 | Saturday Night Live - The Best of Eddie Murphy
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by Vidmark/Trimark
VHS Tape
(29 May, 2001)
(22 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Perhaps one of the greatest lights ever to shine on late-night television, Eddie Murphy has gone on to well-deserved international superstardom.Check out his earliest television work on Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy, |
 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock
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by Vidmark/Trimark
VHS Tape
(12 August, 2003)
(8 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Comedian Chris Rock spent several seasons on Saturday Night Live, and this compilation tape of his best moments showcases his considerable talents while unintentionally highlighting how uneven the show itself is.E |
 | Set It Off
list: $6.93
by New Line Home Entertainment
VHS Tape
(02 September, 2003)
(35 reviews) 
Customer Review: Amateurish but entertaining: "Set it Off" is far from remarkable, but it's amiable and entertaining. The screenplay was definitely written by amateurs, |
 | Seventeen Again
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by Showtime Entertainme
VHS Tape
(31 July, 2004)
(22 reviews)
Customer Review: I NEED A QUESTION ANSWERED: okay..i love this movie. it is really good. it has a great cast and mark taylor (young gene) is so hot. |
 | Shaft
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by Warner Home Video
VHS Tape
(05 January, 1999)
(39 reviews)
Customer Review: Decent (not great) presentation of drive-in classic: Of course, if you're reading this, you probably already know that "Shaft" is an above-average blaxploitation flick with Richard Roundree as a private detective hired to track down a Harlem gang boss' missing daughter. |
 | Shaft
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(06 June, 2000)
(39 reviews)
Customer Review: Decent (not great) presentation of drive-in classic: Of course, if you're reading this, you probably already know that "Shaft" is an above-average blaxploitation flick with Richard Roundree as a private detective hired to track down a Harlem gang boss' missing daughter. |
 | Shaft
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by Paramount Studio
VHS Tape
(05 June, 2001)
(86 reviews)
Customer Review: So-so action film...: I've never watched the original Shaft, so I have nothing to base this remake on. It's not a very serious action film. |
 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
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by Twentieth Century Fox
VHS Tape
(29 March, 1990)
(3 reviews) 
Customer Review: Much Better Than "Slaughter": A lot of people feel that the original "Slaughter" is the best one, but "Rip Off" is a much superior sequel. |
 | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
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by Twentieth Century Fox
VHS Tape
(20 May, 2003)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: A Learning Experience.: This Movie provide my entire class with a look at the struggles and triumphs of African American performers. |
 | Story of Gospel Music: The Power in the Voice
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by BBC Video
VHS Tape
(05 July, 2000)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: Wonderful History of Gospel Music: This wonderful collaborative of the history and song of gospel music was exhilirating. The slaves wrote so much of this music to find their hope and their relationship with God. |
 | Superfly
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(05 March, 1996)
(43 reviews)
Editorial Review: The pinnacle of blaxploitation movies, the 1972 Superfly stars Ron O'Neal as a drug dealer who wants out of the business but decides to take out some enemies in the process. With its criminal hero, one might almost think this could be an existential crime movie, |
 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
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by Xenon Studios
VHS Tape
(14 January, 2003)
(25 reviews)
Editorial Review: Raw, jagged, and explosively angry, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a landmark in American independent cinema. Melvin Van Peebles directed, wrote, produced, edited, scored, and stars as Sweetback, a passive bouncer raised in a brothel. |
 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
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by Xenon 2
VHS Tape
(26 November, 1996)
(25 reviews)
Customer Review: Baadasssss is Bad asss: This movie was revolutionary. Unfortunately it spark the blaxploitation era in cinema, a genre of low budget kill whitey flics, |
 | That Man Bolt
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by Universal Studios
VHS Tape
(30 January, 2001)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: what the deal is: I thought this movie was preety good. Fred did a great job with his charater Jefferson Bolt,and the story board was as good as his former 70's movies' like hell up in harlem, |
 | The 6th Man
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by Touchstone Video
VHS Tape
(06 May, 2003)
(20 reviews)
Customer Review: The Sixth Man: The Sixth Man was great, it is my favorite movie! It was so funny and I love basketball, so it was twice as good. |
 | The American Experience - Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind
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by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(27 February, 2001)
(11 reviews) 
