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List Price: $19.99Price: $17.99You Save: $2 (10%)At the Jazz Band Ball - Early Hot Jazz, Song and Dance
Actor: At the Jazz Band Ball-Early Ho
ASIN : 6305831343
Sales Rank : 21319
Studio : YAZOO
Format : Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786305831341
ISBN : 6305831343
UPC : 016351051493
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 11, 2000
Publisher : YAZOO
Manufacturer : YAZOO
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : YAZOO
Running Time : 60
Amazon.comAt the Jazz Band Ball features rare, archival film clips from 1925 to 1933 that showcase a wonderful potpourri of musicians, bandleaders, singers, dancers, and entertainers that characterized the best of the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age. The range of this collection represents early 20th-century Americana, from the hometown charm of the Boswell sisters performing the jazz-scat classic "Heebie Jeebies" to the Al Jolson-like antics of Charly Wellman's take on "Alabamy Snow." Of course, jazz is the heartbeat of this pre-World War II time and it's manifested in many ways. There's the classical sophistication of Paul Whiteman's orchestra rendition of "My Ohio Home" with the young trumpet pioneer Bix Beiderbecke, and the elegant and enduring Duke Ellington swinging like mad on "Old Man Blues" with baritone saxophonist Harry Carney, and an imaginative medley consisting of "The Duke Speaks Out," the evocative "Black Beauty," and Cotton Club Stomp" in which the lovely dancer Fredi Washington--and the innovative mirror shots--steal the show. There's also the "Empress of the Blues," Bessie Smith, with her sorrow-song version of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues." But Louis Armstrong, the first major jazz improviser and vocalist, is the prince of this era, as evidenced by his down-home trumpet solos, stage charisma, and gravel-like vocals on "I Cover the Waterfront," the fast and furious "Dinah" (as seen on Ken Burns's Jazz), and "Tiger Rag." Add the dapper Dorsey Bros. Band, the tap-dance wizardry of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Ben Burnie's burning big band treatment of the Harlem Globetrotters' theme "Sweet Georgia Brown" and you know the exuberance and artistry of this brilliant chapter in American history. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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New Price: $24.00Biography - Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom (A&E DVD Archives)
Actor: Nelson Mandela
ASIN : B0002V7NUW
Sales Rank : 59155
Studio : A & E Home Video
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780767066808
ISBN : 0767066804
UPC : 733961714388
Release Date : December 10, 2004
Publisher : A & E Home Video
Manufacturer : A & E Home Video
Label : A & E Home Video
Amazon.comThe A&E Biography of Nelson Mandela tells, in clear, complete, and exciting detail, the story of the man who dedicated his life to the struggle to end the domination of the black race by the whites in South Africa. Through interviews with colleagues and scholars and wonderful historical footage, we learn both about Mandela's amazing life story and the sweeping transformation that his nation has undergone. The son of a tribal chief, Mandela was groomed for leadership in the countryside, far from urban racial tensions. When he ran away to Johannesburg as a young man, he was shocked by the violent inhumanity of apartheid, the government-enforced policy of racism. He soon became involved with the African National Congress (ANC), which was working to overturn this unjust and oppressive system. In response to their campaign of civil disobedience and sabotage, he and other ANC leaders were arrested, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island, South Africa's Alcatraz. Against all odds, Mandela continued to fight apartheid from inside one of the world's harshest prisons, himself becoming a universal symbol of freedom. His release, after nearly three decades, electrified both his country and the world. At age 75, he was elected president in a landslide victory. It was Mandela's iron will and unshakable belief in the inevitability of his cause that made it possible for a man once imprisoned as a dangerous traitor to lead a nation. --Laura Mirsky
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Price: $19.95Wheels of Soul
Actor: none
ASIN : B000OVLAA4
Sales Rank : 76588
Director : Randall Wilson
Studio : Guerrilla Docs
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0858134001130
UPC : 858134001130
Release Date : December 08, 2005
Publisher : Guerrilla Docs
Manufacturer : Guerrilla Docs
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Guerrilla Docs
Running Time : 60
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List Price: $17.98Price: $15.99You Save: $1.99 (11%)The Ladies Sing the Blues
Actors: Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington
ASIN : B00005OSLK
Sales Rank : 56677
Studio : View Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780803023130
ISBN : 0803023138
UPC : 033909231398
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 30, 2001
Publisher : View Video
Manufacturer : View Video
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : View Video
Running Time : 60
DescriptionThe "Ladies" who created an art form and sang their way into legend… a bygone era is recaptured in this filmed salute to the women who started it all… whose turn of phrase made musical history. ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PERFORMANCES
Priceless footage of the great American divas (complete songs, not just tantalizing excerpts) Billie Holiday backed by the most extraordinary band ever formed-Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Benny Webster, Roy Eldridge, and Gerry Mulligan. The great Bessie Smith in her only film appearance...Dinah Washington from the stage of The Apollo Theatre…Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, and others, singing their classics. For many of them, this was their only performance on camera…certainly some of their greatest performances! Performances thought to be lost to time! MUSICAL SELECTIONS
