The Angola 3: Black Panthers And The Last Slave Plantation (2006)

African American Lives (2005)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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Includes profiles of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black woman to travel in space, renowned surgeon Dr. Ben Carson, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Whoopi Goldberg, Quincy Jones, Oprah Winfrey, and many others. 4 hrs. ... more

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African American Lives 2 (2008)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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Includes profiles of Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Tom Joyner, Maya Angelou, Don Cheadle, and others, as well as a member of the public who was chosen to have their genealogical roots traced. 4 hrs. Widescreen ... more

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Exploring Our Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

Format: | Starring: Henry Louis Gates Jr

Three-disc set includes "African American Lives," "African American Lives 2," and "Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr."

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The Vanishing Black Male (2005)

Category: Documentary | Director: Hisani DuBose | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Are African-American men sufficiently endangered as to warrant concerns over their complete extinction? This provocative documentary follows actor Melvin Jackson, Jr. as he conducts interviews with ... more

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500 Years Later (2005)

Category: Documentary | Director: Owen Alik Shahadah | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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How has the legacy of slavery impacted people of African descent around the world? A host of African and African-American scholars and stars including Bill Cosby, Nelson George, Dr. Maulana Karenga, ... more

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The Jena 6 (2007)

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal narrates this documentary on the controversial case of six black Louisiana teenagers, five of whom were charged with attempted murder in 2006 for an assault that capped ... more

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What Black Men Think (2007)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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What external circumstances impact the psyche of the modern black man? Janks Morton's provocative documentary explores the mindsets of contemporary African-Americans, suggesting that the successes of ... more

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Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius (2007)

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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The grandson of slaves and a child of the "separate but equal" era, pioneering chemist Percy Julian is profiled in this fascinating documentary. Truly a self-made man who overcame prejudice and disadvantage ... more

Regularly $19.99 $17.99

Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later (2007)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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In 1957, Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas became a symbol of the civil rights movement when nine African-American students were refused entry into the building by an angry mob of whites opposed ... more

Regularly $34.99 $29.99