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3) The national Black drama anthology: eleven plays from America's leading African-American theaters
Publisher
Applause
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
4) Beloved
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
On a difficult journey to find freedom, a slave is haunted by the secrets of her past when an old friend unexpectedly reenters her life and helps her to regain her lost sense of hope
6) Nightjohn
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read
7) Ganja & Hess
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema, Bill Gunn's revolutionary independent film Ganja and Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Duane Jones (Night of the living dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant (director Bill Gunn), endowing him with the blessing of immortality, and...
Series
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
In Long black song, a hard-working farmer invests what little he has in a gift for his wife. In The boy who painted Christ black, a small-town principal risks his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ. In The reunion, a jazz-joint piano player comes to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood
10) Neighbors
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
A conflict erupts between an affluent white couple and an African-American couple from Harlem intent on buying their expensive suburban home
14) The jerk
Language
English
Description
The crazy inventions of the adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags
15) Rosewood
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1923, the African-American community of Rosewood, Florida, is burned to the ground by a white mob
16) Crooklyn
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An African-American family experiences a very special summer in their crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Charlie is a playboy who's convinced that relationships are dead even though his sister, a therapist, tries to tell him otherwise. His best friends bet him that if he sticks to one woman for one month, he's bound to fall in love. Charlie takes the bet because he believes that he's immune to love--that is, until he crosses paths with the beautiful and mysterious Eva.
18) Cabin in the sky
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When a gambler is fatally wounded, the forces of good and evil battle for his soul
19) Waves
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This collection includes Lynn Nottage's best known work, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, which has been produced widely since its premiere in May 1995 and which the Chicago Tribune hailed as "a complex and thought provoking new play." Also included are Mud, River, Stone, Poof, Por'Knockers and her latest work, Las Meninas, inspired by the playwright's research into the African presence in 17th century Europe. Lynn Nottage lives in Brooklyn, New York....
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