1 St. Amazon.comCulled from rare black-and-white footage from the early to mid-20th century, this excellent anthology showcases a number of gems from the best and brightest female vocalists in America. There's the radiant "Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith in her only recorded film appearance singing "St. Louis Blues." The gospel great Sister Rosetta Tharpe delivers a down-home version of "That Lonesome Road," which is contrasted by jazzy and sassy Dinah Washington's "Lean Baby." The immortal Billie Holliday's touching 1957 TV performance of "Fine and Mellow," recorded with saxophonists Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and Gerry Mulligan two years before her death in 1959, is the finest clip in this collection. From Ethel Waters and Sarah Vaughan to Lena Horne, Ida Cox, and Peggy Lee, this set shows why women have been the standard bearers of the American vocal tradition. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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Price: $29.95Malcolm X DVD
Actor: Artist Not Provided
ASIN : B000BGQULQ
Sales Rank : 39121
Studio : Educational Video Network, Inc
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0693940199431
UPC : 693940199431
Release Date : December 10, 2004
Publisher : Educational Video Network, Inc
Manufacturer : Educational Video Network, Inc
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Educational Video Network, Inc
Running Time : 14
DescriptionAfter serving prison time, Malcolm X became a spokesman for the Nation of Islam and drastically increased its membership. He promoted complete segregation of whites and African-Americans and he was the founding symbol of the Black Militant Movement. Learn what events in his life changed his view on segregation and his religion.
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Price: $14.95ABC News Classics Maya Angelou
Actor: Artist Not Provided
ASIN : B000Z3N1UI
Sales Rank : 81719
Region Code : 0
Format : NTSC
Binding : DVD
UPC : 883629332086
Release Date : December 15, 2007
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Amazon.comCelebrated poet/writer/actress/performer Maya Angelou talks to ABC News about how she used her own life experiences to become an award-winning literary figure and most read black female writer in the world. Maya Angelou grew up in Stamps, Arkansas, living with her grandmother, uncle and brother in the back of their family-owned store. Angelou discusses how during a trip to St. Louis to visit her mother she was raped which led to her to become mute for several years, and how she is still haunted by the abuse. Anchor: Greg Jackson Airdate: 4/28-4/29/1983 This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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List Price: $24.98Price: $22.49You Save: $2.49 (10%)46664, The Event - Nelson Mandela's AIDS Day Concert
Actors: Nelson Mandela, Peter Gabriel, Paul Oakenfold, Bono
ASIN : B0001US8BC
Sales Rank : 73713
Studio : Rhino / Wea
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Compilation, DVD-Video, Dolby, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0603497031221
UPC : 603497031221
Release Date : December 13, 2004
Publisher : Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer : Rhino / Wea
Label : Rhino / Wea
Running Time : 388
Amazon.comThe power of popular music has been harnessed numerous times on behalf of various causes. But few of those efforts have been as powerful as 46664, an extraordinary program that is at once both entertaining and edifying, both sobering and uplifting. Named after the number worn during his 18-year imprisonment by Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa and the inspiration for this global initiative, 46664 was created to draw attention to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa. The main event, organized by Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, was a November 2003 concert in Cape Town, and it's quite a show, preserved here by more than four hours of performance footage spread out over two discs. An impressive international cast is on hand, including several veterans of rock charity events (Bob Geldof, Peter Gabriel, U2's Bono and the Edge). But there's a lot of younger blood here as well (Beyonce, the Corrs, Anastacia, DJ Paul Oakenfold), as well as Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), Italian star Zucchero, reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff, and, appropriately, many African performers, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Youssou N'Dour. Some fine music and very cool collaborations result (Queen, Zucchero and Sharon Corr? Sounds weird, but it works). Most important, the reason for all of this is never overlooked, as both live performers and various taped celebrities deliver messages about the HIV/AIDS crisis (26 million people are afflicted in sub-Saharan Africa alone) designed to inform, encourage, and admonish. Most of the two-plus hours of special features are pretty standard: a "making of" documentary, interviews, photos, etc. But "A Minute of Art," a collection of 12 brief (about a minute each) films by a host of international visual artists, is quite wonderful, as is "Spirit of Africa," a beautifully shot film that movingly personalizes the AIDS catastrophe on that continent. --Sam Graham
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List Price: $19.98Price: $17.99You Save: $1.99 (10%)Tales From The Land Of Gullah
Actor: Anita Singleton-Prather and The Gullah Kinfolk
ASIN : B000JQV9FU
Sales Rank : 85797
Director : Clark Santee
Brand : Koch International
Studio : Matrix Media, Inc.
