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List Price: $14.98Price: $13.49You Save: $1.49 (10%)Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
Actors: Arthur Burghardt, Martin Luther King
ASIN : B0000714EZ
Sales Rank : 49782
Director : Thomas Friedman
Studio : Xenon
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781578297474
ISBN : 1578297478
UPC : 000799151525
Release Date : December 14, 2003
Publisher : Xenon
Manufacturer : Xenon
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Label : Xenon
Running Time : 60
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List Price: $19.95Price: $17.99You Save: $1.96 (10%)Malcolm X Speaks
Actor: 0
ASIN : B0019CUM0G
Sales Rank : 50836
Director : Rex Barnett
Studio : History On Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0709629056947
UPC : 709629056947
Release Date : December 01, 2008
Publisher : History On Video
Manufacturer : History On Video
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Label : History On Video
Running Time : 75
Product DescriptionWatch the most attention grabbing interviews and speeches ever by Malcolm X. This charismatic leader drew the attention of the entire world for his fiery commentary on the situation of Black people in America and the humanity of man worldwide. Malcolm X is still one of the most talked about leaders who ever lived. These are rare speeches and interviews that many people have never seen.
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New Price: $35.57Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection
Actors: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier
ASIN : 078311589X
Sales Rank : 70000
Studio : Hbo Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780783115894
ISBN : 078311589X
UPC : 026359166525
Release Date : December 05, 1999
Publisher : Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer : Hbo Home Video
Label : Hbo Home Video
Running Time : 248
Amazon.comBefore Muhammad Ali, plenty of African American heavyweights boxed, but few did for the game (or for blacks) what Ali did. Ali was bold, outrageous, and controversial. His antics outside of the ring showed an often-hilarious flair for self-promotion, and his conversion to Islam and decision to avoid the Vietnam War only fueled the storm of controversy that surrounded him. The thing about Ali, though, was that he was good enough to get by with it; after all, it's hard to argue with success. In the ring, he showed a sheer prowess and technique that few before or since could approach (the bonus CD-ROM discusses the similarities and contrasts between Ali and the great Joe Louis). Outside the ring, Ali had a sharp mind, good looks, and the strength of his own convictions going for him. This DVD contains footage of Ali's 1964 fight in which he slaughtered Sonny Liston, the 1974 bout where his technique got the better of George Foreman and his fearsome punching power, and the brutal 1975 fight against Joe Frazier (all fights are shown in their entirety). There have been few heavyweight boxers who can compare favorably to Muhammad Ali, and this DVD should be in the collection of all those who consider themselves fans of the sport. --Jerry Renshaw
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List Price: $19.98Price: $14.99You Save: $4.99 (25%)Muhammad Ali (Skill, Brains & Guts/In His Own Words)
Actor: Muhammad Ali
ASIN : B00005O5CR
Sales Rank : 64841
Studio : Mpi Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780788603624
ISBN : 0788603620
UPC : 030306711621
Release Date : December 13, 2001
Publisher : Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer : Mpi Home Video
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Label : Mpi Home Video
Running Time : 130
Amazon.comThis DVD contains two documentaries about boxing legend Muhammad Ali, one focusing on Ali's brilliance in the ring and the other on his natural showmanship at the microphone. Skill, Brains & Guts begins with Ali's emergence as a great amateur fighter, then chronicles his career through the glory days of the 1960s, his exile from the ring following his refusal to join the military during the height of the Vietnam War, and his eventual comeback and landmark fights against Joe Frazier and George Foreman. The 1975 film is worth watching for all the fight footage of Ali in his prime, when he captivated the world with both his pugilistic skill and his entertaining arrogance. In His Own Words collects a number of rarely seen interview and press conference clips and showcases Ali as a remarkably skilled practitioner of what would become known as "talking trash." --Robert J. McNamara
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List Price: $19.99Price: $17.99You Save: $2 (10%)I Have A Dream
Actor: Jr. Martin Luther King
ASIN : B0002DXNO0
Sales Rank : 29788
Studio : SoundWorks
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0739497800298
ISBN : 1885959362
UPC : 739497800298
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 07, 2004
Publisher : SoundWorks
Manufacturer : SoundWorks
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Label : SoundWorks
Running Time : 23
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List Price: $19.99Price: $17.99You Save: $2 (10%)Son House & Bukka White - Masters of the Country Blues
Actor: Son House & Bukka White
ASIN : B00004TJF1
Sales Rank : 62124
Studio : YAZOO
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0016351050090
UPC : 016351500090
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 13, 2000
Publisher : YAZOO
Manufacturer : YAZOO
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Running Time : 60
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New Price: $29.87Ella Fitzgerald - Something to Live For
Actors: Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Brown Jr., Norma Miller, Harry Edison, Tony Bennett
ASIN : B000034DDL
Sales Rank : 21343
Director : Charlotte Zwerin
Studio : Winstar
Region Code : 0
Format : Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781572527669
ISBN : 1572527668
UPC : 720917306223
Release Date : December 25, 2000
Publisher : Winstar
Manufacturer : Winstar
Label : Winstar
Running Time : 86
