 | 187
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(11 January, 2000)
(47 reviews) 
Customer Review: Sometimes intelligent,sometimes silly: Sam Jackson plays a hard working New York teacher.At the very start of the movie we see him get brutally stabbed by the Wu Tang Clan's Method Man because he flunked him.A |
 | 4 Little Girls
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by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(12 January, 1999)
(21 reviews) 
Editorial Review: There are many remarkable things about the documentary 4 Little Girls. Spike Lee's striking, beautifully realized film is a cinematic lesson of what kind of material is better suited to the documentary format. |
 | A Great Day in Harlem/The Spitball Story
list: $19.95
by Ghadar & Assoc
VHS Tape
(26 January, 1999)
(13 reviews)
Customer Review: Best jazz documentary there is.: The film tells the full story behind the famous photograph that first appeared in Esquire in 1958 showing all the musicians on the stoop of a brownstone on 125th St. |
 | A Lesson Before Dying
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by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(23 January, 2001)
(8 reviews) 
Editorial Review: On a bright sunny day in 1948, Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) sets off down the road to go catch some fish; by the end of the movie's opening sequence, he is the one who's been caught, and wrongly accused of the murder of a white shopkeeper. |
 | A Low Down Dirty Shame
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by Hollywood Pictures
VHS Tape
(07 April, 1998)
(13 reviews)
Customer Review: A really fun movie. I've watched it over a dozen times: A Low Down Dirty Shame is a great movie that pays homage to the blaxploitation films of the 70's. |
 | A Raisin in the Sun
list: $9.95
by Columbia/Tristar Studios
VHS Tape
(06 January, 1998)
(23 reviews)
Editorial Review: Lorraine Hansberry's play is given sensitive treatment by filmmaker Daniel Petrie (The Bay Boy). Sidney Poitier heads a fine cast in the story of an African American family in Chicago who are struggling with mixed aspirations, |
 | A Soldier's Story
list: $9.95
by Columbia/Tristar Studios
VHS Tape
(02 June, 1998)
(13 reviews)
Editorial Review: Director Norman Jewison's (In the Heat of the Night) 1984 adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play explores the ramifications of racism and loyalty through the prism of blacks in the military, revealed through a murder mystery set in the 1940s deep South. |
 | ABC News: Prejudice - Answering Children's Questions
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by Mpi Home Video
VHS Tape
(30 June, 1992)
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 | Africans in America
list: $49.95 - our price: $49.95
by Wgbh Boston Video
VHS Tape
(15 January, 2002)
(5 reviews)
Editorial Review: "Everything you thought you knew about slavery is about to be challenged."So says WGBH about its six-hour series Africans in America, and they are absolutely right. Interviews with historians and luminaries such as General Colin Powell, |
 | Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
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by Pbs Home Video
VHS Tape
(23 January, 2001)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: AN UPHILL BATTLE: Against The Odds captures the lives and works of African-American artists of the Harlem Renaissance,who through the Harmon Foundation, |
 | Aida's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera
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by Kultur Video
VHS Tape
(31 October, 2000)
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 | Amistad
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by Universal Studios
VHS Tape
(11 January, 2000)
(99 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Steven Spielberg's most simplistic, sanitized history lesson, Amistad, explores the symbolic 1840s trials of 53 West Africans following their bloody rebellion aboard a slave ship. For most of Schindler's List (and, |
 | B.A.P.S.