Editorial Review: The story of Marcus Garvey, a controversial African American leader of the early 20th century, is thoughtfully told in this documentary, an installment in the American Experience series on PBS. Garvey, who was born in Jamaica, learned the printer's trade as a teenager, and his ability to express himself in print helped him become an advocate for black rights in his homeland. |
 | The American Experience - The Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory
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by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(06 June, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: Setting forth to keep financial ruin from striking their Tennessee college for former slaves, the Jubilee Singers, most of whom were former slaves themselves, managed to bring the haunting music of bondage to an enormous international audience. |
 | The Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels
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by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(12 September, 2000)
Editorial Review: There are reasons military bicycling never caught on, and this PBS documentary delineates them all. On the theory that bicycles were more efficient than horses (tires don't need food, water, or rest), the U.S |
 | The Color Purple (Widescreen Edition)
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(17 December, 2002)
(128 reviews)
Editorial Review: Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, D.W. Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. |
 | The Defiant Ones
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by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(03 August, 1999)
(10 reviews)
Editorial Review: This 1958 variation on Huck Finn's adventures with Jim finds a white convict (Tony Curtis) chained to a black convict (Sidney Poitier) as they both escape their captors. With each man literally stuck with the other, |
 | The Devil's Son-In-Law
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by Xenon 2
VHS Tape
(07 November, 1995)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: Ghetto Surrealism: This film is THE most deranged, horrific, nasty, disturbing, idiotic mess I have EVER seen pass itself off as a comedy. |
 | The Fabulous Four: Boxing's Greatest 4-Way Rivalry
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by Columbia/Tristar Studios
VHS Tape
(25 February, 1992)
(11 reviews)
Editorial Review: The Fabulous Four chronicles the competition of four great champions: Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler. This video is a must for any sports fan, depicting some of the greatest fights of this decade-long struggle: Duran's "hands of stone" pounding Leonard for the welterweight crown in Montreal, |
 | The Greatest
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by Columbia/Tristar Studios
VHS Tape
(01 July, 1992)
(9 reviews)
Customer Review: It was a nice movie, if not the Greatest: This was a nice movie. It was enjoyable. To take this movie to seriously might not be a good idea, |
 | The Journey of the African-American Athlete
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by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(26 January, 1999)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Terrific video for Black History Month: This video is inspirational and informative on an area of history too often ignored. The African American athletic experience in American history is rich with characters and stories of perserverence and courage, |
 | The Ladies Sing the Blues
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by View Video
VHS Tape
(10 February, 1989)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: Buyer Sings the Blues: The songs may be "complete" as the DVD claims, but what isn't mentioned is the inane narration over the beginning of just about every clip on the disk, |
 | The Legend of Dolemite!
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by Xenon 2
VHS Tape
(16 April, 1996)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: A Blessing for Rudy Ray Fans: Personally, I don't think there's anything quite as compelling as a good documentary, and this is a really good documentary. |
 | The Leonard/Hearns Saga
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by Twentieth Century Fox
VHS Tape
(26 June, 1989)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Must Buy For Fight Fans: Everyone who reads this review should purchase thisamazing video. Never again will you see such a boxingbout in history again. |
 | The Mack
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by New Line Home Entertainment
VHS Tape
(19 September, 1995)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: The Mack, a 1973 pimping epic, is at once a laughable, schlock classic and a harbinger of more serious black-themed films to come. Starring the now-forgotten Max Julien as Goldie, the preening ex-con whose dream is to rule the streets with a fine Cadillac and a fleet of topnotch hookers, |
 | The Pam Grier Collection: Coffy, Foxy Brown, & Friday Foster
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by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(16 January, 2001)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: A Good, Essential Selection of Pam Grier: A good selection of Pam Grier in blaxploitation era, the set covers the three essential movies. |
 | The Piano Lesson
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by Hallmark Home Entertainment
VHS Tape
(18 February, 2003)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: The only one of August Wilson's plays to be filmed (and for television, at that), this 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winner is an amazing piece of work. Adapted by Wilson and directed by Lloyd Richards, who staged it on Broadway, |