Amazon.comThe neo-pop divas of the late 20th century may have turned up the glamour, and a few even introduced formidable technical prowess, epitomized by Mariah Carey's seemingly helium-induced falsetto (the bane of canine fans everywhere) or Celine Dion's breast-beating, stentorian climaxes. Yet only a few verses from an earlier, charter member of the first-name-only club provides instant perspective: when Ella opened her mouth, that perfectly pitched, luminous voice could leap octaves without breaking a sweat, its tonal purity and immaculate phrasing creating that illusion of "effortlessness" achieved only through true artistry. Writer-director Charlotte Zwerin performs similar sleight of hand with this beautifully composed documentary, originally produced for public television's American Masters series. Created nearly four years after Ella Fitzgerald's death, Zwerin's film uses the lush voice and superb repertoire of "the First Lady of Song" to provide continuity while assembling convincing, if composite, narrative quotes gleaned from various interviews. The latter are noteworthy given the singer's lifelong modesty and insistence on privacy. Archival footage of early performances, as well as later television appearances, capture Ella's pilgrimage from Depression-era New York, through her discovery at the Apollo Theater and subsequent emergence as a swing vocalist and on to her long career as a matchless pop and jazz stylist. Tony Bennett is a sympathetic narrator, while added affection and insight are provided through interviews with some of the myriad jazz titans that accompanied her. Yet, ultimately, it's Ella's music, generously featured throughout, that proves most eloquent. As one of her definitive Gershwin favorites put it, "'Swonderful." --Sam Sutherland
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List Price: $19.99Price: $17.99You Save: $2 (10%)Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
Actors: Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller
ASIN : B00000IBMI
Sales Rank : 52689
Director : Don McGlynn
Studio : SHANACHIE
Region Code : 0
Format : Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0016351631596
UPC : 016351631596
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 23, 1999
Publisher : SHANACHIE
Manufacturer : SHANACHIE
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Label : SHANACHIE
Running Time : 78
Amazon.comDon McGlynn's uncompromising and soulful documentary look at the tumultuous life of musician and rebel Charles Mingus is fascinating stuff. Mingus said of himself "I am half black man, half yellow man, but I claim to be a Negro. I am Charles Mingus, the famed jazz musician--but not famed enough to make a living in America." His statement summed up the conflict that plagued this musical genius his entire life: volatility, pain, prescience, and raw rage roiled inside a complex man, composer, bass player, and trombonist who transcended labels and refused to be pigeonholed into a single musical style--and who did not achieve real fame until late in his career. The documentary is full of well-preserved footage and contains interviews with many Mingus followers like Wynton Marsalis as well as performances by icons Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Gerry Mulligan. The film traverses past the musical legend with insight and information into Mingus's personal life, his civil rights activism, and his final triumph in the music world--just as his body began to deteriorate from Lou Gehrig's disease--to his eventual death in 1979. Mingus left a legacy composed of genius, vulnerability, brilliance, anarchy, and, as one friend noted, "the entire range of human emotion that is reflected in his music." --Paula Nechak
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List Price: $24.99Price: $22.49You Save: $2.5 (10%)All My Babies
Actors: Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller
ASIN : B000PC6YSA
Sales Rank : 68170
Director : George Stoney
Brand : Image Entertainment
Studio : Image Entertainment
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381384529
UPC : 014381384529
Release Date : December 03, 2007
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
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Label : Image Entertainment
Running Time : 79
Product DescriptionThis beautiful film is the story of "Miss Mary" Coley an African-American midwife more than half a century ago in rural Georgia. Conceived as a demonstration film for illiterate "granny" midwives its production sponsored by the Georgia Department of Public Health All My Babies quickly transcended its initial purpose. It was used around the world by UNESCO and has become an enduring classic of non-fiction film. All My Babies was written produced and directed by George C. Stoney in close collaboration with Mrs. Coley as well as with local public health doctors and nurses and shows the preparation for and home delivery of healthy babies in both relatively good and bad rural conditions among black families at that time. The film is in addition both a deeply respectful portrait of "Miss Mary" who is revealed as an inspiring human being and a record of the actual living conditions of her patients.Bonus:Also includes Palmour Street (1949) a dramatized open-ended 25-minute discussion film about family relations which Stoney directed on location in Gainesville Georgia for the Georgia Department of Public Health.Selected in 2002 by the Librarian of Congress as a "culturally historically and artistically significant work" for permanent preservation in the National Film Registry.System Requirements:Running Time: 54 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 014381384529 Manufacturer No: ID3845DSDVD
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New Price: $16.95Hellhounds on My Trail - The Afterlife of Robert Johnson
Actors: Rob Wasserman, Rory Block, Junior Kimbrough, Guy Davis, Bob Weir
ASIN : 1572526653
Sales Rank : 63767
Director : Robert Mugge
Studio : Winstar
Region Code : 0
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781572526655
ISBN : 1572526653
UPC : 720917305226
Release Date : December 29, 2000
Publisher : Winstar
Manufacturer : Winstar
Label : Winstar
Running Time : 95
Amazon.comDelta bluesman Robert Johnson died in obscurity more than 60 years ago, leaving behind a grand total of 29 recorded songs. There are more videos about him (three and counting) than there are known pictures of him (two). Yet with each passing year, Johnson's legend and legacy continue to grow and flourish. Witness this package, directed by Robert Mugge and chronicling the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's annual American Music Makers series, a weeklong program that in 1998 was devoted to Johnson's work. Part concert, part documentary (including interviews and speeches, discussions of various Johnson-related myths, explanations of his guitar technique, and so on), Hellhounds on My Trail features very few "name" artists, with ex-Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green, Keb' Mo', and G. Love and Special Sauce among the best known. Instead, you get authentic performances of Johnson songs by bluesmen like Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guy Davis, Joe Louis Walker, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, and Robert Lockwood Jr. (Johnson's stepson), along with rocking interpretations by Gov't Mule, the brilliant Sonny Landreth (a smokin' "Walking Blues"), and others. All in all, it's a feast for blues fans, and a nice accompaniment to Can't You Hear the Wind Howl, a 1998 docudrama featuring some of the same participants. --Sam Graham
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