Ernest R. Dickerson
1) Malcolm X
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
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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...
Series
Walking dead volume Season 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
'The Walking Dead' is a drama where personal struggles are magnified against a backdrop of crises. The series explores how the living are changed by the realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than even zombies, the walking dead.
Series
Walking dead volume Season 4
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the fourth season, we see Rick and the group of survivors fostering a thriving community in the safe haven of the prison only to have it short-lived as the group loses everything, their home, family, and friends to the threat of the walkers, outside threats and the hidden dangers brewing inside the fences. The group of survivors are broken apart and sent on divergent paths, unsure of everyone else's fate as they are exposed to new dangers, new...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
Waking up in an empty hospital after weeks in a coma, County Sheriff Rick Grimes finds himself alone. The world he knows is gone, ravaged by a zombie epidemic. He sets out on a search to find what has happened to his family.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this documentary traces the untold history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre. Adapting Robin Means Coleman's seminal book, this will present the living and the dead, using new and archival interviews from scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre's past trends, to those...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"McNutty has been demoted to harbour patrol. Daniels is in the police-archive dungeon, Prez is chafing in the suburbs, and Greggs is stuck behind a desk. Meanwhile, on the docks of Baltimore harbour, the rank and fire scrounge for work and the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business, but a horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port inside out. While the detail is on ice, a new case begins"--Container.
7) Malcolm X
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
Language
English
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It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large...
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to love, Nola Darling has gotta problem: she's just gotta have 'it.' And she's having a hard time deciding who'll give 'it' the best. Choosing between a romantic-but-possessive nice guy, a flashy-but-vain fashion model and a fast-riding but faster-talking bicyclist, Nola finds that lessons in love can be enlightening, heart-rending, but mostly-- exasperating!"--Container.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007].
Language
English
Description
Bordello of blood: the seductive antics of heartless hookers are suddenly threatened when Rafe Guttman is hired by Bible-toting Katherine Verdoux to go in search of her rebellious brother Caleb, who has fallen prey to the lecherous lot. Demon knight: An intense stranger arrives at a run-down boarding house in flight from the Collector. The Collector is after an item in the stranger's possession, which turns out to be a holy relic, and when his efforts...
12) Juice
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Four young Harlem friends spend their time hanging out and looking for power and respect, called juice. It all goes wrong when they pull an armed robbery.
14) School daze
Language
English
Description
A music-filled, offbeat contemporary comedy that takes an unforgettable look at black college life. Includes soundtrack audio cd.
15) Malcolm X
Series
Criterion collection volume 1160
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The life of Malcolm X, the black activist who became a Muslim and was a leader in the Nation of Islam until his assassination.
16) Bulletproof
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Two friends find themselves on opposite sides of the law, but join forces to outwit a drug lord who wants them both dead.
18) For one night
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
An African American high school senior in Louisiana shakes up her small town by suggesting their traditional racially segregated proms be combined into one prom for everyone. Based on a true story.
19) Miracle's boys
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Life in the hood is tough, especially for the Bailey brothers, who find themselves on their own after the deaths of their parents. As they struggle to hold their family together, the boys have to face the challenges of raising themselves. The series follows the trio through their hardships and triumphs, as they learn to face life's challenges and rewards, together on the mean streets of Harlem.
20) Never die alone
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
King David is a cunning and charismatic leader of the streets who returns to his home turf in Los Angeles after a 10 year absence seeking redemption, but finds only brutal retribution. An aspiring reporter becomes seduced by the culture of drugs and violence that he is supposed to be reporting about. Together, the two become mixed up with ruthless gangsters and a cold-blooded killer seeking revenge.