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51 reviews
Edward Asner, Angela Bassett

20th Century Fox, 1999

excellent
This is very good for school age children, we show it at our elementary school. I HAVE HAD THIS SINCE IT CAME OUT IN 1999 AND THE CHILDREN LOVE IT, but the price for the dvd is ridiculous fifty dollars

The Speeches Collection: Martin Luther King, Jr. [VHS]

4 reviews
Martin Luther King

Mpi Home Video, 1994

good summary of civil rights era in addition to speeches
I use this video in my Language and Culture class. It not only contains the full text of many of King's important speeches, including "I Have a Dream," but also contains original footage of many important events of the Civil Rights Movement. It is excellent for both history and rhetorical analysis. Most students are moved by the film and come away with new respect. Highly recommended.

To Sir, with Love [VHS]

111 reviews
Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson

RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1994

Amazon order
Would buy again from this seller. Item arrived quickly, and in condition described. Thanks so much!

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry [VHS]

47 reviews
Claudia McNeil, Janet MacLachlan

Live / Artisan, 1999

Review of Roll of Thunder
The video story had a good concept, a good plot showing events that were very realistic, but it left out key events such as the revenge of Cassie against Lilian Jean, how the blacks were treated in school, and the revenge of the Logan children getting back at the white bus driver. Watching the movie with important events left out, left the audience confused.

Thelonius Monk - Straight No Chaser [VHS]

40 reviews
Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Cleveland

Warner Home Video, 2001

Portrait of an Artist
I don't think the filmmakers who shot this footage set out to make this film. I think they set out to make another film, but they made this one for better or worse. Thelonious Monk's "eccentricities" were well known to his fans, but this film shows more than just eccentric behavior. In the vein of eccentric behavior, a friend of mine told me about seeing Thelonious Monk live at Shelly's ...

Roots 6 Video Box Set [VHS]

190 reviews
LeVar Burton, Olivia Cole

Warner Home Video, 1994

History Told
This DVD was purchased for my daughter for a history class. She is a minor and had no idea what life was like for many African American people. Needless to say she could never imagine the pain and suffering that many people had to go through to obtain freedom and equality. Roots was written a long time ago but it is equally important to understand that racism and discrimination cannot be ...

Mama Flora's Family [VHS]

27 reviews
Cicely Tyson, Erika Alexander

Hallmark, 1999

Beautiful!!!
This is a wonderful movie (quality and all) that has a beautiful message attached not to spoil the movie but once you have seen this it will become very clear what life is all about. Given that this story is one that is very near and dear to me, I must say that this is a powerful movie and the information that is presented is one that will not be forgotten.

4 Little Girls [VHS]

50 reviews
Dianne Braddock, Carolyn Lee Brown

Hbo Home Video, 1999

literatureteacher
This video was a great addition to studying "The Watson's go to Birmingham." I highly recommend it!

Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have a Dream [VHS]

20 reviews
Martin Luther Jr. King

Mpi Home Video, 1994

The Speech that Changed America
Set amidst the backdrop of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech that changed the social dynamic of America. I Have A Dream, he repeated between refrains of equality and social justice. From that speech erupted a movement - his dream become their dream and now it's our dream and closer to reality than ever before. I've heard the speech before, and I've read the speech, ...

Saturday Night Live - The Best of Eddie Murphy [VHS]

53 reviews
Don Pardo, Lenny Pickett

Vidmark / Trimark, 1999

Legendary TV Star!
These clips are from a time when SNL was the biggest thing to ever happen to television. And then it died. Then it came back hipper and edgier than ever thanks to Eddie Murphy. So much of culture has changed since then, but if you know your cultural history, this disc will amaze you. Eddie is still the most lucrative movie star ever and the biggest star to emerge from SNL. He combined acerbic ...

Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood [VHS]

161 reviews
Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans

Miramax, 1997

The funniest movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First and foremost: this movie is not meant to be serious. It is a comedy. I have LOVED this movie for years and i almost know it by heart. The movie gets funnier the more you watch it because you start to see small details that you did not notice the first time you watched it. For example did you notice: *in the korean store scene, the liquor ad says "st. dies" instead of "st ides" *in ...

Black Mama, White Mama [VHS]

14 reviews
Pam Grier; Margaret Markov

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

Awesome!
A shower scene in the first five minutes, cat-fights, lesbian prison guards, Pam Grier & Sid Haig; how is it possible that neither Jack Hill nor Roger Corman had anything to do with this movie? This movie is not really just a Women in Prison flick though as the two main characters spend most of the movie as escapees fleeing across an island from a crime-boss cowboy (Haig, in one of his best ...

Intruder in the Dust [VHS]

4 reviews
David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr.

MGM (Warner), 1998

very nice classic movie
This was a very good classic movie about racism. I am too young to recognize any of the actors and I wonder if any of the Black actors really experienced racism while filming this movie. Example, did they have to go through the back doors of restaurants and hotels. Also, maybe did they have to drink out of the "white only" water fountains while filming. This movie had to be surreal to the Black ...

Bill Cosby, Himself [VHS]

173 reviews
Bill Cosby

20th Century Fox, 1997

Soooooo Funny
I am on hte floor laughing every time he does his bit about the dentist!

The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns (Boxed Set) [VHS]

153 reviews
David McCullough, Sam Waterston

Pbs Home Video, 1997

A true masterpiece, regardless of historical reservations!
Regardless of historical reservations and allegations of bias from both North and South, I regard this work of Ken Burns as a true masterpiece. I bought my first set on VHS several years ago at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and played it through a dozen or more times. I went to the expense of having this set transferred to new tapes for my VHS player here in England. Having heard in 2002 that it was ...

Glory [VHS]

383 reviews
Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington

Sony Pictures, 1994

Glory
Historical war drama about the Civil War battle at Antietam, and the formation of the first black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry. Glory is a masterful piece of work that will leave you breathless. Matthew Broddrick plays Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and performs him masterfully. Denzel Washington's performance was powerful as well. This movie stands as a great achievement, that ...

Promised Land (3pc) [VHS]
Morgan Freeman

Discovery Channel, 1998

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock [VHS]

10 reviews
Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel

Vidmark / Trimark, 2000

Could've Been Better
As one of "Saturday Night Live's"most famous comedians, Chris Rock created a long line of classic characters and impressions in his 3 years on the show. But many of them are missing. A few recurring sketches are here, but they are from when he hosted the show. A lot of this dvd's best sketches have Rock as a second and even third banana. For instnace, in the "Sinatra Group" sketch (this one's my ...

Jazz - A Film by Ken Burns [VHS]

164 reviews
Keith David, Charles J. Correll

Pbs Home Video, 2001

AMAGIN!
Its the best document about jazz, carefuly documented over all it's genres. If you love jazz you should own it.

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