personal and professional life of the statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. 1 videocassette (117 min.)

DANA 2030

 

Rebound the legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault 2004

David Coatsworth, Alan Swyer, Larry Golin, Eriq La Salle, Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Loretta Devine, Clarence Williams, Forest Whitaker, HBO Pictures, Way Out Pictures, Badham Company, and HBO Video (Firm)

The life of Earl Manigault is dramatized, telling the story of his basketball career, his drug problems that ended his career prematurely, and the basketball program he started for Harlem kids to keep them away from drugs. 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.)

DANA 288

 

Reflecting on life experience using Erikson's model in the interview : African-American perspective, Onawumi Jean Moss  1998

Onawumi Jean Moss, Allen E Ivey, and Bruce Oldershaw

A life review interview with storyteller Onawumi Jean Moss seeking to demonstrate how Eric Erikson's theory is used to help clients understand how their past relates to the present, how individuals develop in families within cultural systems. 1 videocassette (96 min.);

MEDIA 2-3399

 

Return to glory the powerful stirring of the black man c2003

Joel A Freeman, Don B Griffin, Chris Cunningham, Stephen D Alston, Adrian Branch, RTG Pictures, and Return to Glory Foundation

A documentary film presenting evidence that black people once dominated much of the civilized world, only to suffer a downfall of epic proportions. 1 videocassette (45 min.)

DANA 3036

 

Run for the dream the Gail Devers story 1996

Louis Gossett, Charlayne Woodard, Jeffrey D Sams, Tina Lifford, Robert Guillaume, Diane Schneier, Dianne Houston, Scott Abott, and Neema Barnette

"They said she would never walk again, but instead she ran to capture Olympic Gold in Barcelona and again in Atlanta four years later. Now the remarkable true story of world champion track star Gail Devers' triumph over tragedy is recreated in an uplifting tribute to the power of faith and the courage of champions."--Container. 1 videocassette (99 min.)

DANA 1080

 

Running with Jesse 1989

Orlando Bagwell, Jeanne Jordan, Judy Woodruff, and Lary Lewman

Chronicles Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign through the eyes of reporters who accompanied him, his supporters and detractors.  Shows viewers the charisma and character of the first black American to establish himself as a serious contender for the presidency. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-1253

 

Saturday night, Sunday morning the travels of Gatemouth Moore 1992

Gatemouth Moore and Louis Guida

This film documents, through interviews and early photographs, the life of Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore, a prominent blues singer who left the stage at the height of his career to preach and sing gospel music. Among those interviewed are Moore, Rufus Thomas, Andrew Chaplin Jr., B.B. King, and Benjamin Hooks. 1 videocassette (70 min.)

MEDIA 2-1976

 

Saving the native son empowering strategies for young black males 1994

Courtland C Lee, Cheryl C Holcomb, Garry Richard Walz, and Courtland C Lee

Courtland Lee discusses the problems which young black men face in U.S. society and in the U.S. educational system and empowerment programs which have been designed to respond to these problems. 1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.)

MEDIA 2-5391

 

Say amen, somebody  1982

Willie Mae Ford Smith, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, Delois Barrett Campbell, George T Nierenberg, and Karen Nierenberg

A documentary that follows gospel singer Willie Mae Ford Smith from her home to jumping church services to emotionally galvanic singing convention. Also features Thomas A. Dorsey, her mentor and the man credited with inventing gospel music ; Delois Campbell Barrett and other gospel singers. 1 videocassette (ca. 100 min.)

DANA 1497

 

Sermons and sacred pictures 2004

Lynne Sachs, L. O Taylor, Center for Southern Folklore, and First Run/Icarus Films

A film on the life and work of Baptist minister, L.O. Taylor, who recorded the rich texture of middle class black life and culture in Memphis from the 1920s through the 1950s for his congregation at the Olivet Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-7041

 

Seven days in Bensonhurst 1990

Judy Woodruff and Thomas Lennon

Yusuf Hawkins was murdered on an August evening in the neighborhood of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.  Frontline goes beyond the tragedy of a young man's death to examine how a racial event can be used by blacks and whites, politicians and the media as a vehicle for their own special interests.  This program chronicles a series of explosive events which reveal the nature of New York's racial tensions. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-830 2-1208

 

Shattering the silences the case for minority faculty 1997

Stanley Nelson, Gail Pellett, and Parker Johnson

Explores issues of faculty diversity in American higher education in the mid-1990s, focusing on the experience of eight minority scholars in the humanities and social sciences at various institutions. 1 videocassette (86 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 862 2-3183