list: $6.93
by New Line Home Entertainment
VHS Tape
(02 September, 2003)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: What was director Robert Townsend thinking? His movies, such as The Five Heartbeats and The Hollywood Shuffle, are sweet, enjoyable little pictures. But this "comedy" about two flashy Georgia women hoping to find money and men in Los Angeles is stereotypical, |
 | Bebe's Kids
list: $14.95
by Paramount Studio
VHS Tape
(22 June, 1994)
(12 reviews)
Customer Review: "Oh no! It's Bebe's kids!": First of all, allow me to clear the air about something: I don't know what bootleg video store the reviewer from Walluby,W |
 | Beloved
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by Touchstone Video
VHS Tape
(02 November, 1999)
(113 reviews)
Editorial Review: This layered film, a labor of love from director Jonathan Demme and star Oprah Winfrey, covers a lot of turf in its nearly three-hour running time. Part slavery fable, part mother-daughter tale, part ghost story, |
 | Best Of Saturday Night Live - Michael Jordan
list: $9.99
by Anchor Bay Entertainment
VHS Tape
(12 December, 1994)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Michael Jordan is The Ultimate Man.: This video is ultimate. Ultimate in the fact that it's ultimate comedy, and ultimate in the fact that it features The Ultimate Man, |
 | Best of the Chris Rock Show, Vol. 2
list: $14.94
by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(01 July, 2003)
(8 reviews)
Editorial Review: Chris Rock lives up to his reputation on this second collection of sketches and parodies from his HBO series--he is not only funny, he has a genuine political edge, pointing up contradictions and racial tension in American society. |
 | Best of the Chris Rock Show
list: $9.94
by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(04 February, 2003)
(13 reviews)
Editorial Review: One of the brighter lights to shine from the late-'90s Saturday Night Live cast permutation, Chris Rock successfully made the jump to his own HBO series and snagged a couple of Emmy Awards along the way. |
 | Bill Cosby, Himself
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by Twentieth Century Fox
VHS Tape
(07 January, 1997)
(57 reviews)
Editorial Review: After I Spy and before The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby left his own inimitable mark on the arena of stand-up comedy in this live concert showcasing his down-to-earth observations on the rigors and joys of family life. |
 | Biography - Jackie Robinson
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by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(26 January, 1994)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: a must have: Jackie Robinson is Amazing to me.everything that he had to overcome and deal with and yet Maintain his Sanity is Unbelievable.t |
 | Biography - James Brown:The Godfather of Soul
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by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(26 November, 1996)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: James Brown, the venerable "Godfather of Soul," has the mountainous highs and cavernous lows of his life examined in this lively installment from the A&E Biography series.From the poorest of beginnings in South Carolina, |
 | Biography - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(26 January, 1999)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will live long in our collective memoryas a symbol of peaceful resistance to injustice. But, of course, he was more than a symbol--he was a man. Biography: Martin Luther King Jr. |
 | Biography - Nat King Cole:Loved in Return
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by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(23 February, 1999)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: Although he passed away too early at age 47, Nat King Cole presents areal challenge to biographers limited to 50 minutes. He is portrayed here--and accurately so--as a heroic figure who was cursed with amazing talent and charisma. |
 | Biography - Nelson Mandela:Journey to Freedom
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by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(17 December, 1997)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: The A&E Biography of Nelson Mandela tells, in clear, complete, and exciting detail, the story of the man who dedicated his life to the struggle to end the domination of the black race by the whites in South Africa. |
 | Biography - Sammy Davis Jr.: Mr. Entertainment
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by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(27 August, 1996)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: They didn't call him "Mr. Entertainment" for nothing. Everyone of Gen-X age--or younger--should pop this baby in the VCR to see what made a star astar before postproduction technology could bail out the "talent." |
 | Black Belt Jones
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(08 January, 2002)
(30 reviews)
Customer Review: Man, I'm from New Orleans,Don't ... Me!: Let me add me 2 cents. BB Jones was one of the best blaxploitation flicks ever made.Ted Landge "JR" from {That's My Momma}and(Love Boat}has a cameo appearance.S |
 | Black Caesar
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by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(30 July, 2002)
(18 reviews)
Customer Review: Good blaxploitation flick, but often disturbing.: If you think John Shaft is tough, then wait until you see the character Tommy Gibbs in Black Caesar. |
 | Black Eye
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(08 January, 2002)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Great Urban Action Flick!!: This is a great urban action flick starring Fred Williamson.Check it out!! |
 | Black Mama, White Mama
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by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(09 January, 2001)
(7 reviews)
Editorial Review: Pam Grier in a women-in-prison movie? Why did no one think of this sooner? OK, they did. Several times. But this one is different. Black Mama, White Mama is a bizarre update of The Defiant Ones with a little Cool Hand Luke and Chained Heat thrown in for good measure. |
 | Blacula
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by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(09 January, 2001)
(29 reviews)
Editorial Review: William Marshall, a Shakespearean actor with a rich baritone voice,enriches this otherwise bland blaxploitation vampire film with his strong,seductive performance. He's Manuwalde, a European-educated 18th-centuryAfrican prince who appeals to the Count Dracula for help in ending theslave trade. |
 | Booty Call
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by Columbia/Tristar Studios
VHS Tape
(29 June, 1999)
(23 reviews)
Editorial Review: Okay, so Booty Call is trashy and often sophomoric. It is still funny. Tommy Davidson and Tamala Jones have been dating for almost two months and are pushed into that big romantic night by best friends Jamie Foxx and Vivica A. |
 | Boxing's Best - Joe Louis
list: $9.94
by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(07 May, 2002)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: IF YOU'RE A JOE LOUIS FAN, YOU'LL LIKE THIS VIDEO.: This video contains exciting knock-out scenes from many of Joe's memorable fights, |
 | Boxing's Best: Sugar Ray Robinson
list: $19.99
by Hbo, Inc.
