All to often, the contributions of African-American actors, directors and producers have been overlooked by the both the entertainment industry and mainstream press. That's why the staff of EZTakes has started a collection of Black Culture Movie collection to highlight films made by and starring Africans and African-Americans, as well as films dealing with the African experience and Black culture both in the USA and world-wide.
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U-Carmen (U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha)
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Ninth Street
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Inauguration: The First African-American President
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Brilliantly acted and sung by the internationally acclaimed South African theater company Dimpho Di Kopane (DDK), U-Carmen is a stunning adaptation of perhaps the world's best-loved opera, Carmen. Re-imagined in the modern world of South African pool hall more...
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For over 40 years Junction City, Kansas was known as Sin City. Ninth Street with its notorious stretch of black-owned jazz clubs, bars, and businesses, was known as The Harlem of Kansas. Catering to the GI's of nearby Fort Riley, Ninth Street was home to more...
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This DVD contains a video, provided by the White House, of the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, the first African-American President of the United States of America. The video starts off with the somewhat-less-than perfect swearing-in ceremony more...
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From Child Soldier to Hip-Hop Star: The Story of Emmanuel Jal, War Child
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Obama: Ready to Fight
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Fiela's Child
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This DVD contains a short promo for the feature-length documentary, "War Child", and three hit songs by Emmanuel Jal. It stars Emmanuel Jal, former child soldier and current hip-hop star. more...
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President Obama calmly and clearly declared war on the special interest groups that many believe have hijacked our political process. Will he succeed? Is he really going to be able to change things? Will it be for the good? Only time will tell. more...
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In Africa a child wanders too far into the Knysna Forest and never returns. Nine years later, two government officials, working on a census, find a white child living with a colored family in the mountains and take him away from the stricken Fiela who more...
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A Century of Black Cinema
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Barber Shop Jokes
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Soul Flicks: Volume 1
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A 90-minute special celebrating the finest Afro-American entertainers ever to grace the silver screen featuring performances from PORGY AND BESS, LILIES OF THE FIELD, GONE WITH THE WIND, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, WAITING TO EXHALE and many more. more...
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A comedy with four of your most funniest and hungriest comics who perform stand-up inside a real barbershop. So funny it's gonna make you smack yo' mama. more...
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Double Feature combining the urban action of blaxploitation classics like SHAFT with a Black Power political awareness. Contains the movies BLACK GODFATHER and THE BLACK GESTAPO. more...
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The Jackie Robinson Story
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An Indigo Christmas Live!
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Firehouse & They Call It Murder
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Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century, plays himself in his own biography. Traces his life and career from childhood to the Negro leagues to the major leagues. more...
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Join the renowned Nathaniel Dett Chorale at their Indigo Christmas Concert, with speical guests award-winning jazz pianist Joe Sealy and the legendary jazz and gospel singer Jackie Richardson. Spend an hour with this inspiring 20-member choir as they more...
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Action and Mystery Double Feature - Richard Roundtree portrays Shelly Forsythe, an African American firefighter candidate at an all white firehouse in this drama that was originally developed as a television pilot. Shelly must deal with both the physical more...
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Something Within Me
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Black Love
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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WINNER! Sundance Film Festival: Audience Awards, Filmmakers Trophy, Special Jury Prize. St. Augustine's school is located in the poorest section of the South Bronx. The teachers & principal decided to commit to an arts curriculum, one where the arts more...
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This African American-themed Romantic Comedy Follows Rap Star Saafir As He Patrols The Streets Of Los Angeles And Talks To Couples About What Makes Their Relationships Work. more...
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From Amos & Andy to Bernie Mac, TV IN BLACK explores the contributions made by African Americans to the history of television. Utilizing original footage, rarely seen photos, and more than 40 interviews, the documentary reveals and celebrates more...
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Amour Infinity
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Black Action: Disc 2
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Westwood Park: Disc 1
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The odds are stacked up against a young East Flatbush, Brooklyn man (Jerry LaMothe). He's lost his job, his girlfriend of five years, and the mother of his child just left him as well. Seeing no end to his streak of bad luck, he almost gives up until he more...
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This collection of films will bust you up, slam you down and blast you into pieces! Disc 2 contains movies from the mid-1970s - "Black Fist", "The Black Godfather", and "Get Christie Love". more...
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Forget the "O.C." - We've got the "W.P."! Unique tropical soap opera follows the intertwined lives of Westwood Park residents through issues of love, politics, sex, death and wealth. more...
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Sing Brother Sing
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Shaolin Dolemite
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Get Christie Love! & A Real American Hero
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The rich tradition of four-part harmony reached its peak in the late 1930s and 40s. What had been a gospel and vaudeville vocal style was adapted to popular songs, and the Mills Brothers, along with the Delta Boys were the premier groups that captured more...
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What do you get when you mix Kung Fu with the king of Blaxpoitation? A fistful of action and laughs! The one, the original Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore) is back in his most action packed project of his career. more...
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Crime Double Feature - Teresa Graves is Christie Love, the first African-American woman hired by the Los Angeles Police Department. She proves her value to the department by working as an undercover operative. Her breakthrough case involves her more...
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Black Samurai
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The Joe Louis Story
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War Child
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When the daughter of a royal family is held hostage, Jim Kelly, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N., will stop at nothing to destroy the evil organization that abducted her, in this "blaxpoitation" cult favorite. more...
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The life story of Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion. Mr. Louis held the title for 12 years, which is longer than any other boxer in history. The film includes some great fight footage of Joe with other legendary boxers, such as Primo Carnera, Max more...
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"Left home at the age of seven/one year later I'm carryin' an AK-47." For hip hop artist Emanuel Jal, a former child soldier in Sudan's brutal civil war, these lyrics are hardly empty posturing. They are the bitter reality of a young man who was more...
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Black Action: Disc 3
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Black Action: Disc 1
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Jive Turkey & Black Hooker
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Beaten, Betrayed and Bustin' Loose! Disc 3 of the Black Action collection contains "Fighting Mad", "The Guy from Harlem", "Jive Turkey" and "TNT Jackson"! more...
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Check out this fine collection of films featuring the baddest cats and sexiest ladies ever to take on the mean streets of the city, you dig! Disc 1 contains three "Black Cobra" movies! more...
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Blaxploitation Double Feature! In "Jive Turkey" it's a turf battle over the mean streets of Harlem! In "Black Hooker" a boy moves in with his African American grandparents and learns what his mother does for a living and why she didn't want him around... more...
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