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Live on the Sunset Strip
: :Taken together, Richard Pryor's concert films, the essential Live in Concert, the virtuoso Live on the Sunset Strip, and even the lesser Here and Now, provide a more incisive autobiographical portrait of the groundbreaking comedian than the fictionalized Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. In Sunset Strip, Pryor relates two life-changing experiences. The first is his trip to 'the motherland,' Africa. As funny as is the routine in which Pryor gives voice to a couple of cheetahs poised to prey on unsuspecting gazelles, he brings the audience up short with a moving ...
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Speeches of Kennedy, Robert (B&W)
: :Taken together, Richard Pryor's concert films, the essential Live in Concert, the virtuoso Live on the Sunset Strip, and even the lesser Here and Now, provide a more incisive autobiographical portrait of the groundbreaking comedian than the fictionalized Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. In Sunset Strip, Pryor relates two life-changing experiences. The first is his trip to 'the motherland,' Africa. As funny as is the routine in which Pryor gives voice to a couple of cheetahs poised to prey on unsuspecting gazelles, he brings the audience up short with a moving ...
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Amandla: Revolution in Four Part Harmony (Dol)
:Description:AMANDLA! A REVOLUTION IN FOUR-PART HARMONY tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. The first film to specifically consider the music that sustained and galvanized black South Africans for more than 40 years, Amandla!'s focus is on the struggle's spiritual dimension, as articulated and embodied in song. Named for the Xhosa word for 'power,' Amandla! lives up to its title, telling an uplifting story of human courage, resolve, and triumph. :The stunning documentary Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony tells the story of ...
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Journey of the African-American Athlete
:Description:This definitive history of the African-American athlete includes exciting footage of Boxing's Jack Johnson, Loe Louis and Muhammad Ali; Basketball's Dr. J. and Michael 'Air' Jordan; Tennis stars Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe; Baseball's Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson; and more.
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Danny Thomas Show
:Description:This definitive history of the African-American athlete includes exciting footage of Boxing's Jack Johnson, Loe Louis and Muhammad Ali; Basketball's Dr. J. and Michael 'Air' Jordan; Tennis stars Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe; Baseball's Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson; and more.
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Tupac Shakur - Before I Wake
:Description:Tupac Shakur was one of hip-hop’s most notorious and controversial icons. His untimely death at the age of 25 sent a shock wave through the music world. Now the true events of his final tumultuous year, including his assassination, are documented on film by the man who witnessed them. Frank Alexander, Tupac’s personal bodyguard, presents Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake from Xenon Pictures. This film details Tupac’s encounters with the law; an examination of the chaotic events surrounding his death, including the reaction from Death Row Records president 'Suge' Knight; an interview with ...
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Bug
:Description:Tupac Shakur was one of hip-hop’s most notorious and controversial icons. His untimely death at the age of 25 sent a shock wave through the music world. Now the true events of his final tumultuous year, including his assassination, are documented on film by the man who witnessed them. Frank Alexander, Tupac’s personal bodyguard, presents Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake from Xenon Pictures. This film details Tupac’s encounters with the law; an examination of the chaotic events surrounding his death, including the reaction from Death Row Records president 'Suge' Knight; an interview with ...
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The Best of Saturday Night Live 1991
:Description:Tupac Shakur was one of hip-hop’s most notorious and controversial icons. His untimely death at the age of 25 sent a shock wave through the music world. Now the true events of his final tumultuous year, including his assassination, are documented on film by the man who witnessed them. Frank Alexander, Tupac’s personal bodyguard, presents Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake from Xenon Pictures. This film details Tupac’s encounters with the law; an examination of the chaotic events surrounding his death, including the reaction from Death Row Records president 'Suge' Knight; an interview with ...
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Malcolm X: His Own Story as it Really Happened
:Description:Adapted for the screen from the autobiography he wrote with Alex Haley's assistance, Malcolm X is a stirring portrait of the man whose life has become a rallying cry for millions.
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Great American Speeches
:Description:Adapted for the screen from the autobiography he wrote with Alex Haley's assistance, Malcolm X is a stirring portrait of the man whose life has become a rallying cry for millions.
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