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(0)Spike Lee
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Spike Lee is one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors of all time. Now five of his most provocative, thought-provoking films are available in one collection. From the breakout hit dramedy "Do the right thing" to the gritty, urban "Clockers," Lee peels away life's layers, exposing the ironies, brutalities, rhythms and prejudices of the naked city in this powerful collector's set.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Story of the racial tensions that surround a white-owned pizzeria in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn on the hottest day of the summer. One of the most controversial and thought-provoking films ever made. Bonus material includes commentary with Director Spike Lee and more.
"It is bursting with character, color, incident and music..."--New York Times
"Spike Lee combines a forceful statement on race relations with solid entertainment values."--Variety...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
�2010
Language
English
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Description
This follow-up to director Spike Lee's documentary, When the levees broke: a requiem in four acts, focuses on the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, five years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Bookending stories of individual heartache and perseverance are two momentous events: the historic 2010 Super Bowl victory by the New Orleans Saints and the disastrous British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
10) Clockers
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A young New York City drug dealer is hounded by the police to confess after his brother, a straight arrow, is arrested for murder.
11) He got game
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
With promises of a reduced sentence, Jake Shuttlesworth is granted temporary release from state prison in order to persuade the nation's top college basketball recruit, his estranged son Jesus, to play ball for the Governor's alma mater! Includes theatrical trailer.
12) Malcolm X
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
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Description
Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
This film is divided into the quarters of a basketball game and tells the story of Quincy and Monica. It traces their lives as they run parallel and run apart -- from childhood, to high school, to college -- concluding with Quincy and Monica as adults. Both play basketball and each dreams of playing on a professional level. For Quincy, it is easier and expected since he is the son of a professional ballplayer. Monica has it harder being both a woman...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The world watched in horror as Hurrican Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Many were shocked, not only by the scale of the disaster, but the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery efforts. Structured into four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans. Tells the heartbreaking personal stories of those who endured this...
15) Malcolm X
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Born Malcolm Little, his minister father was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. After getting out of jail, he preaches the teachings, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca. There he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, having...
16) Blackkklansman
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
18) Pavarotti
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winner Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of the Voice, the Man, the Legend. Luciano Pavarotti gave his life to the music and a voice to the world. This cinematic event features history-making performances and intimate interviews, including never-before-seen footage and cutting-edge Dolby Atmos technology. A riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people.
20) 25th hour
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Monty Brogan is facing a seven year prison sentence for dealing drugs. On the night before he has to go to prison, he decides to go out with his friends one last time, and re-examines his life in the process.