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3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets / Ro*co Films Educational and Participant Media presents, in association with HBO Documentary Films ; a The Filmmaker Fund/Motto Pictures production, in co-production with Lakehouse Films and Actual Films, in association with Justfilms, Macarthur Foundation and Bertha, Britdoc ; produced by Minette Nelson, Carolyn Hepburn ; directed by Marc Silver. [Beverly] : Participant Media, [2015] 1 DVD videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. A13 2015 VideoDVD : On November 23, 2012, a black 17-year-old named Jordan Davis and three friends drove into a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida. Davis and his friends got into a verbal altercation with 45-year-old Michael Dunn, a white man who took issue with the volume of the teenagers rap music. When Davis refused to turn down the music, Dunn opened fire on the car of unarmed teenagers. He fired 10 bullets, three of which hit Davis who died at the scene. Dunn fled, but was taken into custody the next day. He claimed that he shot in self-defense. Filmed over a period of 18 months, "3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets" intercuts intimate scenes of Davis family and friends with footage from Michael Dunns trial and police interrogation, news reports and prison phone recordings between Dunn and his fiancée. Drawing on 200 hours of footage, the documentary aims to reconstruct the night of the murder, delving into the intricate web of racial prejudice in 21st century America and how such prejudices can result in tragedy. "3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets" also details the journey of Jordan Davis parents from grief to activism and explores public opinion on Floridas Stand Your Ground Law. Director Marc Silver is particularly interested in examining the varying perceptions of Davis in life and death. I was drawn to Jordan Davis story because it appeared to be the perfect storm of racial profiling, access to guns and laws that give people the confidence to use those guns with no sense of duty to retreat from the situation, he says.
4 Little Girls / HBO Home Video ; HBO Original Programming ; an HBO documentary film in association with 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee Joint ; director, producer, Spike Lee ; producer, Sam Pollard. [Hollywood, Calif.] : HBO Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010] 1 DVD videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. A24 2010 VideoDVD :The Birmingham Campaign was launched in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists were soon jailed, but it was the participation of the children that advanced the momentum of the Birmingham movement. They marched alongside the adults and were taken to jail with them as well. Because the 16th St. Baptist Church was close to the downtown area, it was an ideal location to hold rallies and meetings. On Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 1963, dynamite planted by the Ku Klux Klan, exploded in the building. Under the fallen debris, the bodies of four girls were found. Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley died because of the color of their skin. Features archival film footage, home photographs, comments by surviving family members, and interviews with local and national figures of the time. (Also available as part of ROVI Film Collection)
10 days that unexpectedly changed America / All Productions in association with Media for The History Channel. [Burlington, VT] : A&E Home Video ; New York : Distributed by New Video, c2006. 3 videodiscs (ca. 460 min.) : col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. 2006 VideoDVD 1-3 :Acclaimed documentary filmmakers offer a fresh, compelling look at 10 pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions. Note : Disc 3 contains a clip about Freedom Summer. Disc 1. Massacre at Mystic ; Shays' Rebellion: America's first civil war ; Gold rush ; Antietam -- Disc 2. The Homestead strike ; Murder at the fair: the assassination of President McKinley ; Scopes: the battle over Americ's soul -- Disc 3. Einstein's letter ; When America was rocked ; Freedom summer.
14: Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark and Vanessa Lopez. Graham Street Productions, 2014. [San] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016. Streaming video file from Kanopy (Lease). : 14: Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark and Vanessa Lopez explores the recurring question about who has the right to be an American citizen. 14 examines the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment through compelling personal stories and expertly-told history. Under the Fourteenth Amendment, All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. The story is told through the lives of three ordinary and extraordinary American families who changed history by their courageous challenges to the powerful status quo - Dred and Harriet Scott, Wong Kim Ark and Rosario and Vanessa Lopez. Descendants of Dred and Harriet Scott and those of Wong Kim Ark tell the stories of how their ancestors fought all the way to the Supreme Court and changed American history. Rosario Lopez and her daughter Vanessa are both activists in the immigrant rights youth movement. Born in the United States and a citizen under the 14th Amendment, Vanessa wants to be either an artist, a photographer, a lawyer, or a marine biologist and President of the United States. It is the citizenship of millions of children like Vanessa Lopez, born in the United States to undocumented parents, that is at stake now.
A. Philip Randolph : For Jobs & Freedom / WETA-TV ; a film by Dante J. James ; produced by Dante J. James ; written by Juan Williams, Dante J. James. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c1996. 1 DVD videodisc (86 min.) : col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in A83 1996 VideoDVD: Ask most people who led the 1963 March on Washington and they'll probably tell you Martin Luther King, Jr. But the real force behind the event was the man many call the pre-eminent black labor leader of the century and the father of the modern civil rights movement: A. Philip believed that economic rights was the key to advancing civil rights. A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom takes viewers on a tour of 20th-century civil rights and labor history as it chronicles Randolph's legendary efforts to build a more equitable was born in 1889 in the deeply segregated South. When he was reduced to performing menial labor despite an outstanding academic record, he headed north - to Harlem. The film traces Randolph's early years amid the fervor of the Harlem Renaissance where he encountered the socialism of Eugene Debs, became a renowned soapbox orator and, with Chandler Owen, founded the radical magazine The In response to the race riots of 1919, Randolph and Owen formed the National Association for the Promotion of Labor Unionism Among Negroes. Soon a group of Pullman car workers asked Randolph to help them organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The film revisits the group's bitter 12-year battle with the notorious Pullman Company, which tried repeatedly to destroy the union using spies and firings. The 1934 Wagner Act finally created a level-playing field, enabling the Brotherhood to win an organized contract in 1937, the first ever between a company and a Black anti-Communist Brotherhood did not join the more radical CIO but the craft unions of the AFL. Randolph became the sole Black representative on the AFL's executive council, where he was often a lonely voice for civil WWII began, the federal government was still segregated and African Americans excluded from all but menial defense industry jobs. Randolph leapt onto the national stage when he called for a march on Washington in protest. According to CORE founder James Farmer, "Roosevelt could not take the chance that 25,000 people would be protesting in Washington when he was calling the the arsenal of democracy." Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8002 banning such discrimination and the march was called as the Cold War heated up, President Truman announced the first peace-time draft. But he left the armed forces segregated. Randolph called on Black men to resist the draft until Truman relented, presaging the protests against the Vietnam War. Truman was furious, but in 1948 he issued an executive order integrating the 1963, Randolph called again for a march on Washington. He was the only civil rights leader who could unite other leaders in the movement. 250,000 came in response. When he introduced Dr. King, "symbolically, the torch was passed from one generation of fighters to another."
The Abolitionists / written, produced and directed by Rob Rapley. [United] : PBS Distribution, c2013. 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in. 2013 VideoDVD : Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy-these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history. What began as a pacifist movement fueled by persuasion and prayer became a fiery and furious struggle that forever changed the nation. Bringing to life the intertwined stories of Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimk, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown, The Abolitionists takes place during some of the most violent and contentious decades in American history. It reveals how the movement shaped history by exposing the fatal flaw of a republic founded on liberty for some and bondage for others. In the face of personal risks-beatings, imprisonment, even death-abolitionists held fast to their cause, laying the civil rights groundwork for the future and raising weighty constitutional and moral questions that are still with us today. Directed by Rob Rapley, The Abolitionists interweaves drama with traditional documentary storytelling, and stars Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil, and T. Ryder Smith, vividly bringing to life the epic struggles of the men and women who ended slavery. PBS is making a streaming video version of this series available for free during 2013. Another link with supplementary materials.
