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African-American Films: Some Of The Best
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To Sleep with Anger [Region 2]To Sleep with Anger [Region 2]
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Among the best of Charles Burnett's hard-to-find masterpieces...
Eve's BayouEve's Bayou
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A great Southern gothic...
Do The Right Thing - Criterion CollectionDo The Right Thing - Criterion Collection
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Spike Lee's great, ambitious breakthrough...
Cooley HighCooley High
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Influential low-budget dramedy from 1975 - smart, fun, and a blueprint for 'Boyz In The Hood'...
CrooklynCrooklyn
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Rich and well-made comedy from Spike Lee; great soundtrack almost makes this work like a musical...
George Washington - Criterion CollectionGeorge Washington - Criterion Collection
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Arty, minimalistic and sweet-natured look into the imagination of a child in a Southern city...
Passion FishPassion Fish
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Tightly scripted character drama from John Sayles, slow in tempo but featuring razor-sharp dialogue...
Blue CollarBlue Collar
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Schrader's directorial debut; with great, tense dramatic performances from Pryor, Keitel and Kotto...
The Brother From Another PlanetThe Brother From Another Planet
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John Sayles' great sci-fi meditation on assimilation, integration and identity...
Antwone Fisher (Widescreen Edition)Antwone Fisher (Widescreen Edition)
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Tense autobiographical drama very well-told...
Mississippi MasalaMississippi Masala
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Mira Nair's sweet 2nd feature - a culture-clash romance between an African-American man and an Indian/Asian woman in Mississippi...
Brother to BrotherBrother to Brother
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Ambitious independent glimpse into African-American gay history, and the Harlem renaissance...
Afro PunkAfro Punk
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Top-notch documentary about overlooked African-American involvement in punk & underground musical movements...
Malcolm X (Two-Disc Special Edition)Malcolm X (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Majestic, epic-length bio pic exploring the life and ideas of Malcom X...
Wattstax (30th Anniversary Special Edition)Wattstax (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
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Great rediscovered film of a legendary soul concert, with Richard Pryor commentary...
Uptown Saturday NightUptown Saturday Night
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All-star cast (Cosby, Potier, Pryor, Flip Wilson) illuminate a classic caper comedy...
Friday (New Line Platinum Series)Friday (New Line Platinum Series)
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Breezy slice-of-life comedy...and a very welcome detour away from grim 90s gangsta flicks...
Bamboozled (New Line Platinum Series)Bamboozled (New Line Platinum Series)
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Spike Lee's very ruthless (& funny) satire of television, hip hop, white audiences, black audiences, the media as an industry, and much more...
Wild StyleWild Style
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Essential docudrama documenting the early 80s emergence of hip-hop style and culture.
Stormy WeatherStormy Weather
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Classic musical, with amazing performances from Cab Calloway and Lena Horne...