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• Black History Month - streaming video collection

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• The Inheritance

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  THE INHERITANCE, is a vibrant, engaging ensemble work that takes place almost entirely within the walls of a West Philadelphia house where a community of young people have come together to form a collective of Black artists and activists.

• Outsiders

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  A Black high school student finds himself under suspicion after the mysterious disappearance of a classmate during a party, leading him to resort to desperate measures to uncover the truth and prove his innocence.

• A Long Way From Home

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  A chronicle of the struggles and triumphs of the African-American and Latino players who followed Jackie Robinson into white professional baseball. Helps shatter the myth that baseball was an inviting place once [Jackie] Robinson debuted on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

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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.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

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  Chronicling the history and personal experiences of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond.

• King

  a Filmed Record : Montgomery to Memphis

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  King is a cinematic national treasure that allows viewers to be first-hand witnesses to Dr. King's crusade, and thereby gain a fuller appreciation of both the personal challenges he endured and the vast cultural legacy he left behind.

• Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

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  An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who shattered the color barrier of professional auto-racing and became the first Black qualifier in the storied history of the Indy 500.

• Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song

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  The saga brings viewers face- to- face with the terror of lynching even as it spotlights the courage and heroism of those who fought for racial justice when to do so was to risk ostracism and livelihood if white - and death if Black.

• Grace Jones

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  Sophie Fiennes's documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** Winner of the Best Documentary Award at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Long Shadow

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  THE LONG SHADOW traces the blunt imposition of white privilege and its ultimate manifestation-slavery. Causey and Holst conclude that, without a doubt, artifacts of slavery remain at work in American society today.

• Subjects of Desire

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  Told from the POV of women who aren't afraid to challenge conventional beauty standards, the film explores the positive and negative portrayals of Black women in media and asks what is the impact today?

• Marshawn Lynch: A History

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  This documentary explores the silence that nonconformist NFL star Marshawn Lynch deploys as a form of resistance. Official Selection at the **Seattle International Film Festival**

• Stranger Fruit

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  What really happened on August 9th, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri? That afternoon, Officer Darren Wilson killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. 'STRANGER FRUIT' is the unraveling of what took place, told through the eyes of Mike Brown's family. Official…Read moreRead more of this annotation