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Leaving Neverland [videorecording] / by Reed, Dan,television director,television producer.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Home Box Office (Firm),publisher.;
Film editor, Jules Cornell ; cinematography, Dan Reed ; composer, Chad Hobson.Interviewees, Wade Robson, "Jimmy" Safechuck, and family members.Originally produced by HBO in 2019.The two-part documentary LEAVING NEVERLAND explores the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys, James "Jimmy" Safechuck, at age ten, and Wade Robson, at age seven, both of whom were befriended by Michael Jackson. They and their families were invited into his wondrous world, entranced by the singer's fairy-tale existence as his career reached its peak. Through gut-wrenching interviews with Safechuck, now 37, and Robson, now 41, as well as their mothers, wives and siblings, LEAVING NEVERLAND crafts a portrait of sustained abuse, exploring the complicated feelings that led both men to confront their experiences after both had a young son of their own.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.; Robson, Wade.; Safechuck, James.; Adult child sexual abuse victims; Adult child sexual abuse victims; African American singers; Child sexual abuse; Sexually abused children; Rock musicians;
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Bloodlines of the Slave Trade. by Hancock, Markie,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2023.Examines the lives of two people whose only connection is a genetic link to John Armfield, one of the most notorious slave traders of the 1830s. Rodney Williams, who is Black, and Susanna Grannis, who is white, each trace their ancestry back to their distant ancestor, detailing the diverging paths their lineages took. While their relationship to this past is fundamentally different, and they never meet in the film, they both share in the telling of the horrific domestic slave trade and the ongoing reverberations of slavery.The film also navigates the lesser known "second middle passage" referred to as the "domestic slave trade." Starting in Alexandria, VA, where two of the wealthiest and most infamous slave traders of the mid-19th century were headquartered, Williams journeys along the Natchez Trace where in all likelihood his ancestors walked before him. In Alexandria, John Armfield and Isaac Franklin would either ship or march the enslaved down south to Mississippi or Louisiana for both future sale and brutal work on southern plantations. These cruel transactions involved separation from family members, long and arduous journeys chained together in coffles, and even more brutal working conditions once sold off in Natchez or New Orleans. His path along the trail illuminates the mechanisms and realities of chattel slavery, and illustrates the vast accumulation of wealth created by enslaved people, but held by slaveowners and benefitting their descendants.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; African Americans.; United States--History.; Slavery.; Genealogy.;
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The League. by Pollard, Sam,film director.; Aaron, Hank,actor.; Robinson, Jackie,actor.; Mays, Willie,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Willie MaysOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2023.Told through the personal experience of notable Negro League umpire Bob Motley, THE LEAGUE explores Black baseball as a stage for some of the world’s best athletes, an economic and social pillar of Black communities, and the unintended consequences of MLB integration. The rise and fall of the Negro Leagues follows the arc of race history in the United States.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Health.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; African Americans.; Race.; Racism.; United States--History.; Baseball.; Athletes.;
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Celebrating Kwanzaa / by Linde, Barbara M.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Levels: GR: J; DRA: 18.LSC
Subjects: Kwanzaa; African Americans;
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American. by Wu, Danny,film director.; Houseman, John,actor.; Welles, Orson,actor.; Callow, Simon,actor.; Gravitas Ventures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
John Houseman, Orson Welles, Simon CallowOriginally produced by Gravitas Ventures in 2022.In the early 1940s, director Orson Welles navigates his meteoric Hollywood rise. As WWII begins, a Japanese American boy visits abroad, and an African American soldier enlists in the army. As the story heads towards 1947, each character follows their own ambitions in search of their American identity.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Motion pictures.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Motion pictures--Production and direction.; World War, 1939-1945.; United States--History.; Motion picture producers and directors.;
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Black brother, black brother / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.;
Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.LSC
Subjects: Fencing; African Americans; Racism; Preparatory schools; Schools; Families;
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The numbers store / by Green, Harold,III.; Wiley, DeAnn.;
When Mom realizes there are zero eggs in the house, the entire family heads to the store to pick up more. Readers can join the counting fun as the family shops and adds more items to their basket--from three bananas to five plums--amid the backdrop of a bustling market. Publishing simultaneously with The Rainbow Park, The Numbers Store studies numbers through the experience of an intergenerational Black family's trip to the local grocery store.
Subjects: Board books.; African American families; Counting; Grocery trade;
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The Heart of Nuba. by A., Kenneth,film director.; Magnolia Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Magnolia Pictures in 2018.Welcome to the war-torn Nuba Mountains of Sudan, where American Doctor Tom Catena selflessly and courageously serves the needs of a forgotten people, as the region is bombed relentlessly by an indicted war criminal, Omar Al-Bashir. Two things remain constant: Dr. Tom's faith and his enduring love for the Nuba people.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Medicine.; Documentary films.;
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Paradise on fire / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.; Malyon, Serena.;
Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires erupt.LSC
Subjects: African Americans; Orphans; Wilderness areas; Wildfires; Survival;
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You should see me in a crown / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through she is forced to turn to her school's scholarship for prom king and queen, which plunges her into the gauntlet of social media which she hates and leads her to discoveries about her own identity and the value of true friendships.LSC
Subjects: African American teenage girls; Proms; Competition (Psychology); Identity (Psychology); High school students; Friendship;
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