Keith David
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative. Now they've developed lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise, some Americans are defying the embargo and traveling to Cuba for treatment. In an unprecedented move, Cuban researchers are working with U.S. partners to make the medicines more widely available.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of America's greatest original art form. Ken Burns' 10-part documentary series opens at the dawn of the 20th century, incorporating American culture and historical events that interact directly with the music. From the 1890s through the ferment of the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age, to the Great Depression, New Deal, Second World War, and beyond, JAZZ paints an astounding portrait of a nation and its improvisational core of music....
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans.
9) The Prank
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Two high school students prank their demanding physics instructor, teaching her a lesson by falsely accusing her of murder on social media.
Publisher
Action 4 Reel Flimworks
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Born in Jamaica in 1887, Marcus Garvey rose to become a towering figure of Pan-Africanism and one of the 20th century's greatest mass leaders. Bringing a powerful message of Black pride and empowerment to the U.S. during the Harlem Renaissance (1918-1930s), Garvey's influence reached across the globe. Though he died in 1940, his teachings continue to inspire social movements, from civil rights to Black Lives Matter. In AFRICAN REDEMPTION: THE LIFE...
11) Barbershop
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve and Cedric the Entertainers star in this bust-a-gut, hit comedy about a Chicago barbershop where razor-sharp comedy never goes out of style! Calvin (Ice Cube) is a would-be entrepreneur with big plans...and running his family's barbershop isn't one of them. But, when he impulsively sells the shop to a shady loan shark, he soon realizes just how important the neighborhood parlor is to him...and just...
Publisher
Distributed by WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Follows author Bruce Feiler as he journeys by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel through some of the greatest stories ever told, the five books of Moses. Begins in the holy city of Jerusalem and travels to a possible site of the garden of Eden on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates in Turkey. Climbs Mt. Ararat in search of Noah's ark and explores the sulfurous land by the Dead Sea, with its salt pillars called "Lot's wife." Visits the ancient ruins...
13) Wild Daze
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Featuring conservation experts ranging from Dr. Jane Goodall to wildlife trophy hunters, WILD DAZE explores the relationship between international crime cartels, child soldiers, colluding government officials, and the illegal wildlife trade.
14) Bird
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The life of legendary jazz musician Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.
15) Muhammad Ali
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
16) Brothers in Arms
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A documentary about the making of *Platoon*, the Oscar-winning, non-union, low budget film cast with young, unknown (at the time) actors. Insider stories of Oliver Stone's unique directing style and brutal filming conditions from the stars including Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp and Charlie Sheen.
17) Chasing 3000
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of two brothers who steal their mother's car to drive cross country to see their hero, Roberto Clemente, get his 3000th hit in 1972.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From suicide bombings to mass shootings, the nightly news can make it seem like we live in the most violent of times. In barely a century, humanity has seen two world wars and the slaughter of millions by pitiless tyrants, not to mention civil wars, insurgencies, and terrorist attacks. But psychologist Steven Pinker argues that physical violence has been in decline for centuries, and we may be living in one of the most peaceful eras in human history....
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...
20) Road house
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A legendary bouncer comes to Jasper, Missouri, for a special purpose: to restore order at the notorious Double Deuce bar. In one spectacular fight after another, Dalton rids the bar of thugs and henchmen. But when he runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss, the stage is set for a blistering showdown that'll leave only one man standing!
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