 | 4 Little Girls
list: $14.94
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 Century of Black Cinema
list: $14.99
by Passport Video
VHS Tape
(19 September, 1997)
(2 reviews) 
Customer Review: "MISLEADING............": A collection of public domain clips and parts of trailers with a few interviews thrown in...all of varying quality. |
 | 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. |
 | ABC News: Mandela - The Man and His Country
list: $19.98 - our price: $19.98
by Mpi Home Video
VHS Tape
(16 May, 1990)
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 | ABC News: Prejudice - Answering Children's Questions
list: $19.98 - our price: $19.98
by Mpi Home Video
VHS Tape
(30 June, 1992)
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 | Africans in America - Part 1: Terrible Transformation
list: $19.95 - our price: $19.95
by Wgbh Boston Video
VHS Tape
(02 March, 1999)
Editorial Review: The brutal roots of the American slave years are brought vividly to life in Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation. From the earliest years of temporary bondage for African captives and European indentured servants alike to the gradual racialization of servitude to the industrialization of the slave trade, |
 | Africans in America - Part 2: Revolution
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by Wgbh Boston Video
VHS Tape
(02 March, 1999)
Editorial Review: Following the story of the slave years in America, Africans in America: Revolution examines the struggle of the War for Independence through the eyes of those who fought for others' freedom. The culture of slavery had taken strong root by the late 18th century, |
 | Africans in America - Part 3: Brotherly Love
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by Wgbh Boston Video
VHS Tape
(02 March, 1999)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: The early 19th century birthed the abolitionist movement bent on freeing the slaves, and Africans in America: Brotherly Love examines the heroic vigor with which these early leaders fought the incredibly lucrative slave industry. |
 | Africans in America: Judgment Day
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by Wgbh Boston Video
VHS Tape
(02 March, 1999)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: The War Between the States finally brought an end to centuries of slavery in America. Africans in America: Judgment Day eloquently tells the story of the years leading up to this terrible war, detailing how the rising tide of abolitionism met the deeply entrenched slave economy, |
 | 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, |
 | AKA - Cassius Clay
list: $9.94
by MGM/UA Video
VHS Tape
(07 November, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Great Documentary about the first half of Ali's career: AKA Cassius Clay was made toward the latter part of the Exile.It starts out with an explanation of Ali's financial situation, |
 | Amazing Grace
list: $19.98
by Xenon Entertainment
VHS Tape
(20 January, 1992)
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 | Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
list: $4.97 - our price: $4.97
by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(26 January, 1999)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: ABOVE HIS CLASS: Arthur Ashe is known to most of us as a great African American tennis player who broke down racial barriers in a game considered for the wealthy.A |
 | At the Jazz Band Ball - Early Hot Jazz, Song and Dance
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by Koch Vision/Shanachie Video
VHS Tape
(03 February, 1995)
(6 reviews) 
Customer Review: Mixed Bag; For The True Devotee: A nice selection of rare material is undercut by the presentation here. Many films have been poorly framed so that people's heads are cropped - God, |
 | 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, |
 | 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 - James Earl Jones
list: $14.95
by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(07 February, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: He's the voice of CNN and Darth Vader, the booming baritone who lends credibility to numerous TV commercials, and the hearty laugh that rumbles from the memorable characters he's created in films fromClaudine to Field of Dreams to A Family Thing. |
 | Biography - Jesse Jackson
list: $14.95
by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(07 February, 2000)
Editorial Review: One of the most charismatic and controversial figures in modern America, Jesse Jackson is profiled in this intelligent and balanced installment from the A&E Biography series.Jackson endured discrimination early on as the illegitimate son of a teen mother and her older lover, |
 | Biography - Malcolm X: A Search For Identity
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by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(23 January, 1996)
(1 reviews) 
Editorial Review: All these decades after his assassination at the age of 39, Malcolm X remains one of the most controversial figures in modern American history, and this segment from the A&E Biography series amply demonstrates how he came to be the subject of so much debate.B |
 | 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." |
 | Biography -Colin Powell: A Soldier's Campaign
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by A & E Entertainment
VHS Tape
(23 January, 1996)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: Rising from a childhood in the South Bronx as the son of Jamaican immigrants, Colin Powell became a hero in Vietnam, climbed through the ranks to become the most powerful officer in the U.S. military, |