Adam Abdul Hakeem: One Who Survived / 1993. 41 minutes Streaming video from Filmakers Library. : Twenty-year-old Adam Abdul Hakeem was the first person in American judicial history to be found innocent by reason of self defense in a police shooting case. This gripping documentary tells the story of Hakeem, (formerly named Larry Davis), who tried to extricate himself from a police-run drug ring in which he had participated for six years. In doing so, it examines the relationships between law enforcement agencies, the criminal justice system, and the African-American police raided Hakeem's apartment without a warrant, claiming he was a suspect in the murders of four drug dealers in the Bronx. Hakeem shot six policemen and escaped. After a controversial trial, he was acquitted on the major charges, but sentenced to five to fifteen years for illegal possession of a weapon. While in prison, he endured continual beatings, to the point where his spine was severely injured and he remains paralyzed. While this film does not exonerate Hakeem, it points up an institutionalized form of prejudice and brutality within the criminal justice system. These issues are particularly timely in view of the racial strife that is erupting nationwide. Postscrpt: Adam Abdul Hakeem was kiilled in prison in 2008. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Adam Clayton Powell / directed by Richard Kilberg. New York, NY] : Docurama, [2009] 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 54 min.) : b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. A33 2009 VideoDVD : A look at the most influential and flamboyant civil rights leader in America from the 1930s through the 1950s. From his emergence as a pastor of Harlem's Albyssinian Baptist Church, to his riotous political climb and eventual ruin. He had an illustrious but controversial career. He had multiple marriages, taunted the white establishment, his desegregation of Congress, and his shameful smearing of Martin Luther King Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell / 1989. 55 minutes Streaming video from Filmakers Library. : A film by Richard Kilberg. Narrated by Julian Bond. This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil Rights movement, and the first African-American Congressman from a northeastern film follows his political climb in the Harlem of the Depression 30s. As minister of Harlem's Abysinnian Baptist Church, Powell used his charismatic power in the battle for equal employment. Once in Congress, he fought persistently to deny federal funding to segregated facilities. Under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson he was instrumental in passing much of the social legislation known as "The Great Society." At the peak of his power, he was the most influential black man in America. Yet his meteoric rise to power ended in an abrupt fall as financial indiscretions and personal excesses caught up with film pulls together facts, remembrances and opinions into a compelling narrative. Heard from are Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, writer Roger Wilkins, Professor John Henry Clarke, and family members. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Adam Clayton Powell by Richard Kilberg (Filmakers Library, 1989) 55 mins. streaming video from Black Studies in Video.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in Chronoscope (Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 1954) 15:06 mins Streaming video from America History in Video. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Afraid of Dark : Exploring Black Masculinity / a Shoot Films, Not People production ; directed by Mya B ; written by Mya B. DVD.[Brooklyn, NY] : Shoot Films, Not People Productions, 2014. 1 DVD-R videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 2014 VideoDVD : Why is everyone so afraid of black men? In her new documentary, Afraid of Dark, filmmaker Mya B. attempts to answer this question. In examining two of the most prevalent stereotypes about the black man as the brute and as the Mandingo we are led on a journey to understanding how the fear of these stereotypes have contributed to the rates of violence and incarceration against black men. We see how racism uses black on black crime and other unfortunate occurrences in black communities as justification for attacks on black males by police and citizen vigilantes alike. The documentary challenges these stereotypes, and their resulting worldview, through candid interviews of black men -- who span the spectrum of age and background -- to illustrate through their own words and personal reflections the difference between how society perceives black men and how they define B. also profiles three generations of black men in her family that offered alternative archetypes of what black men can be and are in this society. The film ultimately shows us that black men are struggling to find love and meaningful identity in a world that mutes their individual stories and colors them all with one brush; and that the way towards healing means facing this dilemma head on, looking deep into it, and using our understanding and our love to transform the image and likeness we perceive of black men. (75 min.)
African American. [Pasadena, Calif.] : Global Wonders, c2008. 1 videodisc (ca. 36 min.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in. + foldout booklet ([6] p.) ROVI Movie Collection CT6 D0105843 VideoDVD : Juvenile film. "Join twins Trey and Alisha and their friends Lee and Marisa on a play date of dreams and imagination! Watch them embark on an exciting 'treasure hunt' that transforms their playroom into a world of wonders, highlighted by the fascinating and influential culture of the African - American family. Discover the famous art of Horace Pippin, the groundbreaking music of Louis Armstrong, the monumental contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King and so much more"
African American Art : past and present / Reading & O'Reilly Associates. Wilton, Conn. : Reading & O'Reilly, c1992. 3 videocassettes (90 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 teacher's guide. A34 1992 Videocassette and guide : Rare and historical photographs, beautiful reproductions of paintings, sculpture and crafts, and brilliant musical selections combine to make this an outstanding educational program for children and adults.
The African American holiday of Kwanzaa : a celebration of family, community & culture. Los Angeles, CA : African Cooperative Enterprises ; St. Albans, NY : distr. by The University of Sankore Press, c1988. 1 VHS videocassette ( min.) : col. ; 1/2 in. 1988 Videocassette : The seven-day () African Americanholiday of Kwanzaa is based on African celebrations of first fruits and on a set of principles which contribute to the unity, preservation and development of the African family, community and culture.
African American Lives / a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2006] 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. 2006 VideoDVD: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa. Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
African American Lives 2 / a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; senior producer, Graham Judd ; archival producer Lewanne Jones ; Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inkwell Films, and Thirteen/ WNET New York. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2008] 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. 2008 VideoDVD : The first African American Livesrevealed the power in discovering one's family history. Now, Henry Louis Gates Jr. will guide a new group to discover their ancestry inAfrican American Lives 2. The series will draw on DNA analysis, genealogical research and family oral tradition to trace the lineages of the participants, including Maya Angelou, Morgan Freeman, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Tina Turner, down through history and back to Africa.
African American War Heroes : True Stories of Patriotism & Valor. [United] : OnDeck Home Entertainment, [2005] 1 DVD videodisc (112 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. A393 2005 VideoDVD : Through archival film footage, war veterans from all military branches recount their personal experiences to bring their true stories to life, honoring the remarkable contributions of all African Americans who served our country in all our wars.
The African Americans : many rivers to cross : an unprecedented journey through African Americans history / written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. [Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2014] 2 DVD videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in 2014 VideoDVD discs 1-2 (Also part of the ROVI Movie Collection) : Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery / a production of WGBH Boston ; executive producer, Orlando Bagwell ; writer, Steve Fayer. WGBH Boston Video, c2000. 2 DVD videodiscs (ca. 6 hr.) 2000 VideoDVD : This program follows the history of American slavery from its birth to the Civil War. Considers the contradictions that lie at the heart of the founding of the American nation. The infant democracy pronounced all men to be created equal while enslaving one race to benefit another. Portrays the struggles of the African people in America, from their arrival in the 1600s to the last days of the Civil War. Contents - (1) The Terrible Transformation (1450-1750) -- (2) Revolution (1750-1805 -- (3) Brotherly Love (1791-1831) -- [(4) Judgment Day (1831-1865). This series exposes the truth through surprising revelations, dramiatic recreations, rare archival photography, riveting first-person accounts and defines the reality of slaver's past through insightful commentary. Also available as 4 VHS videocassettes.
After Ten Years : the Court and the Schools / CBS News ; producers, Philip Scheffler, William Peters ; directed by Norman Gorin. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003. 1 DVD-R videodisc (58 min.) : b&w ; 4 3/4 in. 2003 VideoDVD: The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling made it clear that segregation would not be tolerated and that states must comply with federal law. In this program, filmed ten years after Brown, news correspondents report on the mixed progress made toward integrating public schools in Nashville, New Rochelle, New Orleans and Prince Edward County, Virginia. Stumbling blocks such as faculty segregation, busing and segregational zoning are examined. A discussion featuring Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and Ex-Secretary of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins concludes the program.
Against the Odds : the Artists of the Harlem Renaissance / production of NJN ; produced, written and directed by Amber Edwards.[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Video, c1994. 1 VHS videocassette (57 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. A53 1994 Videocassette: Explore the lives of visual artists who made the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s and 1930s one of the 20th century's richest artistic moments. Archival footage, newsreels, and photographs recall the influential force of exhibitions, Harlem's vibrancy in the Roaring Twenties, and significant personalities such as William E. Harmon, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Alain Locke. Watch African-American artists triumph over formidable odds to create lasting beauty. Also available as streaming video courtesy of the PBS Video Collection from ASP.
