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2014 | [English/Spanish/French dialogue version] | 1 videodisc (approximately 134 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbener, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad...
2) American Violet
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[2019] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Racial tension runs high in 1971 Durham, North Carolina as residents continue to fight the 1954 Supreme Court decision to desegregate their schools. A series of town meetings are called to discuss the matter. Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis, the meeting co-chairs, have very different views. Passionately advocating for school integration is a way of life for Atwater, a champion for Civil Rights. C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops leading the Durham chapter of...
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[2017] | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
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September 4, 1992: An elderly woman in a small town in upstate New York reports an attempted rape by a young black man who cut his hand during the altercation. While looking for suspects, police contact officials at SUNY Oneonta, a nearby college, and a school administrator reacts by handing over a list of names and residences of 125 black male students. For the next several days, those students are tracked down and interrogated by various police...
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[2015] | [publisher not identified] | 1 videodisc (approximately 74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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This tracks the story of racism that became the longest litigated civil rights case in American history. An emotional story of social justice, this unsettling documentary is also a cautionary tale of equal rights gone wrong that is relevant today more than ever.
7) Detroit
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[2017] | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (143 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
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2014 | 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. Based on a true story.
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2004 | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
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c2004 | 1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | Available at another branch
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A shotgun kills a white man in a black man's yard. A suspect, a plantation owner, and a gathering of desperate men each "confess" to the killing. Even as a truckload of vengeful kinfolk arrive, they stand resolute against decades of injustice.
10) Green book
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[2019] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (130 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on The Green Book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the...
11) The hate u give
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[2019] | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
12) Hidden figures
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[2017] | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
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[2017] | Magnolia Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
14) Just mercy
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[2020] | Widescreen ed. | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
15) Kings
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[2018] | Lions Gate Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 87 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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Millie Dunbar is a foster parent who looks after her many children in Los Angeles in 1992. After the verdict from the Rodney King Incident is revealed, the city quickly begins to descend into all-out chaos between its denizens and the police. Now, Millie must protect her children from the ensuing anarchy and erupting violence all while navigating the precarious waters of police violence and finding justice for her family.
16) Malcolm X
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[2010] | Distributed by Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
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[2005] | Widescreen. | Warner Home Video | 2 videodiscs (202 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | Available at another branch
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Born Malcolm Little, his minister father was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. After getting out of jail, he preaches the teachings, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca. There he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, having...
17) Marshall
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[2018] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (1 hr., 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases.
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c2001 | Widescreen. | MGM Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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Two FBI agents investigate the deaths of civil rights workers in a Mississippi town. Tension is caused by the discovery of a local coverup.
19) Moonlight
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[2017] | A24 / Lionsgate | 1 videodisc (approx. 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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**Oscar-winner** for Best Picture, MOONLIGHT is a moving and transcendent look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to adulthood, as a shy outsider dealing with difficult circumstances, is guided by support, empathy and love from the most unexpected places. Winner of multiple **Oscars** including Best Picture, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Adapted Screenplay....
20) Queen & Slim
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[2020] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman, are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly...