Something the Lord Made Something the Lord Made recounts the relationship between Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and Vivian Thomas (Mos Def). It begins in 1930s Nashville when imperious cardiac surgeon Blalock hires Thomas, an African American carpenter, as his janitor. When the latter reveals a passion for medicine and facility with surgical instruments, Blalock promotes him to lab tech. Thomas ......List Price: $14.98 Price: $6.22 You Save: $8.76 (58%) 66 Merchants Used & new Refine by Warner Brothers
The Pursuit of Happyness (Widescreen Edition) A heartwarming film that demonstrates how good, hard-working people can become homeless almost overnight, Pursuit of Happyness is a tour-de-force showcase for Will Smith, who convincingly portrays a down-and-out dad trying to better his family's life. Smith, who usually is cast in effortlessly boyish roles (Men in Black, Independence Day), is wonderful in the ......List Price: $19.94 Price: $8.50 You Save: $11.44 (57%) 136 Merchants Used & new Refine by Sony
Love and Basketball (New Line Platinum Series) From the playground to the pro leagues, Monica and Qunicy taught each other how to play the game. Now, their commitment to the sport will force them to make a choice between each other and the game...between family and team...between "Love & Basketball." DVD Features: Two Original Documentaries, Deleted Scenes, Blooper Reel, Three Feature Length Commentaries, Music Video, DVD-ROM ......List Price: $14.98 Price: $5.61 You Save: $9.37 (63%) 79 Merchants Used & new Refine by Team Marketing
Glory One of the finest films ever made about the American Civil War, Glory also has the honor of being the first major Hollywood film to acknowledge the vital contribution of African American soldiers to the country's historic struggle. Based on the books Lay This Laurel, by Lincoln Kirstein, and One Gallant Rush, by Peter Burchard, and the wartime letters of Robert ......List Price: $14.94 Price: $5.71 You Save: $9.23 (62%) 96 Merchants Used & new Refine by Sony
Lilies of the Field Sidney Poitier won an Oscar for this endearing movie about a handyman who thinks he's just passing through a little town in New Mexico, and ends up staying awhile to build a chapel for a cluster of German-speaking nuns. The renowned actor is highly entertaining in his combative exchanges with Lilia Skala, playing a Mother Superior who survived Hitler and makes no bones about ......List Price: $14.98 Price: $7.00 You Save: $7.98 (53%) 34 Merchants Used & new
What's Love Got To Do With It? She began her life as anna mae bullock and met ike turner in st. Louis. Together with ike she shot to the top of the music world. But she paid the price and eventually had to find the courage to leave it all behind and start her life and her singing career all over again. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 01/14/2003 Starring: Angela Bassett Laurence Fishburne Run ......List Price: $14.99 Price: $7.23 You Save: $7.76 (52%) 73 Merchants Used & new
Amistad Steven Spielberg's most simplistic, sanitized history lesson, Amistad, explores the symbolic 1840s trials of 53 West Africans following their bloody rebellion aboard a slave ship. For most of Schindler's List (and, later, Saving Private Ryan) Spielberg restrains himself from the sweeping narrative and technical flourishes that make him one of our most ......List Price: $9.98 Price: $4.03 You Save: $5.95 (60%) 91 Merchants Used & new Refine by Paramount
The Original Kings of Comedy The Original Kings of Comedy achieves the seemingly impossible task of capturing the rollicking and sly comedy routines of stand-up and sitcom vets Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac and the magic of experiencing a live concert show. Director Spike Lee and his crew plant a multitude of cameras in a packed stadium and onstage (as well as ......List Price: $9.98 Price: $4.69 You Save: $5.29 (53%) 91 Merchants Used & new Refine by Paramount
The Tuskegee Airmen This true story of the black flyers who broke the color barrier in the U.S. Air Force during World War II is a well-intentioned film highlighted by an excellent cast. Proud, solemn, Iowa-born Laurence Fishburne and city-kid hipster Cuba Gooding Jr. are among the hopefuls who meet en route to Tuskegee Air Force Base, where they are among the recruits for an "experimental" program to ......List Price: $9.98 Price: $3.47 You Save: $6.51 (65%) 81 Merchants Used & new
Friday (New Line Platinum Series) Friday is the rarest specimen of African American cinema: a 'hood movie refreshingly free of the semiseriousness and moralism of shoot 'em up soaps such as Boyz N the Hood, yet still true to the inner-city experience. Scripted by rapper Ice Cube, Friday is a no-frills tale of a typical day in the life of a pair of African American youth in South Central. ......List Price: $12.98 Price: $4.30 You Save: $8.68 (67%) 149 Merchants Used & new Refine by Warner Brothers