 | The Preacher's Wife
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by Touchstone Video
VHS Tape
(13 August, 2002)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: This tedious remake of the classic Christmas movie The Bishop's Wife falls on its face by significantly altering the careful design of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert E. Sherwood's story for the original film. |
 | The Real Malcolm X
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by Twentieth Century Fox
VHS Tape
(18 November, 1992)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Standard TV Documentary: This is a well done, yet generic television documentary and good if you're interested in Malcolm X's public life. |
 | The Source
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by Fox Lorber
VHS Tape
(23 May, 2000)
(9 reviews)
Customer Review: A little disappointing but still worth seeing: The DVD is interesting, but there is too much of the same old commentary that has been circulating in beat documentaries for years. |
 | The Story of Jazz
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by Bmg/Bmg Video
VHS Tape
(01 March, 1994)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: 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.H |
 | The Tuskegee Airmen
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by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(16 May, 2000)
(19 reviews)
Editorial Review: This true story of the black flyers who broke the color barrier in the U.S. Air Force during World War II is a well-intentioned film highlighted by an excellent cast. Proud, solemn, Iowa-born Laurence Fishburne and city-kid hipster Cuba Gooding Jr. |
 | The Watermelon Woman
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by First Run Features
VHS Tape
(16 March, 1999)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: Widening the Spectrum: Multiple Issues, Multiple Minorities: As a lesbian film student of color, I find inspiration in Cheryl Dunye's vision. |
 | Thelonious Monk - American Composer
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by Bmg/Bmg Video
VHS Tape
(14 December, 1993)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: Wanting More: This is a great DVD mainly featuring interviews with Monk's friends and family, providing fascinating info about the man. |
 | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
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by Warner Studios
VHS Tape
(30 January, 1996)
(17 reviews)
Customer Review: The Dead Sea Scrolls of Jazz?: Here it is-Clint Eastwood's *other* jazz film. The core of this biographical documentary about the innovative pianist and co-founder of bebop Thelonious Monk is footage of a recording date and tour from 1968, |
 | There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
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Director: Craig Davidson
VHS Tape
(01 May, 1989)
(6 reviews)
Customer Review: A Brilliant Documentary: I'm a lifelong baseball fan, with a special interest in the Negro Leagues. I consider this the finest baseball documentary I've ever seen. |
 | Tiger Woods - Heart of a Champion
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by Goldhil Home Media
VHS Tape
(2000)
Editorial Review: Everyone starts somewhere, even the greatest golfer in the world. Ofcourse, Tiger Woods's start came much earlier than most of us. From his initialtime on the greens as an 18-month-old, his appearance as a 2-year-old on TheMike Douglas Show (with Bob Hope!) |
 | To Sir, With Love
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by Columbia/Tristar Studios
VHS Tape
(06 January, 1998)
(44 reviews)
Editorial Review: Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, |
 | Truck Turner
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by Mgm/Ua Studios
VHS Tape
(09 January, 2001)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Surprisingly Good Action Film From the Chef in "South Park": Issac Hayes carrying the whole weight of an action film alone? A film starring HIM?? |
 | Waiting to Exhale
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by Twentieth Century Fox
VHS Tape
(18 April, 1996)
(37 reviews)
Editorial Review: Based on a novel by Terry McMillan, this weepy melodrama about four African American women and the men who wronged them became an instant cultural phenomenon when it was released back in 1995. It's easy to see why Exhale struck a nerve: the movie boasts an attractive cast of African American actresses and personalities, |
 | What's Love Got To Do With It?
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by Walt Disney Home Video
VHS Tape
(04 June, 2002)
(34 reviews)
Editorial Review: Tina Turner, that dynamic diva of pop/soul/R&B from the '60s to the '90s, sings like a woman whose life story is every bit as rough and tough as her voice. And What's Love Got to Do With It, based on her autobiographical account (inI, |
 | When We Were Kings
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by Usa Films
VHS Tape
(12 November, 2001)
(61 reviews)
Editorial Review: Decades ago, documentary filmmaker Leon Gast attempted to complete a feature about the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" championship bout between boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire. Sundry complications, |
 | Willie Dynamite
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by Universal Studios
VHS Tape
(30 January, 2001)
(10 reviews)
Customer Review: BEAUTIOUS!!: Probably the funniest scene in movie history is Willie walking down the courthouse steps in that green outfit, with fur cape and hat. |
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