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The N Word - Divided We Stand

Sales Rank:35219
List Price: $17.33
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Actor(s):

Richard Pryor
Dick Gregory
Paul Mooney
Todd Boyd
Samuel L. Jackson

Easily the most inflammatory, shocking and historic word in the English language, the N word has smoldered in the American psyche for over a century. It has morphed from a source of hate, degradation and embarrassment to a term of endearment used amongst the many races of young people. But is that OK? Surf the web or eavesdrop in the lunchroom and you will find the N word is alive. Has overuse removed its horrific origins; has it lost its power to insult and enrage? Given the word’s continually shifting use, The N Word is a brave and bold confrontation of the taboo, exploring the history and relevance of the word and the social status within and between races. The N Word ignites the conversation. Let the debate begin!

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Hell Up In Harlem

Sales Rank:11169
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

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Actor(s):

Fred Williamson
Julius Harris
Gloria Hendry
Margaret Avery
D'Urville Martin

Fred Williamson returns as Tommy Gibbs, the self-styled Godfather of Harlem in Larry Cohen's quickly made sequel to the low-budget Black Caesar. The film opens with a different perspective on the finale from the earlier film, this time with Gibbs surviving an assassination attempt with the help of his estranged father (Julius Harris), who becomes Tommy's new chief lieutenant in his rebuilt organization. Tommy takes his revenge on those who set him up but faces a new threat from within as the corrupt DA partners with an ambitious gang member to take Tommy down. It's not going to be as easy as they think. Shooting on NYC streets and locations, Cohen punches up the slim rise-and-fall/revenge story line with gritty action, a driving pace, and edgy, always-on-the-move, hand-held camera work. The production feels rushed at times and the performances don't have the energy of the previous film, but Cohen doesn't give you much time to think about it with his speeding plot and machine-gun editing, moved along nicely with help from Edwin Starr's funky score. --Sean Axmaker

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Daughters of the Dust

Sales Rank:10475
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MPAA Rating: Unrated

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Cora Lee Day
Alva Rogers
Barbarao
Trula Hoosier
Umar Abdurrahamn

Working with a theme and history that's obviously dear to her heart, first-time writer-director Julie Dash's exquisitely alive film chronicles the last days of the Gullah, an Americanized West African people in danger of losing their identity. Dash makes up for some overly schematic dialogue and an occasionally pokey pace with some strong performances (particularly Cora Lee Day as the sternly matriarchal Nana) and an absolutely wonderful visual sense (kudos should also go to her ace cinematographer Arthur Jafa, whose dazzlingly sumptuous imagery surely inspired Jonathan Demme's later Beloved). A rapturously textured, wholly mesmerizing glimpse into the Gullah culture. --Andrew Wright

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3 Strikes

Sales Rank:14181
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

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De'aundre Bonds
Christel Cottrell
Starletta DuPois
E-40
Mike Epps

The chase is on in the wildest manhunt L.A. has ever seen with this arrestingly funny comedy starring Brian Hooks (Bulworth), David Alan Grier (Return to Me), Faizon Love (Friday) and N'Bushe Wright (Blade). Boasting hot new music from Tha Eastsidaz featuring Snoop Dogg,Silkk The Shocker and more, this irreverent comedy written and directed by D.J. Pooh (Friday) is hilarious fun! Rob Douglas (Hooks) is a two-time offender with one thing on his mind: getting out of prisonfor good! So on the day of his release, his pal J.J. (De'Aundre Bonds) pickshim up in a smooth new ride to take him home to his girlfriend (Wright). But when the cops stop them on the way, J.J. confesses that his hot new wheels are real hot, and he's not goin' down without afight! Facing his third strike and a 25-year sentence, Rob flees on foottoo bad he gets caught on videotape! With two strikes against him, Rob's got two choices in front of him: clear his name or go directly back to jail!

