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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 T9714sW
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DVD 791.43 T9714sW
Donelson - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 T9714sW
Publication Date | Edition | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2014 | [English/Spanish/French dialogue version] | 1 videodisc (approximately 134 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 T9714sW Bordeaux - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 T9714sW Donelson - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 T9714sW |
Description
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...
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F7454jW
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F7454jW
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F7454jW
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2013 | Rental ed. | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F7454jW Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F7454jW Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F7454jW |
Description
History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 A51239f
Edgehill - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 A51239f
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 A51239f
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2011 | PBS Distribution | 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 A51239f Edgehill - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 A51239f Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 A51239f |
Description
This inspirational documentary is about a band of courageous civil-rights activists calling themselves the Freedom Riders. Gaining impressive access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, it chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.
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Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 305.8 B1977r
Looby - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 305.8 B1977r
Southeast - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 305.8 B1977r
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | HBO Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 305.8 B1977r Looby - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 305.8 B1977r Southeast - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 305.8 B1977r |
Description
In the wake of the 2015 death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, Baltimore was a city on the edge. Peaceful protests and destructive riots erupted in the immediate aftermath of Gray's death, reflecting the deep divisions between authorities and the community - and underscoring the urgent need for reconciliation.
5) Bamboozled
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B1995
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B1995
Southeast - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B1995
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2020] | Criterion collection. | The Criterion Collection | 2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B1995 Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B1995 Southeast - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B1995 |
Description
Dark, biting satire of the television industry. A frustrated writer devises a plan to revive the minstrel show; but instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. Directed by Spike Lee.
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Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B6198o
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B6198o
Green Hills - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 B6198o
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B6198o Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B6198o Green Hills - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 B6198o |
Description
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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Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B6276L
East - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B6276L
Inglewood - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B6276
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2012] | Video Service Corp | 2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B6276L East - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B6276L Inglewood - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B6276 |
Description
Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American communities.
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Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 305.800973 B6277p
Madison - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 305.800973 B6277p
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2011 | MPI Media Group [distributor] | 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 305.800973 B6277p Madison - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 305.800973 B6277p |
Description
"THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was found...
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Bordeaux - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 B6289k
Donelson - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 B6289k
East - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 B6289k
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | [English/French/Spanish version] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 B6289k Donelson - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 B6289k East - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 B6289k |
Description
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
10) Charm City
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 975.26 C482c
Green Hills - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 975.26 C482c
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | Widescreen. | PBS | 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 975.26 C482c Green Hills - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 975.26 C482c |
Description
Delivering a candid portrait of citizens, police, community advocates, and government officials on the frontlines during three years of unparalleled, escalating violence in Baltimore. The film highlights the positive actions undertaken by groups and individuals, who come together to rebuild, heal, and forge a better way forward.
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2010] | Full screen. | PBS Distribution | 3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
North - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.0973 E975p |
Description
The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations are felt today.
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Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F6924W
Hermitage - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F6924W
Looby - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F6924W
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[2015] | Olive Films | 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F6924W Hermitage - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F6924W Looby - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F6924W |
Description
Medgar Evers was a former insurance salesman turned field secretary for the NAACP, and who was instrumental in organizing boycotts against discriminating southern white merchants and the desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
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Green Hills - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 322.42 F8531aW
Southeast - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 322.42 F8531aW
Thompson Lane - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 322.42 F8531aW
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2013] | Lionsgate | 1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 322.42 F8531aW Southeast - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 322.42 F8531aW Thompson Lane - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 322.42 F8531aW |
Description
"A ... docudrama that takes a gripping look at the historical incidents that created an international movement to free activist Angela Davis, and tells the story of social justice activism that lands her on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list"--Container.
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F944sW
Goodlettsville - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F944sW
Inglewood - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 F944sW
Publication Date | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2014 | 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F944sW Goodlettsville - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F944sW Inglewood - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 F944sW |
Description
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.
15) Get out
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 G3941o
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 G3941o
Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 G3941o
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 G3941o Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 G3941o Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 G3941o |
Description
A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.
16) Harriet
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 H297
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 H297
Donelson - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 H297
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[2020] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 H297 Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 H297 Donelson - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 H297 |
Description
Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
17) The hate u give
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 H3619u
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 H3619u
Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 H3619u
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2019] | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 H3619u Bordeaux - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 H3619u Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 H3619u |
Description
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?
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 I111n
Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 I111n
Edgehill - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 I111n
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | Magnolia Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 I111n Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 I111n Edgehill - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 I111n |
Description
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.
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 J656L
Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 J656L
East - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 323.1196 J656L
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | PBS Distribution | 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 J656L Bordeaux - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 J656L East - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 323.1196 J656L |
Description
Follow the courageous journey of John Lewis, a civil rights hero, congressional leader, and human rights champion whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. The son of sharecroppers, Lewis grew up in the segregated South and rose from Alabama's Black Belt to the corridors of power on Capitol Hill. His humble origins have forever linked him to those whose voices often go unheard.
20) Just mercy
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Bellevue - Adult Movie 2 available
DVD 791.43 J961
Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 J961
East - Adult Movie 1 available
DVD 791.43 J961
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2020] | Widescreen ed. | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie 2 available DVD 791.43 J961 Donelson - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 J961 East - Adult Movie 1 available DVD 791.43 J961 |
Description
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.