The Age of Slavery (1800-1860). 2013. 57 minutes. Part of the African Americans Series. : What made cotton so desirable? In the 1790s Americas oldest crops, like tobacco, were depleting farmland and dropping in value. At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was exploding, creating enormous international demand for cotton clothing. Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin, which easily separated cotton fiber from its seeds, was merely a motor for a global economic machine. Slavery was its Many stakeholders benefited from the cotton economy -- plantation owners in the South, banks in the North, shipping merchants, and the textile industry in Great Britain. Cotton transformed the United States, making fertile land in the Deep South, from Georgia to Texas, extraordinarily valuable. Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in the Upper South became incredibly more valuable as commodities because of this demand for them in the Deep South. They were sold off in droves. This created a Second Middle Passage, the second largest forced migration in America's To feed "King Cotton," more than a million African Americans were carried off into the Deep South. That's two and a half times the number that were brought to the United States from Africa.
Aida's Brothers and Sisters : Black Voices in Opera (2008) / a film by Jan Schmidt-Garre and Marieke Schroeder ; a production of Pars [et] in cooperation with [et] [Halle/Saale] : Arthaus Musik, [2009] 1 DVD videodisc (85 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in 2000 VideoDVD : An absorbing look, with fabulous archival footage, at the struggle of African-American singers toreach such stages as the Metropolitan, from Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson to Leontyne Price and Simon Estes.
Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960-1961 / a production of Blackside. PBS Video, 1986. 1 VHS videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) 1986 Videocassette : College students begin to take a leadership role in the civil rights movement. Lunch counter sit-ins spread from Nashville, Tennessee, through the South, giving life to a new force within the movement -- the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The following year, many of these students found themselves facing death trying to break down segregation in interstate bus travel below the Mason-Dixon line, on the Freedom rides initiated by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Part of the Eyes on the Prize collection.
Alex Haley / a production of RTSI Lugano ; written and directed by Matteo Bellinelli. California Newsreel, c1992. 1 VHS videocassette (43 min.) A4 1992 Videocassette: This inspiring portrait recounts the transformation of a college dropout into one of America's most powerful writers. In one of the few in-depth conversations filmed before his death in 1992, Alex Haley describes the dynamic collaboration that produced The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the quest for identity that yielded Roots. For more info, visit California Newsreel.
Alice Walker : a conversation with Alice Walker / RTSI-Swiss Television, producer ; director, Matteo Bellinelli. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1992. Available as streaming video via Black Studies in Video. : Alice Walker discusses her life from her childhood in rural Georgia to her present home in northern California. She also speaks on contemporary America, the "womanist" perspective, and reads from her poetry. In black and white : six profiles of African American authors ; 4
All of Us : Protecting Black Women Against AIDS/ directed by Emily Abt. 2009. 81:43 mins. Streaming video viaFilmakers Library. : This unique documentary goes beyond the statistics of the AIDS epidemic among black women. It is a deeply personal exploration of the bedroom politics that make black women, and in fact all women, especially vulnerable to film follows a young female doctor, Mehret Mandefro, working in the south Bronx, as she gives medical and emotional support to her afflicted patients. Mehret is battling not only the virus, but the social conditions that leave these women so vulnerable. Focusing on two women, Chevelle and Tara, she explores their lives and how their early experience of abuse contributed to their inability to demand protected sex of their mates. She forms a support group where women patients confide in and comfort one Chevelle and Tara strive for more power in their lives and relationships, Mehret expands her research to include women across boundaries of race, class and country. She realizes that even she, a Harvard- educated physician, faces a dangerous power imbalance in the bedroom. A provocative film to use in many areas of the curriculum. Trailer from YouTube. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
All Power to the People! : The Black Panther Party and Beyond. / Lee Lew Lee, producer/director & Kristin Bell & Nico Panigutti, co-producers. 2000. 58:16 minutes. Streaming video from Filmakers Library : Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60's civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which preceded it and inspired the black, brown, yellow, Native American and women's power movements which party struck fear in the hearts of the "establishment" which viewed it as a terrorist group. Interviews with former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, CIA officer Philip Agee, and FBI agents Wes Swearingen and Bill Turner shockingly detail a "secret domestic war" of assassination, imprisonment and torture as the weapons of repression. Yet, the documentary is not a paean to the Panthers, for while it praises their early courage and moral idealism. it exposes their collapse due to megalomania, corruption, drugs, and in 19 countries abroad and winner of 9 awards, the film is an important look at the turmoils of the 60's and its leading players. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
America Beyond the Color Line / Wall to Wall Television ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Dan Percival and Mary Crisp. PBS Home Video, [2005] 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 225 min.) 2005 VideoDVD: Gates travels to the east coast, the deep South, inner city Chicago, and Hollywood to investigate modern Black America and interview influential Americans including Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou, Willie Herenton and others.
America By the Numbers / with Maria Hinojosa ; series producer, Charlotte Mangin ; produced by the Futuro Media Group in association with WGBH for PBS. [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2014] 2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. A498 2014 VideoDVD : This series explores the impact of the growing number of Asians, Latinos, African Americans, persons of mixed race, immigrants, women, youth and LGBTs whose influence over culture, commerce and the outcome of elections is affecting every aspect of the life in America.
America in Black and White. Racial Profiling and Law Enforcement / [produced] ABC News. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [2000], c1998. 1 VHS videocassette (44 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in. 2000 Videocassette: Focuses on racial profiling in law enforcement, investigating the issue from the victim's point of view as well as through the eyes of the police.
American Blackout / a Guerrilla News Network production ; produced by Anastasia King ; directed by Ian Inaba. Berkeley, CA : GNN, c2006. 1 DVD videodisc (86 min.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in. 2006 VideoDVD : Whatever you think you know about our election systems or Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, this film will make you question further why the news media fails to accurately inform the public. Directed by GNN's Ian Inaba, creator of Eminem's "Mosh" music video, American Blackout critically examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence voices of political dissent. Many have heard of the alleged voting irregularities that occurred during the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004. Until now, these incidents have gone under- reported and are commonly written-off as insignificant rumors or unintentional mishaps resulting from an overburdened election system. American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of voter disenfranchisement from Florida 2000 to Ohio 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Mckinney not only took an active role investigating these election debacles, but has found herself in the middle of her own after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Featuring: Congressional members John Conyers, John Lewis, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Bernie Sanders and jounalists Greg Palast and Bob Fitrakis.
American Cowboys / produced by Wildbill Productions ; in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting ; Native American Public Telecommunications. Lincoln, NE : Distributed by Vision Maker Video, [2005?] 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 27 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. 2005 VideoDVD : American Cowboys tells the stories of George Fletcher and Jackson Sundown, the first African American and the first Native American to compete in the World Title at the Pendleton Round-Up. This documentary reveals the glory of being the best, the frustration of being ignored, and the rewards for not giving up on a dream. Trailer
American Cultural History : African Americans . Tallahassee, Fl. : 2005. 1 DVD videodisc (70 min.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in 2005 VideoDVD : When we look at America as a whole, we tend to see the enchilada- not its ingredients. We acknowledge that African Americans have made some significant contributions to American culture, but are blissfully oblivious to the fact that they are an inalienable part of the fiber of this country's democracy, language, sports and to mention the fact that the very foundations of the modern America were laid by slave labor. This DVD explores the social and cultural ancestry of African Americans in wide focus, and cannot fail to expand our mental horizons on this valuable segment of our national community. A compilation of five instructional films on the subject of African Americans : (1) We work again: A tribute to the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in their efforts to find jobs for African-Americans during the great depression of the 1930s. (2) Negro colleges in war time: Documentary short film detailing the work on American black college campuses in response to the call for military recruits and trained workers. (3) The plantation system in southern life: Describes how the plantation system affected the economic and social patterns of the South before the Civil War, and how the lingering effects of this system are in evidence today. Recreates life on a typical plantation dominated by one crop--cotton. (4) Palmour Street: Depicts events in the daily life of a Negro family living on Palmour Street in Gainesville, Georgia. Illustrates basic concepts on mental health, and points out the influences, both negative and positive, that parents can have upon the mental and emotional development of their children. (5) Teddy: Describes the experiences of a black teenager, focusing on his views of the system and showing his relationship with the church, school, and community.