 

Shirley Chisolm the leader : first Black female elected to Congress 1998

Rex Barnett and Tom Weinberg

"Covers the life and career of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm, the first black woman elected to Congress in 1969."--Container. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 1253

 

A Singing stream a black family chronicle 1987

Tom Davenport, Allen Tullos, Daniel W Patterson, Marcia Neidley Lynch, and Bertha Landis

Bertha Landis is a black farmer's widow who lives in Granville County, North Carolina. She had eight sons and three daughters, all of whom either sing or play some musical instrument. She recalls that her parents and her husband's parents were all musical and so as she puts it, "a singing stream came down from both the families.". 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-2067

 

The Sky is gray 1980

Ernest J Gaines, Stan Lathan, Olivia Cole, James Bond, Margaret Avery, Susan French, Whitney Green, and Henry Fonda

A young Louisiana boy's trip to town during the 1940's reveals insights into poverty, racism and Black pride. 1 videocassette (46 min.)

DANA 1031

 

Someone sang for me 2002

Julie Akeret, Hector L Rodríguez, Gerelle McKoy, Jane Sapp, Voice of Today, DeBerry Choir, Dream Project Singers, and Filmakers Library, inc

Someone Sang for Me profiles the critically acclaimed African-American singer and musician Jane Sapp.  The film showcases Sapp's work and places her squarely at the center of the arts and social change movement. It weaves footage of Springfield young people rehearsing, performing, and discussing their experiences with interviews with Sapp, the young artists, community activists, and scholars who explore the ways art can be used to foster social change. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-7718

 

Soul of justice Thelton Henderson's American journey 2005

Abby Ginzberg, Rick Goldsmith, Carl Lumbly , and California Newsreel (Firm)

The story of conflict and contradiction faced by Thelton Henderson, the second African American judge appointed to the Federal District Court of Northern California. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-7256

 

Speak of me as I am 1999

Pam Grier and Rachel Hermer

This program, narrated by Pam Grier, presents an overview of the life of Paul Robeson-- star athlete, world-renowned singer and actor, political activist and Communist sympathizer. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

DANA 1673

 

Step by step: 19--

Kurt Lassen, Gary Keys, and Edward F Carpenter

Presents the philosophy behind the development of an alternative high school in Harlem. Demonstrates the functioning of this school which prepares high school dropouts in the community for college. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA D-448

 

Still a brother inside the Negro middle class 1968

William Greaves, William Branch, Ossie Davis, Contemporary Films/McGraw-Hill, and National Educational Television and Radio Center

Discusses the behavior and aspirations of the Negro middle class, the nature of the society which parallels but is completely separate from the white counterpart, problems of housing in prestigious communities and resorts, the rise of black culture, and the role of religion in a period of black nationalism. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA D-215

 

Story of a people 1998

Louis Gossett and Danny Glover

Episodes of the annual television special "Story of a people" examines various societal areas from the black perspective and the empowerment of Afro-Americans in these areas.  Feature interviews and film and television clips. 5 videocassettes (250 min.)

DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA 1149 cassette 1 1149 cassette 2 1149 cassette 3 1149 cassette 4 1149 cassette 5

 

Suzanne Suzanne 199-?

James Vernon Hatch and Camille Billops

A documentary film which focuses on the tense relationship between a young black woman, Suzanne, a former drug addict, and her mother.  Both were victims of the father's abusiveness. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-2752

 

Teaching tolerance  1992

An overview of the Southern Poverty Law Center, its memorial and its commitment to the fight against racism, the Klan and other hate groups, and prejudice against African-Americans, poor whites and immigrant groups such as the Vietmanese, not just in the South but in Kentucky, Texas--wherever the fight is needed. 1 videocassette (22 min.)

