Quincy Jones
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"Chet Kincaid is a gym teacher at Richard Allen Holmes High School in Los Angeles, an all-around good guy and an inspiration to his friends, family and students. This 4-disc collection of Bill Cosby's first situation comedy . . . features a newly recorded interview with Bill Cosby [c.2006] and all 26 fully restored episodes from the 1969-1970 season, including music by Quincy Jones and guest appearances by Hendry Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Elsa Lanchester,...
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A great day in Harlem tells the story of Art Kane's famous 1958 group photograph of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of that day of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage.
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"Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool tells the story of the legendary trumpeter, bandleader, innovator, and trend-setter who crossed musical genres and whose life was notable on and off stage. Directed by award-winning documentarian Stanley Nelson, it features Davis's music from live performances, studio recordings, outtakes, and interviews with those who knew him best....In making the film, Nelson had full access to the Miles Davis estate and to private...
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A lot's happened since Will's life go flipped, turned upside down and he showed up at the Banks' Bel-Air doorstep. And the final season keeps the fun rollin' with hip comedy style, phat one-liners, a not-to-be-missed blooper episode and a fabulous array of guest stars. Right up through the finale, this Prince gives you the royal comedy treatment!"--container.
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Criterion collection volume 959
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"Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs becomes embroiled in a murder case. He forms an uneasy alliance with the bigoted police chief, who faces mounting pressure from Sparta’s hostile citizens to catch the killer and run the African American interloper out of town." --container
12) The pawnbroker
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Sol Nazerman is a WWII Nazi deathcamp survivor. Now, he runs a pawnshop and takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity.
13) For love of Ivy
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A wealthy family, afraid of losing their housekeeper to a secretarial career, fix her up with a man-about-town, who is secretly involved in illegal gambling.
14) The color purple
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A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
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There is a growing economic divide in black America. Today, America's black middle class is the largest in its history, yet roughly one-third of black America continues to live in poverty. This film measures the economic and social success of the civil rights movement and the gap between middle class and poor African-Americans through interviews with noted Afro-Americans and historical film footage.
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The film brings Hollywood's elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most international music genre: the film score. A film composer is a musical scientist of sorts, and the influence they have to complement a film and garner powerful reactions from global audiences can be a daunting task to take on. Includes interviews with contemporary film composers and others in...
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"This unprecedented fim celebrates Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America's most defining moments. From her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to her inaugural speech for President Bill Clinton, the film takes us on an incredible journey through the life of a true American icon." --container...
20) In cold blood
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A hard hitting docu-drama about two ex-cons who ruthlessly murder a Kansas family in 1959 in order to steal their non-existent stash of money.