 | Our Friend Martin
EDWARD ASNER ANGELA BASSETT LUCAS BLACK THEODORE BORDERS LEVAR BURTON Director:ROB SMILEY
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This animated time-travel adventure features a stellar cast and is a delight for kids and adults alike. When Matt, a black teenager, has to go on a class field trip to the museum of Martin Luther King Jr., he thinks that he'd rather play baseball. But the trip turns into an excit... |
 | Toni Morrison: Profile of a Writer
TONI MORRISON
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Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is one of the leading novelists in the United States. Her work--from The Bluest Eye to Song of Solomon to Jazz--is noted for its vivid imagery and powerful subjects. Her best-known work, though, is Beloved, which was made into a feature f... |
 | Live on the Sunset Strip
RICHARD PRYOR JULIE HAMPTON JESSE JACKSON GENE CROSS Director:JOE LAYTON
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Taken together, Richard Pryor's concert films, the essential Live in Concert, the virtuoso Live on the Sunset Strip, and even the lesser Here and Now, provide a more incisive autobiographical portrait of the groundbreaking comedian than the fictionalized Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life I... |
 | Richard Pryor - Here and Now
RICHARD PRYOR PAUL MOONEY Director:RICHARD PRYOR
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Did you ever have a good concert spoiled by yahoos in the audience? In Richard Pryor: Here and Now, the last and least of Pryor's three concert films, Pryor's consummate comic genius is put to the supreme test by audience members who shout out, heckle, and otherwise break the spe... |
 | The Search for Robert Johnson
Sony
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Outstanding Documentary:While this may not be for everyone, it is an outstanding look at the legend of Robert Johnson who himself was a blues legend. It is a search through the Southeastern US for the real truth about him and includes interview footage of people who knew him well... |
 | The Story of Jazz
VARIOUS ARTISTS
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Produced as the title segment to a six-part series, this 90-minute documentary traces the evolution of jazz from its 19th-century origins in New Orleans's Congo Square, where slaves first introduced American listeners to the complex rhythms and earthy textures of African music. ... |
 | Lady Day - The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
BILLIE HOLIDAY
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Given the often inextricable relationship between art and suffering, it's no coincidence that Billie Holiday, popularly acclaimed as jazz's greatest (if not technically best) female singer, was also one of its most tragic figures. While both triumph and tragedy are covered in th... |
 | Tupac Shakur - Thug Angel (The Life of an Outlaw)
ANTHONY 'TREACH' CRISS DAVEY D SNOOP DOGG YAFEU FULA Director:PETER SPIRER
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In the $3 billion industry of hip-hop music, no one has touched as many lives with a microphone as Tupac Shakur. In this never-before-seen footage, see Tupac at seventeen, a young man at the edge of his destiny, speaking out about injustice on the streets of Oakland. See him at t... |
 | Thelonius Monk - Straight No Chaser
THELONIOUS MONK JOHN COLTRANE JIMMY CLEVELAND HARRY COLOMBY RAY COPELAND Director:CHARLOTTE ZWERIN
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This exemplary documentary about seminal jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk reaps the benefits of multiple blessings, including the skilled editorial hand of director Charlotte Zwerin and the patronage of executive producer (and erstwhile jazz pianist) Clint Eastwood. M... |
 | Chris Rock - Bigger and Blacker
CHRIS ROCK
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Comedian Chris Rock makes a raucous return to his stand-up roots in this HBO special filmed at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater. Despite his manic and profane delivery, Rock's comedy is often rooted in traditional subjects for comedians: family relationships, misunderstandings ... |
 | Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 3
DEF COMEDY JAM
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 | Sarah Vaughn: The Divine One
SARAH VAUGHAN
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Nice DVD intro to Sarah Vaughan:Great intro into the life and art of one of the greatest vocal artists of jazz...
If there were a bit more jazz and a bit less life I would be even more pleased (and the customer who complains about the quality of the recording is not completely of... |
 | Def Comedy Jam Vol.4
DEF COMEDY JAM
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![]() | Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 5
DEF COMEDY JAM
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![]() | Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 6
DEF COMEDY JAM
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 | Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 1
DEF COMEDY JAM
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Martin Lawrence hosts Def Comedy Jam All Stars, Vol. 1 with his usual loose-limbed aplomb. Lawrence doesn't so much tell jokes as create an atmosphere of enjoyment. He makes fun of the audience, runs around the stage, twists his elastic face into a variety of shapes; it's not so ... |
 | Def Comedy Jam Vol.2
DEF COMEDY JAM
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Def Comedy Jam All Stars, Vol. 2 contains two episodes, one hosted by Martin Lawrence, the other by Chris Rock. It's a study in opposites. Lawrence is all loose joviality. Even commentary on a touchy topic like the Rodney King riots comes across with an easy, relaxed humor. Rock... |
 | Ladies Sing the Blues
BILLIE HOLIDAY BESSIE SMITH DINAH WASHINGTON LENA HORNE PEGGY LEE
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WINNER OF: -The American Video Conference/Billboard Magazine -The International Film & TV Festival of NY -The American Film & Video Festival The "Ladies" who created an art form and sang their way into legend… a bygone era is recaptured in this filmed salute to the women ... |
 | Rude
RUDY RAY MOORE
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rude is the best comedy tape I"ve seen in a long time:I would recommend rude for everybody to see |
![]() | Mandela in America
VARIOUS ARTISTS
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