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1) Kings
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Millie Dunbar is a foster parent who looks after her many children in Los Angeles in 1992. After the verdict from the Rodney King Incident is revealed, the city quickly begins to descend into all-out chaos between its denizens and the police. Now, Millie must protect her children from the ensuing anarchy and erupting violence all while navigating the precarious waters of police violence and finding justice for her family.
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to hold vigil and protest this latest tragedy. Empowered parents,...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's LGBT community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the gay liberation movement had begun. Newly restored for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this documentary pries open the closet door, setting free the dramatic story of survival, love, persecution, and resistance experienced by LGBT Americans...
6) Detroit
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
7) Attica
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Survivors, observers and expert government officials recount the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility, when a violent five-day standoff between mostly black and latino inmates and law enforcement took place.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wrongly court-martialed General is at odds with the corrupt Colonel acting as prison warden. Eventually, the General rallies the prisoners into an army to do battle with the Colonel and his troops for control of the prison, and their lives. Includes deleted scenes, commentary, featurettes, trailers, and more.
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