American denial / a co-production of Vital Pictures and Independent Television Service ; a film by Llewellyn Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers and Kelly Thomson. [Boston] : Vital Pictures, [2014] 1 DVD videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. 2014 VideoDVD : "In 1938, Swedish researcher and Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal plunges into America's Jim Crow South. His resulting study, An American dilemma (1944), poses a profoundly unsettling question: How can a people devoted to the American creed of equality, justice and opportunity for all continue to erect obstacles to those ends based on race? Through Myrdal's story and contemporary racial dynamics, the film explores how denial, cognitive dissonance, and implicit bias persist and shape all of our lives"
American experience. 1964 / American Experience Films presents ; an Insignia Films production ; written and directed by Stephen Ives ; produced by Amanda Pollak ; WGBH. [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2014] 1 DVD videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. MSU ROVI Movie Collection AF2 D0010541 VideoDVD : 1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in protest, African Americans fought back against injustice in Harlem, and Barry Goldwater's conservative revolution took over the Republican Party. In myriad ways, 1964 was the year when Americans faced choices: between the liberalism of Lyndon Johnson or Barry Goldwater's grassroots conservatism, between support or opposition to the civil rights movement, between an embrace of the emerging counterculture or a defense of traditional values.
America's Black Soldiers / a Lou Reda Production ; produced by Mort Zimmerman ; directed by Don Horan ; written by Norman Stahl. New Dimension Media, [1998?] 1 VHS videocassette (28 min.) 1998 Videocassette : "It was a war without bullets and bombs, one that was silent and invisible to most Americans. This program reveals the story of Black Americans' long battle for the right to serve as equals in the US military. Facing discrimination, segregation, and sometimes outright hostility and rejection, Blacks nevertheless managed to honorably serve and often heroically fight in such conflicts as the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and World War I. However, it wasn't until their huge contribution to the American victory in World War II that Blacks finally won the military's acceptance and permanent surrender. Rare footage captures their inspiring battle - and provides students a rich insight into social history".
Amiri Baraka / production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. with Tatge/Lasseur Productions ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999. 1 VHS videocassette (27 min.) col. ; 1/2 in. Z6 1999 Videocassette : Artist/activist Amiri Baraka has managed to alter not merely the face of African-American writing, but its very sound and substance as well: among the first to promote Africanized English, he also introduced an element of jazz into poetry. In this program, Bill Moyers and Mr. Baraka discuss topics centering on the black experience in America.
Amos 'n' Andy : Anatomy of a Controversy (48:10).Streaming video courtesy of Hulu. The CBS series is taken off the air in 1953 because of protests from civil rights groups; host George Kirby.
Andrew Young directed by Bill Buckley (Rediscovery Productions, 2011) 28:23 mins. Streaming video from American History on Film. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
The Angola 3 : Black Panthers and the last slave plantation / directed by Jimmy O'Halligan ; co-produced by Scott Crow and Ann Harkness. Oakland, CA : PM Press, c2008. 1 DVD videodisc (109 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in A54 2008 VideoDVD : elling the gripping story of Robert King Wilkerson, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, this book describes these men who have endured solitary confinement longer than any known living prisoner in the United States. Politicized through contact with the Black Panther Party while inside Louisianas prisons, they formed one of the only prison Panther chapters in history and worked to organize other prisoners into a movement for the right to live like human beings. This feature length movie explores their extraordinary struggle for justice while incarcerated in Angola, a former slave plantation where institutionalized rape and murder made it known as one of the most brutal and racist prisons in the United States. The analysis of the Angola 3s political work, and the criminal cases used to isolate and silence them, occurs within the context of the widespread COINTELPRO being carried out in the 1960s and 70s by the FBI and state law enforcement against militant voices for a partial victory, the courts exonerated Robert King Wilkerson of the original charges and released him in 2001; he continues the fight for the freedom of his two brothers. The ongoing campaign, which includes a civil case soon to come before the Supreme Court, is supported by people and organizations such as Amnesty International, the Harry Belafonte, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerrys Ice Cream, Ramsey Clark, Sen. John Conyers, Sister Helen Prejean, (the late) Anita Roddick, Bishop Desmond Tutu and the ANC. Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have now endured as political prisoners in solitary confinement for over 35 by Mumia Abu-Jamal, The Angola 3 features interviews with former Panthers, political prisoners and revolutionaries, including the Angola 3 themselves, and Bo Brown, Geronimo (ji Jaga) Pratt, Malik Rahim, Yuri Kochiyama, David Hilliard, Rod Coronado, Noelle Hanrahan, Kiilu Nyasha, Marion Brown, Luis Talamantez, Gail Shaw and many others. Portions of the proceeds go to support the Angola 3. For more information visit



The Angry Eye / [United] : JaneElliott Educator, c2008. 1 DVD-R videodisc : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. 34 and 51 minutes versions. A54 2008 VideoDVD: Documentary on Jane Elliott's blue-eyed/brown-eyed exercise in discrimination, involving college students forced to experience racist treatment minorities have received for years. Originally produced as a documentary film in 2001.
Anita : Speaking Truth to Power / Chanlim Films ; American Film Foundation ; in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundtion ; a film by Freida Mock ; director, writer, producer, Freida Mock.[New] : First Run Features, [2013] 1 DVD videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. A55 2013 VideoDVD : An entire country watched as a poised, beautiful African-American woman sat before a Senate committee of 14 white men and with a clear, unwavering voice recounted the repeated acts of sexual harassment she had endured while working with Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Anita Hill's graphic testimony was a turning point for gender equality in the and ignited a political firestorm about sexual misconduct and power in the workplace that resonates still today. Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power reveals the story of a woman who has empowered millions to stand up for equality and justice. Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock, the film celebrates Anita Hill's legacy and provides a rare glimpse into her private life and career.
Another America : documentary / by Michael Cho. National Asian American Telecommunications Association [distributor], 1996. 1 VHS videocassette (56 min.) 1996 Videocassette : Both the riots in Los Angeles and the murder of an uncle at his store in Detroit forced the filmmaker to start a personal investigation to examine the relationships between the Korean-American and Afro-American communities. Through his camera and many personal interviews, Cho reveals a rarely seen portrait of life in the inner city and takes a hard look at his own uncle's murder, telling how this crime affected not only his family, but the entire city.
Are We Different? / Produced by John Arthos. 1993. 27 minutes. Streaming video from Filmakers Library : A tacit code of silence on matters of race perpetuates divisions. Are We Different? gives voice to African-American students around the country as they articulate issues of race, racism and race relations. It uncovers subjects that are generally taboo or difficult to discussion ranges from whether stylistic differences between whites and blacks are superficial or profound, to the causes and nature of anger and frustration in the black community. The students question why "blackness" is suddenly so fashionable and why some white kids like to hang out in black neighborhoods. They talk about black culture with its special speech patterns and gestures that sets it apart. They talk about black spirituality and Cornel West, director of Princeton's Afro-American Studies program says, "The fundamental failure of this country is not to engage in a critical discussion about race." That is why this film is so important. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
The Assasination of Martin Luther King, see Roads to Memphis.
Asylum / a film by Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker. New York, : Filmakers Library, [2003] 1 DVD videodisc (20 min.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in. 2003 VideoDVD: Asylum is a powerful tale of a young Ghanian woman whose life suddenly changes when her father insists that she undergo a bloody, life-threatening circumcision and then marry an old man. Although traditional circumcision is now illegal in Ghana, it is still Andoh had a happy childhood, raised by her mother who sold vegetables in the market place. Baaba had sought out her long-lost father to seek his blessing for her marriage to the man of her dreams. To her horror, she learned of her father's plan and fled her village. Her father, a man of some means, pursued no recourse but to leave the country, she obtained a false passport and a ticket to the with the help of friends. The INS spotted the forgery immediately and arrested her at Newark Airport. She spends a nightmarish year in prison before she is successful in obtaining political asylum. Her chilling story is not unlike that of many of the 7,000 women immigrants now being held in detention, awaiting legal representation and hearings on their claims.
