Harry Belafonte
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style and musical panache, Susanne Rostock's inspiring biographical documentary surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer and his experiences touring a segregated country to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement.
Publisher
Zelda Can Dance Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A young actress, lives the American Dream in Hollywood when she is unfairly blacklisted and her career comes to a screeching halt; triumphing over adversity, she becomes one of the first in Hollywood to use her 'celebrity' to change the world.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
See the making of a milestone as forty-five of the biggest names in music combine to record a song to help alleviate the suffering of millions starving. This program provides a behind-the-scenes look at the night of January 28, 1985.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000], ©1972
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the perils faced by a wagon train of courageous black settlers. It's the 1860s and Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation has just freed the country's slaves, but a group of vigilate nightraiders are resentful of the black men's newly-gained freedom.
Series
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2020?]
Language
English
Description
From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful...
7) Bobby
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Revisits the night presidential-hopeful Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in June 1968. Tells the stories of a variety of people present on that fateful night, ranging from Kennedy's campaign staff and volunteers to the hotel owner, employees such as kitchen staff, and various guests.