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Race Movies: Hi-De-Ho/The Devil's Daughter/Beware/Reet, Petite, and Gone

Sales Rank:30885
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Actor(s):

Louis Jordan
Cab Calloway
Nina Mae McKinney
Milton Woods
Frank L. Wilson

Four classic urban films: Hi-De-Ho, The Devil's Daughter, Beware, and Reet Petite and Gone.

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Uninvited Guest

Sales Rank:45926
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

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Chris Dunn (II)
Kim Fields
David Foster (VIII)
Lisa France
India Granderson

We always tell our children not to talk to strangers. And never, ever let them into the house. Too bad Howard didn't listen.

Debbie and Howard are celebrating their wedding anniversary. Or so Debbie thought. A special night together turns into a nightmare when Howard lets a man into the house to use the phone. Who is the smooth stranger who immediately takes to Debbie? And what does he really want? Debbie and Howard soon find out the answer to the question, and when they do, their lives will never be the same again. Be careful who you let into the house. Especially the Uninvited Guest.

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You See Me Laughin'

Sales Rank:32752
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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R.L. Burnside
Junior Kimbrough
Cedell Davis
T-Model Ford
Asie Payton

You See Me Laughin' is a full length documentary that takes a look at the often untamed lifestyles of the last great North Mississippi bluesmen and the Oxford, MS based label- Fat Possum Records- that struggles to record them. The film is an exciting collage of exclusive interviews, live performances and personal anecdotes. It includes rare, black and white footage of RL Burnside from 1974, disturbingly funny stories about touring told first hand by Iggy Pop and John Spencer Blues Explosion as well as an interesting encounter with Junior Kimbrough described by Bono from U2 and much more. This is not for the faint of heart.

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Reverend I'm Available

Sales Rank:10365
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Director(s):

Actor(s):

Jerome Stevenson
Hester Dean
Sheila Asberry-Clark
Brenda Thompson
Mary Riggins

Recently widowed Reverend Grady Griffin soon becomes the hottest commodity at his church as the ladies line up for their chance to win his heart. With each woman vying for his attention how is the Reverend to choose?

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Citizen King

Sales Rank:5532
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Director(s):

Noland Walker
Orlando Bagwell

Actor(s):

Taylor Branch
David Halberstam
Martin Luther King
Andrew Young

CITIZEN KING, a two-hour documentary from acclaimed filmmakers Orlando Bagwell and Noland Walker, explores the last five years in the life of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Personal recollections and eyewitness accounts of friends, movement associates, journalists, law enforcement officers, and historians illuminate this little-known chapter in the story of America's most influential moral leader in the 20th century.

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Clockers

Sales Rank:17756
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

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Lawrence B. Adisa
Lisa Arrindell Anderson
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Paul Calderon
Keith David

Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly researched detail of Price's novel, the film focuses on Strike (newcomer Mekhi Phifer), a young, ambitious "clocker"--or drug dealer--who works the streets of his New York housing project, selling drugs for a local supplier named Rodney (played with ferocious charisma by Delroy Lindo). Just as Strike is struggling to get away from his dead-end life of crime, another dealer is murdered in a fast-food restaurant and local detectives (Harvey Keitel, John Turturro) consider Strike the primary suspect. In cowriting the script with novelist Price, Lee uses this murder mystery to explore the plague of guns and black-on-black crime in America's inner cities, in which drugs and death are familiar routines of daily life. The film doesn't pretend to offer solutions, nor does it dwell on the problem with numbing insistence. Rather, this taut, well-acted film takes the viewer into a world often hidden in plain sight--a world where options seem nonexistent for youth conditioned to have little or no expectation beyond a probable early death. Lee and Price are deadly serious in handling this volatile subject (which incorporates racism, powerless law enforcement, and political indifference), but Clockers is also blessed with humor, insight, and humanity. It's one of Lee's most confidently directed films, signaling a creative maturity that Lee continued to develop throughout the 1990s. --Jeff Shannon

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