 | Black Athlete
list: $9.98
by Xenon Studios
VHS Tape
(05 March, 1996)
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 | Blues Masters: The Essential History of the Blues, Vol. 1
list: $12.98
by Wea/Rhino
VHS Tape
(15 August, 1995)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: Too much jazz filler.: I thought this series (both Vol. 1 and 2) were a good source of historic blues info. I especially like the way they corelate historic events such as the 1929 Market Crash and WWII with blues events and artists. |
 | Blues Masters: The Essential History of the Blues, Vol. 2
list: $12.98
by Wea/Rhino
VHS Tape
(15 August, 1995)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: Too much jazz filler!: I bought both Vols. 1 and 2, and saw them one after the other, and I noticed to much jazz filler in both. |
 | Bluesland - A Portrait in American Music
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by Bmg/Bmg Video
VHS Tape
(15 February, 1994)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: With traditions that variously intersect and parallel those of jazz, the blues has likewise emerged as a uniquely American musical dialect that has powerfully influenced music from the early 20th century forward.W |
 | Boley Oklahoma "I'm Not Dead"
list: $29.99
Director: Dayn Kirksey, Chip Coleman
VHS Tape
(01 January, 2001)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Educational as Well as Entertaining: My family truly enjoyed the video from start to finish. The History lesson was invaluable! I could not put a price on the value. |
 | 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 - Muhammad Ali
list: $9.94
by Hbo Studios
VHS Tape
(07 May, 2002)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: An inferior production: This was produced for HBO television's series on great heavyweights, a series which includes Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey. |
 | Can't You Hear the Wind Howl?
list: $24.98
by Winstar Home Entertainment
VHS Tape
(24 November, 1998)
(11 reviews) 
Editorial Review: This ambitious mixture of dramatic reconstruction with traditional documentary affords excellent insight into legendary bluesman Robert Johnson's life, the enduring power of his music, and the myth which surrounds him. |
 | 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 |
 | Charles Mingus - Triumph of the Underdog
list: $21.98 - our price: $21.98
by Koch Vision/Shanachie Video
VHS Tape
(21 April, 1998)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: I highly recommend this video: There are so many good things to say about this video. Let me start with saying that Mingus's "Epitaph" is covered in detail: both the 1962 Town Hall performance that was a disaster and the Gunther Schuller tribute perfomance made after Monk's death, |
 | Civil War Episode 5: Universe of Battle 1863
list: $19.98
by Pbs Home Video
VHS Tape
(08 August, 1994)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: The Confederate high water mark at the Battle of Gettysburg: The Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg mark the turning point of the Civil War in this fifth volume of Ken Burns' celebrated documentary. |
 | Civil War, Ken Burn's Episode 2: A Very Bloody Affair 1862
list: $19.98
by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(14 March, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: The Peninsula Campaign and the Battel of Shiloh in 1862: McClellan's Peninsula Campaign in the East and Grant's military successes in the West climaxing in the Battle of Shiloh dominate the second episode of Ken Burns celebrated documentary which focuses on 1862, |
 | Civil War, Ken Burn's Episode 4: Simply Murder 1863
list: $19.98
by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(14 March, 2000)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Lee wins battles in the East while Grant wins in the West: The futile stupidity of the Union assault on Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg and the brilliant maneuvering of Robert E. |
 | Civil War, Ken Burn's Episode 5: The Universe Of Battle 1863
list: $19.98
by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(14 March, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: The tide turns against the Confederacy in the Summer of 1863: By the time the United States celebrated the Fourth of July in 1863, |
 | Civil War, Ken Burn's Episode 6: Valley Of The Shadow Of Death
list: $19.98
by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(14 March, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: U.S. Grant takes command and moves on Richmond in 1863: In the fall of 1863 Ulysses S. Grant comes East to take command of all Union forces as President Lincoln finally finds the general who can beat Robert E. |
 | Civil War, Ken Burn's Episode 7: Most Hallowed Ground 1864
list: $19.98
by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(14 March, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Sherman marches to the sea as 1864 comes to a close: The re-election of Abraham Lincoln is the focal point of Episode 7 in the celebrated PBS documentary on "The Civil War" by Ken Burns. |
 | Civil War, Ken Burn's Episode 8: War Is All Hell 1865
list: $19.98
by PBS Home Video
VHS Tape
(14 March, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Triumph and tragedy intermingle at the end of the Civil War: Richmond finally falls to the Army of the Potomac and in quick order Lee surrenders at Appomattox and Lincoln is assassinated as the Civil War finally ends in Episode 8 of the celebrated PBS documentary by Ken Burns. |
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