The Definitive Black Film Collection (113 titles)

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The Hurricane

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• The Hurricane on DVD (1999)
  Starring: Denzel Washington,  John Hannah,  Deborah Unger
  Director: Norman Jewison
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  The inspirational true story of boxer Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1966. Told in a series of flashbacks, Washington immerses himself in the role of Carter with a charged, intense passion. The story jumps around in time, from Carter's troubled childhood, to ..read more »
  
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The Color Purple

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• The Color Purple on DVD (1985)
  Starring: Danny Glover,  Whoopi Goldberg,  Oprah Winfrey
  Director: Steven Spielberg
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  Steven Spielberg's masterful adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Whoppi Goldberg (GHOST, SISTER ACT), in her impressive screen debut, as Celie, a sharecropper's daughter living in rural Georgia. The film opens in 1909 when Celie is a young girl, a victim of incest, ..read more »
  
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Brown Sugar

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• Brown Sugar on DVD (2002)
  Starring: Sanaa Lathan,  Taye Diggs,  Nicole Ari Parker
  Director: Rick Famuyiwa
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  Rick Famuyiwa breathes a refreshing burst of air into the romantic comedy genre with BROWN SUGAR, a film that is as much a tribute to hip-hop as it is a celebration of friendship and love. Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sidney (Sanaa Lathan), best friends since elementary school, have been in love with rap ..read more »
  
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Love Jones

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• Love Jones (1997)
  Starring: Larenz Tate,  Nia Long,  Khalil Kain
  Director: Theordore Witcher
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  After an immediate infatuation blossoms between a once-bitten Chicagoan woman and a slick spoken-word artist, they've got to find a way to maintain their relationship.
  
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Roots - Original Series - 25th Anniversary Edition

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• Roots - Original Series - 25th Anniversa... (3 discs) on DVD (1977)
  Starring: Lloyd Bridges,  Edward Asner,  Chuck Connors
  Director: Marvin J. Chomsky,  John Erman,  David Greene
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  PLEASE NOTE THE DISCS ARE DOUBLE SIDED In 1977, the miniseries ROOTS aired, changing the face of television--and American culture--forever. This highly acclaimed series, based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel, follows the lineage of Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), an African man abducted from his ..read more »
  
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The Brothers

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• The Brothers on DVD (2001)
  Starring: Morris Chestnut,  D.L. Hughley,  Bill Bellamy
  Director: Gary Hardwick
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  Dubbed 'Refusing to Exhale' by director Gary Hardwick, THE BROTHERS traces the hilarious journey of four African-American men as they take on love, sex, friendship and two of life's most terrifying prospects--honesty and commitment. Smart, successful, and sexy, Jackson Smith (Morris Chestnut), ..read more »
  
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Love And Basketball

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• Love And Basketball on DVD (2000)
  Starring: Sanaa Lathan,  Omar Epps,  Alfre Woodard
  Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
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  LOVE AND BASKETBALL is the powerful story of two next-door neighbors in Los Angeles who grow up loving basketball and, eventually, each other. Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) have wanted to be basketball stars since they were kids. Monica has had to work hard to establish herself as a ..read more »
  
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Waiting To Exhale

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• Waiting To Exhale on DVD (1995)
  Starring: Whitney Houston,  Angela Bassett,  Loretta Devine
  Director: Forest Whitaker
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  The adaptation of Terry McMillan's best-selling novel, about four middle-class, African-American friends, and their continuing efforts to find Mr. Right. The story begins with Bernadine, whose husband John calmly announces that he's leaving her -- for a white woman. Furthermore, the wealthy John ..read more »
  
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Amistad

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• Amistad on DVD (1997)
  Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Matthew McConaughey,  Nigel Hawthorne
  Director: Steven Spielberg
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  Based on actual events in 1838, AMISTAD is the story of captured African slaves who took over their transport ship in a bloody revolt with the hopes of returning back to their homeland. After the slaves are caught and imprisoned, their leader, Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), unable to understand the ..read more »
  
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back

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• How Stella Got Her Groove Back on DVD (1998)
  Starring: Angela Bassett,  Regina King,  Whoopi Goldberg
  Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
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  While holidaying in Jamaica, successful San Francisco stock broker Stella (Angela Bassett) meets and falls for a dashing, and much younger, islander, Winston Shakespeare. Their romance forces her to re-evaluate her concepts of love and sex, as well as work and motherhood. Based on the best-selling ..read more »
  
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