MEDIA 2-3604

 

This far by faith-- 1991

Patrice O'Neill, Rhian Miller, Alfre Woodard, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Joseph Lowery

Covers the strike at the Delta Pride Catfish processing plant in Indianola, Mississippi, the largest strike by Afro-American workers in the history of the state of Mississippi. Shows events as they unfold until the strike was settled in December, 1990. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-2186

 

Thurgood Marshall portrait of an American hero 1985

Wayne C Sharpe, Dexter R Reed, Jesse W Martin, Marvin Hunter, and Danny Ayers

This program traces the career of the first African American appointed as a Supreme Court justice. Students follow him through legal studies and private practice, where he concentrated on civil rights, his appointment to serve as head of the legal division of the NAACP, and his career as a Supreme Court Justice beginning in 1967 and ending in the summer of 1991. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-4224

 

Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court justice 1992

Lisa Aldred, Rhonda Fabian, and Jerry Baber

Examines the life of the first black man to be appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)

DANA 1845

 

Tiger Woods son, hero & champion 1997

Tony Lanni, Tiger Woods, and Curt Chaplain 

Biographical video tell the story of the young golfing champion, Tiger Woods, the winner of the 1997 Masters Tournament. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA 1083

 

To be black ; Walk in my shoes 1961-1969

Examines the frustrations and experiences of being black in a white dominated America. Includes interviews and film clips. 1 videocassette (115 min.)

DANA 121

 

To be young, gifted, and black 1996

Robert Nemiroff, Lorraine Hansberry, Ruby Dee, Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Barbara Barrie, and Michael Schultz

Uses excerpts from the letters, diaries, and plays of the late writer Lorraine Hansberry to show her struggle for recognition as a black writer and artist. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

DANA 1129

 

Tongues untied 1989

Marlon T Riggs and Essex Hemphill

This is the acclaimed account of gay Black life by Emmy-award winning director Marlon Riggs. Using poetry, personal testimony, rap and performance, Tongues untied describes the homophobia and racism that confront Black gay men. 1 videocassette (55 min.)

MEDIA 2-1187

True colors 1991

Diane Sawyer, Mark Lukasiewicz, and Eugenia Harvey

In the 1960s Black Americans were promised that this country would no longer judge an individual solely on the basis of his skin color. In this program, ABC's Prime Time host Diane Sawyer follows two college educated men in their mid-thirties, one Black, one White, as they involve themselves in a variety of everyday situations to test levels of prejudice based on skin colors. 1 videocassette (19 min.)

MEDIA 2-3199

 

The True Malcolm X speaks 1993

Debra D Bass

A unique portrait of Malcolm X emerges from rare archival materials which document his life and times. 2 videocassettes (120 min.)

DANA. DANA 205 pt. 1 205 pt. 2

 

The two nations of black America 1998

June Cross, Henry Louis Gates, and Avery Brooks

Measures the economic and social success of the civil rights movement and the gap between middle class and poor African-Americans. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1792 2-3396

 

Two towns of Jasper 2003

In 1998 in Jasper, Texas, James Byrd, Jr., a black man, was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death by three white men. 1 videocassette (ca. 83 min.)

DANA 1786

 

Urban tribe c2000

Jennifer Halliday, University of California (System), and Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning

Shows African-American "natural hair" styles provided from a salon in Chicago. Customers talk about their attitudes, feelings, and identity with a hairdresser in Urban Tribe. 1 videocassette (26 min)

MEDIA 2-6421

 

The vanishing family crisis in black America 1986

Ruth C Streeter and Perry Wolff

Focuses on the problems of Black single-parent families in Newark N.J.  In conversations with unmarried parents.  Moyers talks about patterns of teen-age pregnancy, the role of welfare, and the change in values among Black families. 1 videocassette (VHS) (64 min.)

MEDIA 2-243

 

When we were kings 1997

Leon Gast, Taylor Hackford, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, James Brown, B. B King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, and Spike Lee

The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle.  This film offers a  ringside seat to witness every breath and drop of sweat between two all-time heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. 1 videocassette (ca. 94 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1060 2-3437

 

With nerve and muscle 1996

Trudi Brown and Andre Braugher

Profiles scientists of color Wilfred Denetclaw, Gladys Escalona, and George Langford. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-3981

 

Yonder come day 1975?

Bessie Jones, Willie Ruff, Dwike Mitchell, Milton Fruchtman,  William Warfield, Capital Cities Communications, Inc. (U.S.), and McGraw-Hill Films

A documentary about 72-year-old Bessie Jones and her efforts to pass along to new generations the rich heritage of Black slave songs and culture. The music, games, songs, and traditions of an earlier time reveal the roots of Black music, the role played in the time of slavery, and its significance today. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA D-104

 

Zora Neale Hurston jump at the sun c2008

Kristy Andersen, Sam Pollard, Kim Brockington, Marceline Hugot, S. Epatha Merkerson, Marian Hunter, Don Vappie, Bay Bottom News (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and California Newsreel (Firm)

A biography of African American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, the first black woman to enter the American literary canon. 1 videodisc (83 min.)

MEDIA 10-1408