At the river I stand / a film by David Appleby, Allison Graham, Steven John Ross ; a production of Memphis State University, Department of Theatre and Communication Arts. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1993. 1 streaming video file (58 min.). via Black Studies in Video. : Documentary of two 1968 events in the civil rights movement-- the sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shows how the black community, local civil rights leaders, and AFSCME mobilized behind the strikers in mass demonstrations and a boycott of downtown businesses.
August Wilson : a conversation with August Wilson / SSR-RTSI Swiss Television production ; producer & director, Matteo Bellinelli. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1992. Available as streaming video via Black Studies in Video. : Playwright August Wilson talks about his roots in the black community, how his plays express the African-American experience, how the African heritage of Black Americans is both expressed and repressed in American society today, and the importance of blues as cultural expression. In black and white : six profiles of African American authors ; 5
The Autobiography of Malcolm X / produced by Lucky Pictures, Inc. for The Learning Channel ; producer/director, Lynn Dougherty ; writers, Lynn Dougherty, Sydnye White. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c2001. 1 VHS videocassette (60 min.) ; col. ; 1/2 in. A3 2001 Videocassette: Presents the life of Malcolm X, using interviews, excerpts from his speeches and archival films.
Awakenings: (1954-56) / produced by Blackside, Inc. and PBS Video. PBS Video, 1986. 1 videocassette (U-matic) (60min.) 1986 Videocassette: Highlights two extraordinary acts by ordinary people that focused the eyes of the nation on Southern battlefields: first, the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi and Mose Wright's courageous testimony identifying his nephew's killers; then, Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man, which triggered the 12-month-long bus boycott that ended segregation in the Montgomery, Alabama, city bus system. Also shows southern race relations at mid-century and witnesses the awakening of individuals to their own courage and of the Eyes on the Prize collection.

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The edge of each other's battles : the vision of Audre Lorde / producer, director, writer, Jennifer Abod ; Profile Productions. New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2002. 1 VHS videocassette (59 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in. Z58 2000 Videocassette: Documents black lesbian poet and activist Audre Lorde's (1934-92) social vision, using footage from the four-day conference: I am your sisters: forging global connections across differences, held in Boston in 1990. At the conference 1,200 men, women and young people from 23 countries examined the issues of the relations between race, class, gender and sexuality through Lorde's work. Interviews with the organizers of the conference are intercut with conference footage, including performances, controversies and speeches.
Electric Boogie / A film by Tana Ross and Freke Vuijst. 1983. 30 minutes. Streaming video from the Filmakers Library : The street culture of America's African-American and Hispanic neighborhoods has captivated much of the country. In this film, hailed as "magical" at the London Film Festival, we meet four boys from the Bronx who live, eat and sleep Electric Boogie. They perform anywhere, anytime. For them dancing becomes a way of coping with the harsh realities of their here is more than the razzle-dazzle of a dance fad. Revealed are the longings and attitudes of four inseparable friends -- kids who have not been hardened by street life. Access available to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Endgame: AIDS in Black America / produced, directed and written by Renata Simone. [United] : PBS Home Video : PBS Distribution, [2012] 1 DVD videodisc (120 min) : col. ; 4 3/4 in. 2012 VideoDVD : This powerful Frontline documentary examines "one of the country's most urgent, preventable health crises." According to devastating statistics, nearly one-half of persons infected with HIV in the are African Americans. Writer and director Renata Simone solemnly narrates as doctors, researchers, activists, and, most memorably, those diagnosed with HIV share information, knowledge, and experiences. Offering an intimate and expansive view of the AIDS crisis, the film tracks events beginning 30 years ago, when it was mistakenly believed that the virus primarily afflicted white, gay males, many of whom lived in San Francisco. Meanwhile, across the bridge in Oakland, silence and fear in the black community kept the word from spreading. You dont tell people your business, notes one black leader. The documentary delineates how the crisis was exacerbated by the crack-cocaine epidemic; examines the ill-conceived war on drugs; and reveals the failure of schools, churches, and advocacy groups (I didnt do what I could have done, remarks Julian Bond) to address the issue. But it is the personal journeys that resonate most strongly. Sixty-three-year-old Nel tells how she discovered her husband, a church deacon, was HIV positive when she found the test results in his Bible. Retired NBA star Earvin Magic Johnson speaks honestly about his diagnosis and treatment, with the film asserting it took a celebrity to break the silence. This important program sheds light on the ongoing battle to turn the tide of the epidemic.
Ethnic Notions (1986) / producer, director, writer, Marlon T. Riggs. [San] : California Newsreel ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Signifyin' Works, c2004. 1 DVD videodisc (58 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. 2004 VideoDVD : Released in 1986 before the pervasiveness of documentaries on TV, this biting expose was largely unnoticed outside the academic community. Narrated by Esther Rolle, it studies the roots of racial stereotyping by uncovering 150 years of vicious portrayals of African Americans in art, film, and even Saturday morning cartoons. Its both convicting and enraging but its a film everyone should watch. For more information, visit California Newsreel.
Ethnic Notions by Marlon Riggs and Esther Rolle, directed by Marlon Riggs (California Newsreel, 1987) 57:46 mins. Streaming video from Black Studies in Video.
An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater / co-production, DR/ZDF/RM Arts in association with ORF ; produced and directed by Thomas Grimm. [] : Image Entertainment, 2000. 1 DVD videodisc (61 min.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in. A48 2000 VideoDVD : Presents two ballet performances by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Divining: A dance evoking a strong feeling for African tribal ritual set to hauntingly rhythmic drum music. Revelations: Expresses Ailey's intense feelings for his roots in the South. Here is Ailey's vivid "blood memories" of the blues, spirituals, gospel music, ragtime and folk songs as well as the hard life of the Southern black during the Depression.
Eyes on the Prize / a production of Blackside, Inc. ; [creator]. PBS Video, [2006] 7 DVD videodiscs (120 min. each) 2006 VideoDVD: Vols. 1-6 tell the story of America's civil rights years from 1954 to 1965; examine the new America from 1966 to 1985, from community power to the human alienation of urban poverty. Contents - Vol. 1. Awakenings, 1954-1956 -- v. 2. Fighting back, 1957-1962 -- v. 3. Ain't scared of your jails, 1960-1961 -- v. 4. No easy walk, 1962-1966 -- v. 5. Mississippi: Is this America?, 1962-1964 -- v. 6. Bridge to freedom, v. 7. The time has come, 1964-1966 -- v. 8. Two societies, 1965-1968 -- v. 9. Power! 1967-1968 -- v. 10. The promised land, 1967-1968 -- v. 11. Ain't gonna shuffle no more, 1964-1972 -- v. 12. A nation of law? 1968-1971 -- v. 13. The keys to the kingdom, 1974-1980 -- v. 14. Back to the movement, 1979-mid 1980s. Check out the Interviewees Index under development by Washington University Film and Media Archive.
Eyes on the Prize II : America at the Racial Crossroads 1965-1985, see vols. 4-14 of Eyes on the Prize. Eyes on the Prize II takes viewers from the streets of Malcolm X's Harlem to Oakland and the birth of the Black Panthers; from the frustrations of rioters in Detroit and Miami to the victory celebration for Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor; from ringside with Muhammad Ali to the "Mountain Top" speech of Martin Luther King on the eve of his assassination. Check out the subject index provided by Washington University Film and Media Archive.
