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  1. African Americans, The: Many Rivers to Cross (2013)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 360 minutes), $29.99

    This film, presented by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and...

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  2. Pioneers of African-American Cinema (1915)

    Director
    Oscar Micheaux; Zora Neale Hurston; Spencer Williams; James Gist; Eloyce Gist
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1309 minutes), £39.99

    Collection of features and shorts featuring examples of early African-American film: the so-called ‘race films’ of 1920s, 30s and 40s America which rallied against the prejudiced conventions of the...

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  3. Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness (2009)

    Producer
    Llewellyn Smith; Vincent Brown; Christine Herbes-Sommers
    Subject
    Anthropology; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 57 minutes), $195.00

    Who has the authority to define a culture? Is there "objective" scholarship and, if so, how does it become politicised? Race and scholarship collide in a new film on Melville J. Herskovits, the pioneering...

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  4. Respond to Sound 2

    Director
    Adrian Younge
    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £15.99

    Documentary depicting the evolution of Black American street dance from 1760s to the 1960s, illustrating how Hip Hop and freestyle dancing have a longer history than most people imagine.

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  5. Hip-Hop Dance: History and Concept (2010)

    Director
    Moncell Durden
    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 43 minutes), £75.00 (University rate)

    This documentary explores the history and scope of Hip-Hop dance. Despite its popularity, Hip Hop continues to struggle to find its definition in terms of historical lineage, concept, origins, aesthetics,...

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  6. Daughters of the Dust (1991)

    Director
    Julie Dash
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £14.99

    Feature film. In South Carolina’s Sea Islands at the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family of the Gullah community - former west-African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba...

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  7. Slavery by Another Name (2012)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), $19.99

    This 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: that slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in...

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  8. Documentary Archives of Multicultural America (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A series of multimedia CD-ROMs on themes in American history. Each disk contains original photographs and documents selected from American libraries, museums and art galleries, an introductory essay, and 25...

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  9. American Journey (10 Parts) (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A series of multimedia CD-ROMs on themes in American history. Each disk contains original photographs and documents selected from American libraries, museums and art galleries, an introductory essay, and 25...

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  10. Detroit (2017)

    Director
    Kathryn Bigelow
    Subject
    American Studies; Film studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 143 minutes), £4.99

    A report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police to search the Algiers Motel. A group of young people staying there are forcefully and viciously interrogated by the riot task force. By the end of the night,...

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