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30 YEARS TO LIFE
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The pending arrival of their 30th birthdays prompts six life-long friends living in New York City to re-evaluate their lives, loves, hopes and dreams. As the realities of growing old set in, each confronts the future in their own unique way. Stars Tracey Morgan, Erika Alexander, Allen Payne, Melissa De Sousa, Kadeem Hardison, Paula Jai Parker, and T.E. Russell. Winner of the Best Director and Best First Film awards at the Pan African Film Festival. "A smart, entertaining romantic comedy full of telling belly laughs that come from both the brain and the heart (The Hollywood Reporter). Vanessa Middleton---USA---2001---110 mins.
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5 HEARTBEATS 15TH ANNI EDITION
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Robert Townsend's follow-up to Hollywood Shuffle is a more serious film which follows the career of an African-American musical group, The Five Heartbeats. "...Townsend shows a real talent, and, not surprisingly, an ability to avoid most cliches, to go for the human truth in his characters" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Starring Townsend, Tressa Thomas, Michael Wright, Harry J. Lennix and Diahann Carroll. Robert Townsend---USA---1991---120 mins.
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ALL ABOUT YOU
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Nicole (Renee Elise Goldsberry) relocates to San Francisco to live with her best friend Lisa (LisaRaye) after breaking up with her boyfriend of many years. She slowly begins to get her life back together, but is caught off guard when Brian (Terron Brooks), her ex's estranged brother, sublets Lisa's room. As the two strangers share living space, their attraction for each other grows, but each is forced to confront a respective painful past before taking another chance at love. Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize at the Hollywood Black Film Festival, and more. Also stars Debbie Allen. Christine Swanson---USA---2003---100 mins.
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AMERICA'S DREAM
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Danny Glover, Wesley Snipes, Lorraine Toussaint and Jasmine Guy star in this HBO trilogy focused on the enduring African-American spirit. Glover is a farmer desperately trying to do right by his wife, but in his absence she meets a traveling salesman. As a principal at a small town school, Snipes must defend one of his students even though it could destroy his career. And in the final episode, Toussaint confronts the prejudices that have dogged her career Bill Duke/Kevin Rodney Sullivan/Paris Barclay---USA---1996---86 mins.
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ANNE B. REAL
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A young woman rapper finds inspiration in the words of Anne Frank in this urban drama. Cynthia (Janice Richardson) receives a copy of "The Diary of Anne Frank" from her father before he dies. Inspired by Anne's words, Cynthia finds the courage to stand up for herself and nurture her talent on the mic. Lisa France---USA---2002---91 mins.
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ASUNDER
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A tense psychological thriller from actor-turned-director Tim Reid (Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored). After a freak carnival accident kills Chance's wife and unborn child, he goes to recover at the home of his good friends, Michael and Lauren. Grief turns into a deadly obsession though; as Chance falls in love with Lauren and does everything he can to wreck her Tim Reid---USA---1999---102 mins.
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BAADASSSSS!
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Mario Van Peebles directs and stars as his father, Melvin Van Peebles, in the story of the creation of the elder's 1971 masterpiece of African-American independent cinema, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, a movie about a black street hustler-turned-revolutionary on the run from racist cops. A slightly fictionalized, but true to the heart, tribute, Baadasssss! follows the uphill battles Van Peebles endured to make his film, his way, and reveals the complicated relationship between a father and his son. Co-stars Joy Bryant, T. K. Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Paul Mario Van Peebles---USA---2004---108 mins.
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BABY BOY
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John Singleton revisits the South Central area of Los Angeles where his debut, Boyz 'N' the Hood was set. A 20-year-old (Tyrese Gibson), with children by two different women, avoids the responsibilities of adulthood and parenthood. The reality of his situation, and the violence of his neighborhood, begin to close in. "...the best thing he's [Singleton] done to date--by which I mean the most convincing and serious" (Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader). Also starring Ving Rhames and rapper/actor Snoop Dogg. John Singleton---USA---2001---130 mins.
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BACK IN THE DAY
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James Hunter's electrifying urban drama stars Ja Rule as a young man in love with the daughter of a preacher he's suspected of murdering. Frustrated by the false accusations, he considers an offer to work for a charismatic gangster (Ving Rhames) and abandon his ambitions of making it on the straight and narrow. The all-star supporting cast includes Pam Grier and Tatyana Ali. James Hunter---USA---2004---103 mins.
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BEAT
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In this heady urban drama, director Brandon Sonnier uses an inventive narrative technique to demonstrate the possibilities of the path not taken. When his brother is killed in a gang-related stabbing, Flip Bernard (Rahman Jamaal) is faced with a complicated decision--should he dedicate his life to fighting crime, or follow his dreams and become a hip-hop artist? Sonnier peppers these parallel realities with stylish visuals and exhilirating rap performances in a refreshingly original film. Brandon Sonnier---USA---2003---90 mins.