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Compilation, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0619941001498
UPC : 619941001498
Release Date : December 17, 2006
Publisher : Matrix Media, Inc.
Manufacturer : Matrix Media, Inc.
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Label : Matrix Media, Inc.
Running Time : 60
Product DescriptionGullah is the genesis of the African-American culture and Beaufort SC is its home. Three out of four slaves came to America through the sea island of South Carolina and these stories allow an insight into the history of our people says Master Storyteller educator and actress (Forrest Gump God s Gonna Trouble The Water) Anita Singleton-Prather. Prather stars as Aunt Pearlie-Sue in this enchanting program that will bring laughs and tears. Lavish sets exquisite photography and classic spiritual singing by The Gullah Kinfolk will leave audience wanting more. System Requirements:Run Time: 60 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST UPC: 619941001498 Manufacturer No: MATDV14
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New Price: $12.49The March on Washington & The Civil Rights Movement featuring Martin Luther King Jr., Marian Anderson, A. Philip Randolph, Odetta & Joan Baez (1963)
Actor: Anita Singleton-Prather and The Gullah Kinfolk
ASIN : B000UU84TO
Sales Rank : 65448
Brand : Quality Information Publishers Inc.
Studio : Quality Information Publishers Inc.
Model : 651
Region Code : 0
Format : NTSC
Feature : Table Of Contents:; (1) The March On Washington (1963) - 26 Minutes
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0878944005197
UPC : 878944005197
Publisher : Quality Information Publishers Inc.
Manufacturer : Quality Information Publishers Inc.
Label : Quality Information Publishers Inc.
Running Time : 26
Product DescriptionOn March 18th, 1963, 250,000 people assembled on the lawn of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. in what has been billed by many as, "the single most important event in the 20th century." Performances by Odetta, Joan Baez & Marian Anderson set the stage for speeches by A. Philip Randolph & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and others. Table Of Contents: (1) The March On Washington (1963) - The 1963 March on Washington civil rights rally was one of the greatest events in American history and will forever be etched into the American consciousness. This extraordinary film begins by documenting the preparations for the massive march, including food, sign building, and transportation. Next, crowds of people are seen marching towards the final destination, the Lincoln Memorial. The performances and speeches begin. This film is a priceless piece of history and can also be utilized as a fantastic teaching tool or student visual aide - 26 Minutes
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New Price: $10.30Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life and Music of Robert Johnson
Actors: Danny Glover, Keb' Mo', Keith Richards (II), Robert Cray, Eric Clapton
ASIN : B00000I69D
Sales Rank : 65009
Director : Peter Meyer
Studio : Winstar
Region Code : 0
Format : Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0720917301525
UPC : 720917301525
Release Date : December 24, 1998
Publisher : Winstar
Manufacturer : Winstar
Label : Winstar
Running Time : 76
Amazon.comThis ambitious mixture of dramatic reconstruction with traditional documentary affords excellent insight into legendary bluesman Robert Johnson's life, the enduring power of his music, and the myth which surrounds him. Can't You Hear The Wind Howl transcends its genre of "docudrama," providing the well-researched information we'd expect from a conventional documentary with the dramatic impact we could hope for from a Hollywood film. Contemporary bluesman Keb' Mo' (Kevin Moore) plays Johnson, and Danny Glover narrates, but the real star is Robert Johnson's music. The film's strength is its power of suggestion; we never see the Johnson character up close, never hear him talk. As if in a dream, he flits in and out of scenes, whether courting his girlfriend or stirring a juke joint to mayhem. But you'd be hard put picking him out of a police lineup. We never see him such that we can know him, which is an accurate representation of the elusive musician, according to the interview footage with Johnson's proteges and peers--among them Johnny Shines, Robert Lockwood Jr., and Honeyboy Edwards. Keb' Mo', who has included Robert Johnson songs on each of his three CDs, says that portraying Johnson had a lasting effect. "It's an internal thing," says Mo'. "In playing him, you pull in some of the spirit. The spirit of a juke joint, the spirit of the south at that time." This film falls nicely between an homage and an explanation. --Sam Sutherland
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