Faces of America (2010) : with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. / PBS ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions and Inkwell Films in association with Ark Media ; written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; senior producers, Barak Goodman and Sue Williams ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates William R. Grant, Peter Kunhardt, Dyllan McGee ; a production of Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films and THIRTEEN for [New] : Thirteen/WNET ; [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, 2010. 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. 2010 VideoDVD : What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series Faces of America. Building on the success of his seriesAfricanAmerican Lives (called by The New York Times the most exciting and stirring documentary on any subject to appear on television in a long time ) andAfricanAmerican Lives2, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. turns again to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 11 renowned Americans. Looking to the wider immigrant experience, Professor Gates unravels the American tapestry, following the threads of his guests lives back to their origins around the globe. Along the way, the many stories he uncovers of displacement and homecoming, of material success and dispossession, of assimilation and discrimination illuminate the American experience. Professor Gates guests include poet Elizabeth Alexander, who composed and read the poem at President Barack Obama's inauguration, chef Mario Batali, comedian Stephen Colbert, novelist Louise Erdrich, writer Malcolm Gladwell, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, film director Mike Nichols, Her Royal Highness Queen Noor, actress Eva Longoria, actress Meryl Streep and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi.
Fade to Black / Rizz Produgs/ video ; direction, Tony Cokes. Third World Newsreel, c1990. 1 VHS videocassette (33 min.) 1990 Videocassette: Re-examines racism in everyday life. Juxtaposing archival movie footage with quotations in the form of texts and voice-overs, this work explores the ideological implications of the rhetoric between blacks and whites.
Famous human rights crusaders : Ida B. Wells & Fannie Lous Hammer / by Rex Barnett. Venice, CA : TMW Media Group, 1999. 1 streaming video file (79 min.). from Black Studies in Video. : Ida B. Wells: A community organizer and grass roots leader who was a precursor of the modern Civil Rights movement. Fannie Lou Hammer: An inspiration to anyone who has ever faced oppression & a powerful reminder of what one individual is capable of achieving in the face of adversity. One of the true icons of the Civil Rights movement.
Fannie Lou Hamer : Voting Rights Activist / adaptation and re-editing produced and edited by Brian Stewart. Venice, CA : TMW Media Group, DVD-R videodisc (31 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. F366 2009 VideoDVD : A famous black woman who spoke out against injustice and became a key force in securing African Americans the right to vote. Part of the Black American Experience series.
Faubourg Tremé : the untold story of Black New Orleans / a co-production of Serendipity Films LLC, WYES-TV/New Orleans, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, and National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) ; in association with Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; a documentary by Lolis Eric Elie and Dawn Logsdon ; directed by Dawn Logsdon ; written & co-directed by Lolis Eric Elie ; produced by Lucie Faulknor, Lolis Eric Elie, Dawn Logsdon. 1 DVD videodisc (68 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. F28 2008 VideoDVD: Long ago during slavery, Faubourg Tremé was home to the largest community of free black people in the Deep South and a hotbed of political ferment. Here black and white, free and enslaved, rich and poor co-habitated, collaborated, and clashed to create much of what defines New Orleans culture up to the present day. Founded as a suburb (or faubourg in French) of the original colonial city, the neighborhood developed during French rule and many families like the Trevignes kept speaking French as their first language until the late 1960s. Tremé was the home of the Tribune, the first black daily newspaper in the US. During Reconstruction, activists from Tremé pushed for equal treatment under the law and for integration. And after Reconstruction's defeat, a "Citizens Committee" legally challenged the resegregation of public transportation resulting in the infamous Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case. New Orleans Times Picayune columnist Lolis Eric Elie bought a historic house in Tremé in the 1990s when the area was struggling to recover from the crack epidemic. Rather than flee the blighted inner city, Elie begins renovating his dilapidated home and in the process becomes obsessed with the area's mysterious and neglected past. Shot largely before Hurricane Katrina and edited afterwards, the film is both celebratory and elegiac in tone.
The FBI's War on Black America :A Documentary / Maljack Productions. [Orland] : Maljack Productions, 2009. 1 DVD-R videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : b&w ; 4 3/4 in. F35 2009 VideoDVD: A look at the FBI's Cointelpro (Counter Intelligence Program) operations. Contains rare footage of the influential black leaders of the times, such as: Geronimo Jijaga Pratt, Fred Hampton, Stokley Charmichael, Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Adam Clayton Powell, g Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and Kathleen Cleaver.
Fear of a Black Republican (2012) / a Shamrock Stine production ; written, directed & edited by Kevin J. Williams ; produced by Tamara E. Williams, Kevin J. Williams. Trenton, : Shamrock Stine Productions, c2011. 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in 2011 VideoDVD : This documentary begins with the simple Does the Republican Party really want more African Americans? Independent filmmaker Kevin J. Williams takes a non-partisan journey over four years and two Presidential Elections to find out why there are so few Black Republicans and what that means for the future of the Two-Party Political System in America. From the Civil War to the Great Depression, the GOP was the Party for many African-Americans, but today barely 10% consider themselves Republican and Urban areas are no longer competitive parts of America's Election map. Beginning in his hometown, Williams speaks with BOTH Democrats and Republicans as he takes a personal and humorous look at his own Republican Party's efforts in Urban areas versus the Suburbs, the Democratic Party's success in retaining the African American vote and what this all means for America. The film includes conversations with scholars Professors Cornel West and Howard Taylor; Presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Jim Gilmore and John McCain; political leaders like fmr. Maryland Lt. Governor and RNC Chairman Michael Steele and fmr. Chairman Ken Mehlman; fmr. New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman; Conservative thinkers Newt Gingrich, Grover Norquist and Ann Coulter; Commentators Tavis Smiley and Michelle Malkin; and the first and last Black Republican Senator popularly elected since Reconstruction, former Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Senator and President-Elect Barack Obama, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney also appear. The film also examines the History of the Republican Party and includes rarely seen archival footage of Reverend Martin Luther King, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon and Jackie Robinson. Fear of a Black Republican gives audiences of all demographics and political persuasions a ground-breaking and moving view of American Politics unlike any they have ever seen.
February One / California Newsreel, c2004. 1 DVD videodisc : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. F73 2004 VideoDVD: February One tells the inspiring story of four remarkable young men who initiated the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, NC on February 1, 1960. Based largely on first hand accounts and rare archival footage, the film documents one volatile winter in Greensboro that not only challenged public accommodation customs and law in North Carolina, but served as a blueprint for the wave of non-violent civil rights protests that swept accross the South and the nation throughout the 1960's". For more information, visit California Newsreel.
Fenceline: A Company Town Divided, directed by Slawomir Grunberg. New York, NY : Filmakers Library, mins. Streaming video from Filmakers Library: Polluting industries have a history of locating in low-income, minority communities, impacting health and leaving residents to fight for environmental justice. Fenceline follows the struggle of an African-American neighborhood known as the Diamond Community to be relocated because of the pollution from the Royal Dutch/Shell Oil Shell bought out Diamond in the 1940's to build a petrochemical industry, the company said nothing about potential health hazards, instead promising high paying jobs with generous benefits. Sixty years later, Norco, a company town which includes Diamond, is divided. Residents of the Diamond Community say they receive no economic benefits, yet inherit health problems ranging from asthma to cancer. The majority of white residents work for Shell and view the company as a benevolent employer. They reject the health problems of their neighbors as the result of poor lifestyle choices. Meanwhile, Shell depicts itself as a "good neighbor," carefully monitoring chemical emissions and offering employment to the film helped to resolve the conflict in Norco; in June 2002, the publicity caused by the impending national broadcast of Fenceline on PBS prompted Shell to offer to buy out all four streets of the Diamond Community. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Fighting Back, 1957-1962 / a production of Blacksides. Produced and directed by Judith Vecchione. PBS Video, c1986. 1 VHS videocassette (60 min.) 1986 Videocassette : Highlights the 1957 collison between states' rights loyalists and federal authorities over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and James Meredith's 1962 challenge to the white-only enrollment policy of the University of Mississippi. In both instances, Southern governors squared off with US presidents, but integration of the schools was carried out. Examines the political, social and psychological implications both of school segregation and desegregation programs. Part of the Eyes on the Prize collection.