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BLACK CINEMA: SILENCE TO SOUND
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This DVD of shorts explores the richness and diversity in black entertainment during the first half of the 20th century. Despite the racist images in most Hollywood movies of the time, independent black film producers and directors were able to create movies featuring African-Americans and catering to such audiences in "midnight rambles," midnight showings of so-called "race movies" to moviegoers who were not able to watch films during the daytime hours due to Jim Crow laws. Race Movies: The Popular Art of the Black Renaissance looks at some of the most important figures behind black filmmaking at the time: James Weldon Johnson, Richard D. Maurice and the incredibly prolific Oscar Micheaux. Bubbling Over (Leigh Jason, USA, 1934, 20 mins.) stars blues legend Ethel Waters as a woman with a lazy husband. Boogie Woogie Dream (Hans Burger, USA, 1944, 13 mins.) features the amazing talents of Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Teddy Wilson portraying the hired help at a nightclub who provide the solid entertainment for some after-hours customers. The accomplishments of black Americans in industry, sports and entertainment highlight the 1950 short film The Negro in Entertainment (E.M. Glucksman, USA, 1950, 11 mins.). The Swingin' Soundies portion of the DVD presents 6 original soundies from the 1940's featuring such entertainers as The King Cole Trio, Ida James and Count Basie. USA, 102 mi
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BLACK LOVE
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The lives and loves of three African-American couples are explored in this indie comedy starring Carl Washington, Merlynne Williams and Tyree Johnson. Among the topics affecting their relationships are cheating, sex, money, interracial love and others. Jose Benazeraf---USA---2007---82 mins.
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BLOODY STREETZ
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The Killer meets MacBeth in this gun barrel, hip-hop drama. Directed by hip-hop video director Gee Bee (Gerald Barclay), Bloody Streetz is the story of what happens when a ruthless killer for hire runs up against an African spirit and is forced to learn the errors of his ways. Gano Grills (Bamboozled, Oz) stars as Black, a one-man retribution machine, prowling the streets of New York settling scores for whoever has the money to pay him. Along with his partner, Jah, Black seeks to settle a pain ful score with the area's chief gangster, Musa, when Black's infant son was killed Gerald Barclay---USA---2003---83 mins.
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BOOK OF ELI, THE
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The Hughes Brothers direct Denzel Washington in this post-apocalyptic Western about Eli, a badass believer on a lonely mission to deliver a holy book to a sanctuary somewhere past a desert so bleak it makes Road Warrior look lush. Lucky for action fans, Gary Oldman and his posse are waiting in a ghost town to steal the trinket for their evildoings. "It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several WTF! Moments, which are a bonus" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). With Mila Kunis, Michael Gambon, Malcolm McDowell, Jennifer Beals, and Tom Waits.
Albert Hughes/Allen Hughes---USA---2010---117 mins.
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BOPHA!
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Morgan Freeman's directorial debut casts Danny Glover as a South African police officer torn between his duty, his conscience, and his family. This tense drama offers a view inside that troubled country. Morgan J. Freeman---USA---1993---120 mins.
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BOYZ 'N THE HOOD ANNIVERSARY
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John Singleton made Oscar history as the first African-American to be nominated as best director. He also became, at age 23, the youngest filmmaker to be so honored for this powerful drama about responsibility and survival. Cuba Gooding Jr. delivers a fine performance as Tre Styles, a young man trying to make the right decisions while dealing with the dangers of living in South Central L.A. With excellent work by rapper Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut and Larry Fishburne as Tre's discerning father. John Singleton---USA---1991---107 mins.
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BROTHERS
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Four young, professional black men grapple with their relationships with the women in their lives and the changing nature of their friendship in this film notable for going against the grain of Hollywood films aimed at young black audiences. "The Brothers has a target demographic, but the movie's themes of family, love and friendship are universal. And the brothers are strong, wealthy and educated--they're not ghetto denizens a la Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society" (Anthony Breznican, Associated Press). Starring D.L. Hughley, Morris Chestnut, Bill Bellamy and Shemar Gary Hardwick---USA---2001---102 mins.
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BUCK AND THE PREACHER
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Sidney Poitier's first feature as director. Poitier also plays a wagonmaster on the long trek out West as the wagon train is attacked by white nightriders and encounters a group of slaves freed at the end of the Civil War. With Harry Belafonte as a hustler preacher and Ruby Dee. Sidney Poitier---USA---1971---103 mins.
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BUSTIN' LOOSE
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Richard Pryor stars as a con artist enlisted to drive a group of orphans across country. Cicely Tyson co-stars in this comedy. The film captures Pryor, on whose idea the film is based, at the height of his comic power. Oz Scott---USA---1981---94 mins.
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CARBON COPY
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George Segal plays a secretly Jewish, successful corporate executive whose illegitimate Black son (Denzel Washington) suddenly shows up and reveals Segal for what he is in this film by Michael Schultz (Car Wash). Michael Schultz---USA---1981---91 mins.
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