Vernon Reid
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Claude Motley returns to his hometown of Milwaukee to attend a high school reunion to end up the victim of a carjacking and a gunshot wound to the face. Two nights later, Motley's assailant, Nathan King, a 15-year-old boy, attempts to rob nurse Victoria Davison and receives a gunshot wound from his would-be victim that leaves him paralyzed. This film explores the multiple tragedies associated with these incidents and the plague of gun violence that...
4) Dreamland
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Inspired by Deborah Willis's book Reflections in Black, Through a Lens Darkly casts a broad net that begins with filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris's family album. It considers the difference between black photographers who use the camera to define themselves, their people, and their culture and some white photographers who, historically, have demeaned African-Americans through racist imagery. The film embraces both historical material (African-Americans...
7) Mr. 3000
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Stan Ross was a great Major League hitter, and also a major league jerk. Upon reaching his 3000th hit and securing his place in the Hall of Fame, Stan retires, leaving his team in a lurch just before the playoffs. 9 years later when Stan is on the verge of sports immortality, a statistical error reveals that Stan, "Mr. 3000", is really Stan, "Mr. 2997". Now, at nearly 50 years old, and 3 hits shy of hitting his goal, Stan decides to make a comeback....
8) Paid in full
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Ace works at a laundromat, struggling to get by, while his friend Mitch lives the high life selling heroin. Out delivering laundry one day, Ace meets Lulu, a big time coke dealer, who lives better than anyone Ace has ever known. When Lulu leaves some coke in the pocket of a coat he's having cleaned, Ace returns it to him, and Lulu rewards him for his honesty by letting him keep the drugs. The drugs and money flow, and Ace tries to keep everyone happy,...
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"This illustrated companion book to an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures"--
"Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures explores the evolving and exhilarating concept of Afrofuturism, a lens used to imagine a more empowering future for the Black community through music, art, and speculative fiction. Spreads feature 100 gorgeous illustrations of objects and images that...