Finally Got the News (1970) / Black Star Productions ; Stewart [et] with the cooperation of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, [2003?] 1 DVD videodisc (55 min.) : col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. F55 2003 VideoDVD: A documentary presenting the workers' view of working conditions inside Detroit's auto factories. It focuses on the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in their efforts to build an independent African American labor organization which, unlike the United Auto Workers, would respond to the racism and dangerous working conditions faced by African American workers in the industry. It also explores the educational "tracking" the role of African American women in the labor force, and racial relations between workers. Also available on VHS videocassette and on YouTube (last checked 01/11/13).
Flyers(1988) : In Search of a Dream / produced by Philip Hart, UCLA and WGBH.[Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2009] 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. 2009 VideoDVD : This program celebrates the unsung African-American pioneers of aviation. It includes the stories of Bessie Coleman, Hubert Julian, and James Herman Banning. Coleman was a Texas woman who trained in France in 1921. She became the first African-American to receive a pilot's license, and enjoyed a career as a stunt pilot. Banning was the first black male to receive a pilot's license. Partnering with another black aviator, Thomas C. Allen, Banning flew from Los Angeles to Long Island, NY, in 1932. They were the first black pilots to fly coast to coast.
Focus Reparations Princeton, : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001. 1 VHS videocassette (ca. 15 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in. 2001 Videocassette : In this program, NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Bracket reports on a Chicago resolution in support of reparations to descendants of African American slaves. The segment includes interviews with proponents, Dorothy Tillman, a Chicago Alderman who sponsored the resolution and Rep. John Conyers who has sponsored a congressional bill to form a presidential commission to study the concept. Also interviewed are economist Walter Williams who opposes the resolution, as well as Alderman Brian Doherty, the only board member to dissent.
For Colored Boys Who've Considered Homicide / written, directed & produced by Narcel G. Ohio : Distributed by National Black Programming Consortium, [1994] 1 VHS videocassette (27 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in. 1994 Videocassette: Looks at the reasons why black youth are killing each other.
For Love of Liberty : The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010) / Frank Martin, producer and director. PBS. [United] : Distributed by Eleventh Day Entertainment, c2010. 3 DVD videodiscs (514 min.) : col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in+ 1 guide (6 p.). 2010 VideoDVD: If prevalent and accepted accounts of American History both scholarly and those portrayed by Hollywood are to be believed, the face of the United States Armed Services was truth is over 5,000 Black soldiers fought in the American Revolution. And though most were not recognized as citizens or even free man, more than 200,000 took up arms in the Civil War. Over 380,000 African-Americans served in WW I and more than 2,000,000 defended this country in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Yet most accounts of their valiant actions are absent from history books and contemporary For Love Of Liberty: The Story Of America's Black Patriots finally, and for the first time, sets the record straight. Its theme, the price of liberty, is relevant to all years in the making, the 4 hour, 2 part PBS documentary is introduced by Colin Powell, hosted on-camera by Halle Berry and features a cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, John Travolta, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover, Sam Elliot, Delroy Lindo, Walter Cronkite, Angela Bassett, John Amos, Kris Kristofferson, Ice-T, Donald Sutherland, Blair Underwood, Cliff Robertson, Courtney B. Vance, Alan Rickman, Jesse L. Martin, Alfre Woodard, Robert Townsend, Mel Gibson, Charles Dutton, Michael Clark Duncan, Chris Cooper, Louis Gossett Jr. and many, many amazing cast reads from a collection of letters, diaries, speeches and military records that document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women since the earliest days of the republic. The story spans the Revolution to Afghanistan and examines why, despite enormous injustice, these heroic men and women fought so valiantly for freedoms they themselves did not enjoy. YouTube film clips.
For my people : the life and writing of Margaret Walker / written, directed, and produced by Judith McCray. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1998. 1 streaming video file (27 min.). available via Black Studies in Video. : Through interviews with writers, scholars, and Walker herself, this documentary examines the life and work of Margaret Walker focusing on the influence that her writing had on Black women writers. Also available as streamng video via Kanopy.
A Fragile Freedom: African American Historic Sites / produced by Northern Light Productions for the History Channel ; producer-director-writer, Judy Richardson. A & E Home Video, c2002. 1 DVD videodisc (50 min.) 2002 VideoDVD : From stops on the Underground Railroad to the sites where the grand drama of the Civil Rights Movement played out, this video tours the nation to tell the story of Black America. The eight stops take us from New York City to Jacksonville, Florida, visiting famous landmarks and overlooked sites, and exploring the significance of each with the help of local experts and other scholars. What emerges is a fascinating tapestry of the African-American experience from the 18th century to the present day.
Framing an execution : ABC News & the case of Mumia Abu Jamal / Media Education Foundation ; director, Sut Jhally ; producers, Sut Jhally, Tom Gardner. Northhampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2002. 1 DVD videodisc (49 56 sec.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in. F73 2002 VideoDVD : The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist on Pennsylvania's death row in connection with the death of a police officer, had become by the late 1990s a global symbol of inequities in the judicial system. The mainstream media could no longer ignore it, but how would they cover such a hotly disputed case and the questions of judicial bias that it raises? Narrated by Danny Glover. Full-length preview
Frederick Douglass : when the lion wrote history / co-produced by WETA-TV and ROJA Productions. Atlanta, GA : Turner Home Entertainment, 1994. 1 VHS videocassette (90 min.) : col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. F74 1994 Videocassette : Archival materials and Douglass' autobiographical writings are used to present the story of his life.
Free Angela and all political prisoners / producers, Carole [et] ; writer/director, Shola Lynch. Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2013] 1 DVD videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. F74 2013 VideoDVD : This film chronicles the life of young college professor Angela Davis, and how her social activism implicates her in a botched kidnapping attempt that ends with a shootout, four dead, and her name on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.
Free at Last: Civil Rights Heroes / World Almanac Video ; TLC ; Discovery Channel. Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2005] 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in 2004 VideoDVD : The incredible stories of Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, The Birmingham Four, Viola Liuzzo, Jimmy Lee Jackson, Rev. James Reeb and more! The civil rights movement in the United States is usually understood in terms of its leadership such as Martin Luther King, Jr. or its dramatic events such as the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. But often the catalysts for progress were people who fought from within a larger group or performed individual, seemingly small acts or heroism - some even victims who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now see the stories of those whose fates stirred the nation and forged an amazing new path.
Freedom Bags / Produced by Stanley Nelson and Elizabeth Clark-Lewis. 1991, 33 minutes. Streaming video from Filmakers Library : Freedom Bags is the story of African-American women who migrated from the rural south during the first three decades of the 20th century. Hoping to escape from the racism and poverty of the post-Civil War South, they boarded segregated trains for an uncertain future up North. Having had limited education, most could find jobs only as spirit and humor, the women remember their tactics for self preservation in the homes of their employers, where they often faced exploitation and sexual harassment. After hours they relished their independence and enjoyed good times with friends and family. Their stories are interwoven with rare footage, still photographs, and period music to create a portrait of the largest internal migration in history. These were proud women who kept their dignity and sense of worth through difficult times. Access available to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Freedom Never Dies - The Legacy of Harry T. Moore directed by Dickson, Sandra & Roberts, Churchill (Documentary Educational Resources). Release date : 2000. 90 mins. Streaming video from Ethnographic Video Online. : In 1951 after celebrating Christmas Day, civil rights activist Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette retired to bed in their white frame house tucked inside a small orange grove in Mims, Florida. Ten minutes later, a bomb shattered their house, their lives and any notions that the south's post-war transition to racial equality would be a smooth one. Harry Moore died on the way to the hospital; his wife died nine days Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore explores the life and times of this enigmatic leader, a distinguished school teacher whose passionate crusade for equal rights could not be discouraged by either the white power structure or the more cautious factions of his own movement. Although Moore's assassination was an international cause celebre in 1951, it was overshadowed by following events and eventually almost forgotten. For more information, visit this PBS web page. Access limited to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Freedom on My Mind / produced and directed by Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford ; written and edited by Michael Chandler. Clarity Educational Productions, c1994. 1 VHS videocassette (110 min.) 1994 Videocassette: The Academy Award nominated and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning classic filmFreedom on my Mind vividly chronicles the complex and compelling history of the Mississippi voter registration struggles of 1961 to 1964: the interracial nature of the campaign, the tensions and conflicts, the fears and hopes. It is the story of youthful idealism and shared vision, of a generation who believed in and fought for the principles of film provides a sweeping panorama of a turbulent time: a time that tested America's purpose and its commitment to democracy. The legacy of that time, the achievements and failures, remain with us today. Freedom on my Mind will enable viewers of all backgrounds to better understand and appreciate this uniquely American legacy.
