Ernest R. Dickerson
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Eddie Murphy delights, shocks, and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations; gives his impersonations on '80s love, sex and marriage; his rememberance of Mom's hamburgers and many more raucious, laugh-till-it-hurts anecdotes will delight audience members.
Series
Criterion collection volume 97
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"McNutty has been demoted to harbor patrol. Daniels is in the police-archive dungeon, Prez is chafing in the suburbs, and Greggs is stuck behind a desk. Meanwhile, on the docks of Baltimore harbor, the rank and fire scrounge for work and the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business, but a horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port inside out. While the detail is on ice, a new case begins"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Rampant crime and government ineptitude continue to cripple the city's recovery, with outside profiteers looking to cash in on short-term gains. The series' focus is still on ordinary people, but they no longer accept their lack of influence on the institutions that have controlled the city.
7) Bulletproof
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Two friends find themselves on opposite sides of the law, but join forces to outwit a drug lord who wants them both dead.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this documentary traces the untold history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre. Adapting Robin Means Coleman's seminal book, this will present the living and the dead, using new and archival interviews from scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre's past trends, to those...
Series
Criterion collection volume 97
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large...
11) Law & order
Pub. Date
[2004], ©1991-©1992.
Language
English
Description
New York City Detective Mike Logan and Sargeant Paul Cerreta are working the streets of the 31st precinct in relentless persuit of criminals. Once the criminals are caught by Logan and Cerreta, it is up to Executive ADA Ben Stone and his assistant ADA Paul Robinette to bring them to justice.
13) Mo' better blues
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen format (1.78:first).
Language
English
Description
"Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined" -- Container.
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