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41) Marshall
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Villa Park Public Library - Adult AV
DVD DRAMA MAR
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DVD DRAMA MAR
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The story of young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Mature thematic content, sensuality, violence and some strong language.
42) Moonlight
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Villa Park Public Library - Adult AV
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DVD DRAMA MOO
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A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
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The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus...
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A concert film featuring performances by four major African American stand-up comedians. Includes backstage footage and interviews.
45) Queen of Katwe
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Villa Park Public Library - Adult AV
DVD DRAMA QUE
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DVD DRAMA QUE
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Based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.
46) Race
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Villa Park Public Library - Adult AV
DVD DRAMA RAC
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DVD DRAMA RAC
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Jesse Owens's quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
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The history's most enduring fairy tale shimmers to life in the most spectacular production ever of the classic musical.
48) Selma
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Villa Park Public Library - Adult AV
DVD DRAMA SEL
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DVD DRAMA SEL
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964.
"The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery...
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Whoopi Goldberg returns as the lounge singer who goes undercover as a nun to help an ailing inner-city school.
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Villa Park Public Library - Adult AV
DVD DRAMA SOU
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DVD DRAMA SOU
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Chronicles the summer afternoon in 1989 when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed the future First Lady, Michelle Robinson, on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
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"Inspired by Deborah Willis's book, Reflections in black, Through a lens darkly casts a broad net that begins with filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris's family album. It considers the difference between black photographers who use the camera to define themselves, their people, and their culture and some white photographers who, historically, have demeaned African-Americans through racist imagery. The film embraces both historical material (African-Americans...
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Villa Park Public Library - Nonfiction
DVD 976.686 TUL
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DVD 976.686 TUL
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One hundred years after the destruction of the Black-owned Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, residents and descendants examine the history of the 1921 tragedy and its aftermath. Through the historical lens of white violence and Black resistance, the film explores vital issues of atonement, reconciliation and reparation.
53) Up from slavery
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Up From Slavery is a powerful, compelling and haunting 7-part documentary series that examines the history of slavery in America, from the arrival of the first African slaves through Nat Turner's Rebellion to the Civil War and beyond. In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded...
54) The Wiz
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Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.