VHS Tape
(02 August, 1989)
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 | Boyz N the Hood
list: $12.95
by Columbia/Tristar Studios
VHS Tape
(09 March, 1999)
(71 reviews)
Editorial Review: John Singleton, at the age of 23, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his debut film, Boyz N the Hood. The film stars Laurence Fishburne, Angela Basset, Ice Cube, and Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. |
 | Cabin in the Sky
list: $19.98
by Turner Home Video
VHS Tape
(05 January, 1999)
(13 reviews)
Customer Review: Great music, great cast, Ethel Waters at her best: This is a delightful film. The Broadway score, already one of the finer scores for its time, |
 | CB4: The Movie
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by Universal Studios
VHS Tape
(11 January, 2000)
(11 reviews)
Editorial Review: Comedian Chris Rock is the leader of a middle-class rap act that wins fame and fortune after donning a prison persona. The title stands for Cell Block 4. Naturally, they are mistaken for the real thing by everyone but the incarcerated gangstas, |
 | Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
list: $19.95
by Kultur Video
VHS Tape
(21 May, 1991)
(1 reviews) 
Editorial Review: This 1987 film represents the first substantial documentary devoted to virtuoso saxophonist and bebop icon Charlie Parker, whose wildly inventive style and hip charisma made him a legend well before his untimely death at 34.P |
 | Chris Rock - Bigger and Blacker
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by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(04 February, 2003)
(32 reviews)
Customer Review: Rock On!: Chris Rock follows up his 1996 hit "Bring the Pain" with another hilarious 1-hr routine. As always, Chris serves up his brutally honest opinions on the social and political nightmares we live in today. |
 | Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(08 January, 2002)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: It's cool, baby!: "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold" was my initiation into the "Blaxploitation" film genre. In this film, |
 | Cleopatra Jones
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(08 January, 2002)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: This one is great fun: Sure it's over the top. Sure Shelley Winters' character is absurd. But this one is a lot of fun. In the genre of blaxploitation movies, |
 | Cornbread, Earl and Me
list: $9.94
by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(09 January, 2001)
(10 reviews)
Customer Review: Great movie!!!: This movie stands the test of time. I remember seeing this movie on the big screen when I was little.I was so moved by young Larry Fishburn performance that I found myself crying right along with him during the big tearjerking scene. |
 | Cotton Comes to Harlem
list: $14.99
by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(23 January, 1996)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Wow.: Another movie in which Calvin Lockhart is momentarily shirt-less. A hundred, thousand, million stars! |
 | Crack House
list: $14.95
by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(17 February, 1993)
(3 reviews) 
Customer Review: BT: I saw this movie and it was horrible, but the spell of the plot kept you watching no matter how much you wanted to turn. they have picked a perfect title for this movie because one glimpse of this flick, |
 | Crooklyn
list: $9.98
by Universal Studios
VHS Tape
(11 January, 2000)
(31 reviews)
Editorial Review: Spike Lee's semiautobiographical, 1994 film about the good and bad times for a Brooklyn family in the '70s has passion and nostalgic good feeling, but it is also a mess of random reflections and arbitrary storytelling. |
 | Daughters of the Dust
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by Kino Video
VHS Tape
(13 February, 1996)
(19 reviews)
Editorial Review: Working with a theme and history that's obviously dear to her heart, first-time writer-director Julie Dash's exquisitely alive film chronicles the last days of the Gullah, an Americanized West African people in danger of losing their identity. |
 | Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 1
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by Ventura Distribution
VHS Tape
(29 August, 2000)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: 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, |
 | Do the Right Thing
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by Universal Studios
VHS Tape
(11 January, 2000)
(94 reviews)
Editorial Review: Spike Lee's incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colorful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward. |
 | Dolemite 2 - The Human Tornado
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by Xenon Entertainment
VHS Tape
(19 July, 1994)
(15 reviews)
Customer Review: It's a great film: I love the Dolemite movies, which is quite possibly the greatest duo of films ever made. I'll never in my life forget the kung-fu action scenes and a naked Rudy Ray Moore rolling down a grassy hill in "The Human Tornado." |
 | Don King - Only In America
list: $9.94
by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(04 April, 2000)
(7 reviews)
Editorial Review: Made for HBO, this film biography of boxing promoter Don King is solid entertainment, thanks to a startlingly real performance at its core by Ving Rhames (who won a Golden Globe award for the role, then gave it away to Jack Lemmon on the TV broadcast). |
 | Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
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by Miramax Home Entertainment
VHS Tape
(02 March, 1999)
(118 reviews)
Editorial Review: This wants desperately to be an Airplane-like parody of inner-city African American gangsta movies. Instead, it offers us more turkey than we would find at any Thanksgiving spread. Unfunny, stereotypical, |
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