VIDEOS/DVDs BEGINNING WITH LETTER E

The Earth that Feeds Us. Evanston, IL: Beacon Films, 1990. 1 videocassette (15 min.)
Discusses Africa's progress in combatting problems of soil erosion and deforestation. AFR Video 65

 

Ebonics & Education. West Lafayette, IN: Public Affairs Video Archives, 1997. 1 video cassette.
Senate Appropriations Committee members heard testimony concerning the role of Ebonics in educating African American students. AFR Video 274

 

The Education of Sonny Carson. Kit Parker Films, OKLA: VCI Entertainment, 2002. 1 videodisc (105 min.)
The mean streets of inner city Brooklyn are his classrooms. And for young gang leader Sonny Carson, the graduation exercises are a brutal series of battles with society’s laws and vicious rival gangs. He struggles to forge the lessons of the streets into a code for survival. AFR Videodisc 90

 

Egypt: Journey to the Global Civilization. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001. 1 videocassette (59 min.)
In this program, Zahi Hawass, of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, and renowned anthropologist Azza Saary el-Din provide support for the 'public works' theory of the late Egyptologist Kurt Mendelssohn, while analysis of the River Nile's flood cycle, inquiries into the practices of medicine and mummification, and outstanding 3-D computer animation offer a broad perspective on ancient Egyptian society.  AFR Video 503

 

Egypt: Quest for Immortality. Alexandria, VA: Time Life Video & Television, 1995. 1 videocassette (48 min.)
Discovery of Tutankhamen's undisturbed burial chamber provided an unprecendented glimpse into a civilization that continues to tantalize us in a manner that transcends mere historical interest. Through modern computer graphics and the ancient writings left by both commoners and kings, experience the intriguing texture of past lives in a world where every death was a new beginning. AFR Video 174

 

Egypt Uncovered: Chaos and Kings. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel Video, 1998. 1 video cassette (50 min.)
The ancient Egyptians struggled in a world dominated by the fury of nature, yet the new discoveries in Chaos and Kings reveal why they were one of the world's most enduring civilizations. AFR Video 353 v.1

 

Egypt Uncovered: Pyramid: The Resurrection Machine. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel Video, 1998. 1 video cassette (50 min.)
In this episode understanding is given to the way the ancient Egyptians prepared for death is the key to understanding how they lived. AFR Video 353 v.2

 

Egypt Uncovered: Age of Gold. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel Video, 1998. 1 video cassette (50 min.)
In this episode the viewer will learn who really robbed the Valley of the Kings...and why. AFR Video 353 v.3

Egypt Uncovered: Deities and Demons. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel Video, 1998. 1 video cassette (50 min.)
This video explores a legendary realm as fascinating as the mythology of the Greeks and Romans. AFR Video 353 v.4

Egypt Uncovered: Mummies: Into the Afterlife. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel Video, 1998. 1 video cassette (50 min.)
This video unwraps the real truth about mummies inside...and out. AFR Video 353 v.5

 

The Egyptian Collection: the Beauty of It All. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1991. 26 min. Examines treasures in the British Museum collections and in situ, illustrating the sites and environments from which they originally came. AFR Video 52

 

El Hajj Malik el Shabazz. Xenon Home Video, 1991. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
A "Like It Is" Television program special presentation produced, written and reported by Gil Noble. AFR Video 47

 

Emma Amos Action Lines. Chappaqua, N.Y.: L & S Video Inc., 1996. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
Emma Amos, an African American artist, talks about her life and her art. AFR Video 367

 

The Emperor Jones. Concord, MA: Public Media Home Vision, 1987. 1 videocassette (72 min.)
An opportunistic young man deposes the local ruler of a Caribbean island and, after declaring himself emperor, proceeds to exploit and torture his subjects. AFR Video 142

 

Ethnic Notions. Berkeley, CA: California Newsreel, 1986. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
Covering more than one hundred years of United States history, traces the evolution of Black American caricatures and their role in political and social conflicts concerning race. AFR Video 28

 

