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Music Pictures: New Orleans & Mary Lou Williams, The Lady Who Swings the Band

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Experience the essence of jazz and blues in two captivating documentaries! Music Pictures: New Orleans by Ben Chace features legends like Irma Thomas and Ellis Marsalis, while Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band by Carol Bash delves into the life of the groundbreaking Mary Lou Williams. Music Pictures: New...

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

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  ZORA NEALE HURSTON: JUMP AT THE SUN Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon (Their Eyes Were Watching God), established the African American vernacular as one of the most vital, inventive voices in American literature. This...

Great African Films - Vol. 5

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GREAT AFRICAN FILMS - Vol 5 The fifth installment in this series of award-winning films from Africa includes award winning films A Son (Un Fils) by Mehdi Barsaoui and Wulu by Daouda Coulibaly. A SON (Un Fils) / Bik Eneich  An intense family drama starring French-Tunisian actor Sami Bouajila, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best...

African Women Behind The Camera DVD: 2 Weeks in Lagos & Childhood Destroyed

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The African Women Behind The Camera double DVD highlights the work of two very different contemporary African women filmmakers:2 Weeks in Lagos by Nigerian director Kathryn Fasegha is a socially conscious Christian based romantic comedy drama set in upper class Lagos, Nigeria.Childhood Destroyed by Chadian director and journalist ZARA M....

African Tales: Tazzeka & Bilatena: The Golden Child

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Double DVD with Two African Stories: TAZZEKA (Morocco) & BILATENA: THE GOLDEN CHILD (Ethiopia) TAZZEKA  Growing up in the Moroccan village of Tazzeka, Elias learned the secrets of traditional Moroccan cuisine from his grandmother who raised him. Years later, meeting a top Paris chef and a young woman named Salma inspires...

STORIES FROM 2 ISLANDS: PUERTO RICO & MAURITIUS

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Two coming of age stories that explore the life of 2 young women on 2 islands.Set in Puerto Rico, ANGÉLICA is a drama about a young Afro- Latino woman who must fight to find her voice. THE CATHEDRAL, from Mauritius, follows free spirited Lina as she faces an important decision...

STORIES IN EXILE: THE CITIZEN & BLACK DJU

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STORIES IN EXILE: THE CITIZEN & BLACK DJU: Two fiction films that explore life in exile. Set in Hungary, THE CITIZEN follows Guinea-Bissau political refugee Wilson. BLACK DJU is a drama set in Luxembourg about a young man from Cape Verde looking for his father. THE CITIZEN In his late fifties...

AFRO-LATINO EXPERIENCE: ECUADOR & PERU

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  THE ESMERALDAS BEACH  In today’s Ecuador, the black population, the descendants of enslaved Africans, continue to experience strong racial and social discrimination. Yet people in the community still strive to value their specific culture and transmit the rebellious memory of their ancestors who fought for freedom. The Es­meraldas Beach sets out...

REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN 2 DVD Set: Made in Bangladesh and She Had a Dream

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MADE IN BANGLADESH   Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight...