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1 videodisc (230 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison is back, and is assigned the murder of a young black woman. Among her many problems are the pressure for a quick resolution to avoid charges of racism, the political disapproval of her colleagues and the reappearance of a former lover.
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1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.
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2 videodiscs (409 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Timely and entertaining, this 'feel-good' (New York Times) British drama from the writers of Shameless follows the raucous happenings at a racially integrated school. In Series 3, headmistress Mandy (Jo Joyner, EastEnders) deals with a hotheaded new teacher (Robert James-Collier, Downton Abbey), while star student Nasreen (Amy-Leigh Hickman) applies to Oxford.
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English
Description
Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned African-American physician. While Matt's wife, Christina, readily accepts Joey's decision, Matt intends to withhold his consent, forgetting that when it comes to matters of the heart, true love is colorblind.
8) Caged
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the psychological horror/thriller Caged, Harlow Reid, an affluent African American psychiatrist, is sent to federal prison after being found guilty of murdering his wife. He is then sent to solitary confinement, a victim of systemic racism. Isolated and fighting for an appeal, he slowly descends into madness, pushed to his breaking point by an abusive female guard hell-bent on her own form of justice. Haunted by internal demons and his dead wife,...
9) Misbehaviour
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The sensational true story of the Women's Liberation Movement's disruption of the 1970 Miss World pageant, an event watched by more than 100 million viewers, and which made headlines around the world. Not only that, when order was restored, the first woman of color was crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.
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2 videodiscs (336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac tells the story of his life to renown journalist Daniel Molloy. Beginning in 1910 New Orleans, Louis forms a vampire family with the vampire Lestat, complete with teen fledgling, Claudia.
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3 videodiscs (528 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
From Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of Yellowstone, and Hugh Dillon, it follows the McLusky family - power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.
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3 videodiscs (419 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of Yellowstone, co-creator of Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family -- power brokers in Kingstown. Michigan where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. The release includes all 10 episodes...
14) Green book
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English
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When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on The Green Book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the...
15) Crash
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2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
"This...urban thriller tracks the volatile intersection of a multiethnic cast of characters struggling to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another's lives. In the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor, during the next 36 hours, they will all collide." -- Container.
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film that focuses on the Confederate Battle flag and its impact on the people, politics, and perceptions of South Carolina and beyond. Through firsthand interviews featuring various perspectives and a wealth of historical footage, Downing of a Flag traces the symbol's controversial relationship with the Palmetto State, exploring its true meaning and how an unspeakable tragedy catalyzed its long-debated removal. The story begins with...
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world's top directors and some of America's top stars create a panoramic portrait of Paris. Find yourself transported by these sexy, romantic, haunting, dramatic, and beautiful stories.
"Stories of love from the city of love"--Container.
19) The hate u give
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1 videodisc (133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
Series
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explore the dramatic story behind the making of the film and meet the surviving cast, crew, and locals in the Marfa area who participated in the production, many of whose lives mirrored the film's controversial themes of racism and segregation, as they celebrate the film that remains as powerful and relevant today as when it was first released.
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