Eve’s Bayou. Trimark Home Video, 1997. 1 videodisc (108 min.)
Eve’s family seems perfect until she catches her doctor father more than just examining one of his patients and Eve’s tormented by the family secrets that come out. AFR Videodisc 56

Every Mother's Son. New York: Anderson Gold Films; Harriman, NY: Transit Media Communications Distributor, 2004. 1 videodisc (53 min.)
Story of three mothers fighting for justice for their sons, Anthony Raymond Baez, Amadou Diallo, and Gary (Gidone) Busch. All three men were killed by police. Participants, Iris Baez, Kadiatou Diallo, Doris Busch Boskey. AFR Videodisc 252

Everyone's Child. Columbia, MD: Distributed by DRS, Inc., 1996? 1 videocassette (96 min.)
Story of two children's abrupt journey into a world of adult responsibility. AFR Video 265

Everything Must Come to Light. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, 2002. 1 videodisc (25 min.)
This documentary focuses on the lives of three dynamic lesbian women who are sangomas (traditional healers) living in Soweto, South Africa. They are articulate, sympathetic women who are willing to share their stories. After leaving their husbands, two of the women were able to explore their sexuality in relation to other women as a result of their dominant male ancestors instructing them to take wives. The relationship with their ancestors and the roles that they play in their healing powers as well as their sexuality, are focal points in this documentary. AFR Videodisc 247

Evolution and Human Equality. Cambridge, MA: Insight Video, 1987. 1 videocassette (42 min.)
Using paleontology, evolutionary biology, genetics, the history of science, and social history, Stephen Jay Gould tells the fascinating story of how racial differences have been misunderstood by scientists from pre-Darwinian days to the present to justify oppression, exploitation, and persecution. He describes how new genetic research methods confirm the African origins of homo sapiens. AFR Video 2

 

Eyes on the Prize: Awakening (1954-1956). Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Arts, 1987. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
This program concentrates on the period from 1954 to 1956, highlighting the events that began the modern black freedom struggle. Prior to 1954, racism was rationalized under a “separate but equal” doctrine. I was during this time that existing organizations, local leaders and ordinary citizens became involved in the black freedom struggle. The lynching in Mississippi of 14-year-old Emmet Tilled Led to a trial that caught the attention of the national news media. The personal courage of Rosa Parks triggered the 1955-1956 Montgomery, AL. bus boycott. AFR Video 51 #1

Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back (1957-1962). Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Arts, 1987. 1 videocassette (60min.)
Public schools became a battlefield when blacks rejected the notion of “separate but equal” education. This episode explores the critical 1954 Supreme Court BROWN vs. BOEARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA decision; the story of nine black teenagers who intergraded Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957; and James Meredith’s enrollment at the University of Mississippi in 1962. The program identifies the national organization involved in the struggle to integrate schools and how they affected the freedom struggle. AFR Video 51 #2

 

Eyes on the Prize: Ain’t Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961). Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Arts, 1987. 1 videocassette (60min.)
In the 1960, large numbers of college students and young people began to get involved in the black freedom struggle. The focuses of black protest changed from legal battles to personal and group challenges against racial inequities. This program focuses on four related stories: the lunch counter sit-ins of 1960:the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); the impact of the movement on the 1960 presidential campaign; and the freedom rides of 1961. AFR Video 51 #3

 

Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk (1961-1963). Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Arts, 1987. 1 videocassette (60min.)
In Albany, GA, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, strategy of nonviolence was tested by Police Chief Laurie Prichett. In Birmingham, AL, schoolchildren filled the city’s jails after they marched against Bull Connor’s fire hoses. In the nation’s capital, marchers captured national and international attention. This program paces the civil rights phenomenon in a broad historical context, describing the growing commitment of activist to nonviolent tactics. In the period between 1962 and 1966, the civil rights struggle became a “mass movement.” AFR Video 51 #4

 

Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964). Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Arts, 1987. 1 videocassette (60min.)
In 1961, Mississippi became a testing ground for constitutional principles as the civil rights movement concentrated its energies on the right to vote in this state. This program focuses on the extraordinary personal risks faced by ordinary citizens as they assumed responsibility for social change, particularly in the 1962-1964 voting rights campaign. By 1964, conflicts between movement leaders and liberals became apparent as the newly formed Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenged Democratic Party Convention in Atlantic City. AFR Video 51 #5

 

Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom (1965). Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Arts, 1987. 1 videocassette (60min.)
Ten years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and 11 years after the decree that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional, millions had joined the fight, and thousands of blacks and whites came together to march 50 miles for freedom in Selma, AL. This program highlights this historic march as the last great gathering of the Southern-based movement and provides an opportunity to examine the gains made by the civil rights protests. AFR Video 51 #6

 

Eyes on the Prize II: Power, 1967-1968. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
Out of the ashes of the urban rebellions, Blacks look for new ways to take control of their communities. This program explores the political path to power for Carl Stokes, the nation's first Black mayor of a major city. It also describes the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, Calif., and the struggle of Black and Hispanic parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., to improve their children's education through community control of the schools. AFR Video 237

Eyes on the Prize II: A Nation of law? 1968-1971. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
By the late 1960's, the anger in the poorer urban areas over charges of police brutality was smoldering. In Chicago, Fred Hampton formed a Black Panther Party chapter. During this same period, inmates at New York's Attica Prison took over the prison in an effort to publicize intolerable conditions. AFR Video 238

Eyes on the Prize II: Aint Gonna Shuffle No More, 1964-1972. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
This video illustrates the pervasiveness of the Black consciousness movement throughout the country in the mid-1960s and early 1970s. Describes the student movement at Howard University for Black studies and explores the "coming of age" of Black politicians and political activists through a description of the National Black Political Convention at Gary, Indiana. AFR Video 239

Eyes on the Prize II: Keys to the Kingdom, 1974-1980. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
Examines the relationship between law and popular struggle. In Boston, Black parents organized to improve their children's education. In Atlanta, Mayor Maynard Jackson, the city's first Black mayor, tries to guarantee Black involvement in the construction of Atlanta's airport. AFR Video 240

Eyes on the Prize II: The Time Has Come, 1964-1966. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
During the civil rights protest in the South, a sense of urgency & anger emerged in the North. The urgency was best articulated by Malcolm X, then National Minister of the Nation of Islam. Following the trajectory of Malcolm X's influence, viewers see the influence of his philosophy on the staff of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee as they organized the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama and as they issued the call for "Black Power" during the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear. AFR Video 241

Eyes on the Prize II: The The Promised Land, 1967-1968. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
Moved by the increasing level of poverty, Dr. Martin Luther King, in the final year of his life, began to organize a Poor People's Campaign, a march of the poor to Washington, D.C., where they would erect Resurrection City to embarrass and motivate a reluctant government. On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated. Soon after its construction, Resurrection City was shut down, marking the end of a chapter of the civil rights movement. AFR Video 242

Eyes on the Prize II: Back to the Movement, 1979-1983. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
Examines two cities ; one in the South the other in the North. In Miami, Florida, viewers witness the destruction of a Black community. In the North, we see how Harold Washington gets elected as Chicago's first Black mayor. AFR Video 243

Eyes on the Prize II: Two Societies, 1965-1968 Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
This program explores the civil rights movement's first attempt at organizing in the North, as Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference go to Chicago. Their strategies come up against the powerful political machinery of Mayor Richard Daley. Also looks at the 1967 uprising in Detroit as Blacks and the police clash on city streets. This program explores the civil rights movement's first attempt at organizing in the North, as Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference go to Chicago. Their strategies come up against the powerful political machinery of Mayor Richard Daley. Also looks at the 1967 uprising in Detroit as Blacks and the police clash on city streets. AFR Video 244

Exploring the Egyptian Pyramids. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities; BBC Worldwide Americas,1998. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
Discusses the Egyptian civilization and the building of the pyramids. Includes the current scientific study of the pyramids. AFR Video 362