Freedom Riders / a Firefly Media production ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Laurens Grant. [United] : PBS Distribution, c2011. 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in. 2011 VideoDVD (Also available as part of the ROVI Film Collection): Part of the American Experience series by PBS. 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. In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students--many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university--decided, en masse, to risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights inequities that plagued the nation. Veteran filmmaker Stanley Nelson's inspirational documentary is the first feature-length film about this courageous band of civil-rights activists. Gaining impressive access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, Nelson 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. This documentary is based partly on Raymond Arsenault's acclaimed book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. For the moment, you can watch Freedom Riders online.
Freedom Summer / video produced by Marco Williams. Los Angeles, CA : A&E Television Networks, 2006. 1 DVD electronic resource (45 min.). Available via American History in Video from Alexander Street Press. : Over 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nations most viciously racist, segregated states. Trailer and more information from PBS.
The Freedom Train / Kingberry Productions in association with WDIV-TV. New York : Filmakers Library, [200-?] 1 DVD videodisc (28 min.) : with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. 2000z VideoDVD: The National Negro Labor Council, formed in 1951, was a forerunner of the civil rights movement that followed in the '60's. It grew out of the auto factories of Detroit, the packinghouses of Chicago and the sweat of black laborers across the country. Its mission was to advance blacks in the workplace and eliminate racism inside the unions. During the red scare of the 50's this was considered a radical agenda and the NNLC came under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities' has been written about the NNLC and its history can only be found in the collective memory of the surviving members. In this film they recall their first convention for which it was difficult to find a Cincinnati hotel that would house them. At that convention it was decided to fight for black women in the work force as well as men, and to open up jobs currently barred from black workers. Paul Robeson's presence inspired the members. During the course of the next years, the NNLC organized a boycott of Sears, petitioned Truman in behalf of an effective fair employment act, and put pressure on union officials to put blacks on their the Council was ultimately disbanded due to pressure from HUAC, its efforts were not in vain. Ten thousand people got jobs as a result of its activities and the torch was passed on to the '60's activists.
Freedom Train / Kingberry Productions in Association with WDIV-TV. 1996 30 minutes. Streaming video from Filmakers Library : The National Negro Labor Council, formed in 1951, was a forerunner of the civil rights movement that followed in the '60's. It grew out of the auto factories of Detroit, the packinghouses of Chicago and the sweat of black laborers across the country. Its mission was to advance blacks in the workplace and eliminate racism inside the unions. During the red scare of the 50's this was considered a radical agenda and the NNLC came under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities' has been written about the NNLC and its history can only be found in the collective memory of the surviving members. In this film they recall their first convention for which it was difficult to find a Cincinnati hotel that would house them. At that convention it was decided to fight for black women in the work force as well as men, and to open up jobs currently barred from black workers. Paul Robeson's presence inspired the members. During the course of the next years, the NNLC organized a boycott of Sears, petitioned Truman in behalf of an effective fair employment act, and put pressure on union officials to put blacks on their the Council was ultimately disbanded due to pressure from HUAC, its efforts were not in vain. Ten thousand people got jobs as a result of its activities and the torch was passed on to the '60's activists. Access available to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Freedom's Call / film by Richard Breyer. 2007. 43 minutes Streaming video from Filmakers Library : Two African-American journalists who covered the events of the civil rights movement in the fifties and sixties return to the deep South where it all took place. The journalists are Dorothy Gilliam,who later became first female African American reporter at The Washington Post, and Ernest Withers, renowned photographer whose photos were published in the black press, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Their journey brings back memories of those turbulent travel to Memphis, Little Rock, Oxford, Jackson and the Mississippi Delta. Along the way they stop to meet with Minniejean Brown Trickey, one of The Little Rock Nine, and James Meredith, the first African-American to attend The University of newspaper clips and eyewitness accounts brings the heroic struggle alive, a struggle in which these two courageous journalists participated and recorded for posterity. Access available to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Freedom's Land : Canada and the Underground Railroad / A film by William Cobban for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2004. 42 minutes. Not yet released. Streaming video from Filmakers Library : Told through manuscripts, letters and dramatic reconstructions, this is the story of the incredible exodus of thousands of African-Americans to Canada in the 1850's. Based largely on the journal of Henry Bibb, a slave from Shelby County, Kentucky, it gives a vivid picture of the suffering of slave life. There were over 4 million African slaves laboring in the richest agricultural economy in the world. Henry Bibb was to become the first former slave to publish a newspaper in of the slaves came up through the Ohio River, through Ripley, Ohio where they were helped by Quakers, Christians and free blacks. Some crossed the Great Lakes to Manitoba. Alexander Ross, a young Canadian physician posed as a birdwatcher and risked his life in the American south to help escaping slaves. John Brown began his famous campaign in Canada to overthrow slavery, which ended in bloodshed at Harper¹s Ferry and became known as the first shot in the Civil War. The film describes how the publication of Uncle Tom¹s Cabin in 1852 roused anti-slavery passions in the Harding-Davis, Curator at the North American Black Historical Museum, and Dr. Afua Cooper, author and historian, are among the experts providing perspective. Access available to the MSU community and other subscribers.
Fruitvale Station / Weinstein Company presents a Significant production ; produced by Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi ; written and directed by Ryan Coogler. Beverly Hills, California : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2014. 1 DVD videodisc (85 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. F785 2014 VideoDVD: Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Cooglers FRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Years Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he hasnt been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana (Ariana Neal), their beautiful four year-old daughter. Crossing paths with friends, family, and strangers, Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Years Day. Oscars life and tragic death would shake the Bay Area and the entire nation to its very core.
"Fundi"--The Story of Ella Baker (1980) / produced, directed, written by Joanne Grant. [New] 1 VHS videocassette (63 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 discussion guide (26 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.) F96 1986 Videocassette: Shows the work of Ella Baker, a little-known organizer in the civil rights movement of the past fifty years. She served in the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, often when women were not always given equal status within these organizations. Documents the struggle of Black people for justice and equality. Additional film review.
Furious flower I : conversations with African American poets, 1960-1995. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1998. 1 streaming video file (112 min.). available via Black Studies in Video.
Furious flower II / producer, Judith McCray. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2005. 1 streaming video file (215 min.). available via Black Studies in Video. "This 3-part program provides the definitive teaching tool for exploring the world of today's black poetry. Providing a more focused, ambitious approach than its 1998 predecessor, Furious flower II presents outstanding critical scholarship on black contemporary poetry's origins and trends, its conflicts and consonances. Throughout, notable authors share insights and offer inspiration to fledgling poets about the creative process, and about daily life as a published writer. Interspersed with these critical conversations are impassioned readings of the most representative poems of each poet. Viewers can watch as one of America's most exciting cultural movements evolves before their eyes and ears. Program I - Roots and First Fruits traces black literary traditions from African American folklore to the Blues Aesthetic to Hip Hop, and illuminates their impact on poetry. Program II - Cross-Pollination in the Diaspora reflects upon the reciprocal influence between black American poets and writers from the African literary Diaspora. Program III - Blooming in the Whirlwind locates black poets within their historic moment and contextualizes them within relevant political movements - Civil Rights, Black Nationalism, post-colonialism and multiculturalism."