VIDEOS/DVDs BEGINNING WITH LETTER I
I Am A Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School. New York: Docurama: Distributed by New Video, 2005. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)Paints a poignantly captivating, unflinching, and relevant portrait of the children of Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia, an inner-city neighborhood where 90% of the students live below the poverty line. As seen through the devoted and determined viewpoint of principal Deanna Burney, this shows Stanton as grossly under funded, understaffed, and filled with children struggling to overcome their difficulties. However, for these at-risk kids growing up outside the American dream, the only hope for their future survives in the success of their education. AFR Videodisc 162
I Have A Dream. Oak Forest, IL: MPI Home Video, 1986. 1 videocassette (25 min.)
Recording of Martin Luther King's televised speech given on August 28, 1963, to the civil rights marchers at the Lincoln Memorial, with additional footage from other demonstrations and King's funeral. AFR Video 176
I Like It Like That. United States: Columbia Tri-Star Home Entertainment, 2004. 1 videodisc (107 min.)
A married couple faces difficulties as she gets a job uptown and he lands in jail. With a meddling mother-in-law; can this marriage survive? AFR Videodisc 182
Documents the authors' 1972 expedition to the jungles of Surinam in search of their cultural and racial roots. There, they encounter and study the Djuka tribe, recording their daily activities, special ceremonies and religious events. AFR Video 32
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice. New York, NY: William Greaves Productions, 1989. 1 videocassette (53 min.)
Chronicles the life of Ida B. Wells, an early Afro-American activist who protested lynchings, unfair treatment of Afro-American soldiers, and other examples of racism and injustice toward Afro-Americans around the turn of the century. AFR Video 44
I'll
Make Me A world. Alexandria, Va.: PBS Video, 1999. 6 videocassettes
(360 min.) + 1 guide (7 p.: ill.; 28 cm.)
Profiles African American musicians, artists and authors throughout
the twentieth century. AFR Video 397
Iindawo
Zikathixo: In God's Places. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational
Resources, 1997. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
Examines the history and cultural legacy of the Khoisan (Bushman) of
south-eastern Africa focusing on the aspects of their music, dance,
rock art, oral history, and traditional rituals which have survived
suppression and genocide. Filmed in the remote hills and valleys of
the southern Drakensberg. AFR Video 305
Illusions.
New York, NY: Third World Newsreel, 1983. 1 videocassette (34 min.)
The story takes place in Hollywood in 1942 and is about Mignon Dupree,
a black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester
Jeeter, a black woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood
star. The film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use
of film in wartime Hollywood. Produced, written and directed by Julie
Dash. AFR Video 150
I’m The One That I Want. New York: Fox Lorber Center Stage: Distributed by Winstar TV & Video, 2001. 1 videodisc (96 min.)
Margaret Cho does a stand-up comedy concert in San Francisco. AFR Videodisc 284
Imitation
of Life. A Universal picture; a John M. Stahl production; produced
by Carl Laemmle, Jr.; screenplay, William Hurlbut; directed by John
M. Stahl. Universal City, CA: Universal Home Video, 1998. 1 videocassette
(111 min.)
Bea, an entrepreneurial single mother, and her housemaid Delilah, build
a fortune together--but success doesn't save them from sorrow in the
passing years. Delilah's daughter rejects her mother and her race, while
Bea must choose between the man she loves and the daughter who loves
him too. AFR Video 382
Impressions
of Haiti Crisis in Transition. Ithaca, NY. Africana Studies
and Research Center, Cornell University. 1987. 1 videocassette (90 min.)
Locksley Edmondson offers an overview and analysis of Haiti's conditions
after Jean-Claude Duvalier. Discusses the prospects of democratic transition
in Haiti.
AFR Video 287
In
Darkest Hollywood Cinema and Apartheid. [Chicago?]: Nightingale/Villon,
1994. 2 videocassettes (56 min. each)
This film examines the influence of Hollywood films on those who live
under apartheid and on film production in South Africa. Includes newsreel
footage of violence in South Africa and interviews with producers, directors,
screenwriters, authors and actors.
AFR Video 288
In Living Color-Season One. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004. 3 videodiscs (ca. 299 min.)
The show bridged the gap between black and white audiences by at once exploiting stereotypes and then proving how ridiculous they could be, without being politically correct or preachy, and never without the aid of top-notch humor. The writing was spectacular, each of the performers was incredibly talented, and the chemistry between them showed. The first season of the comedy show that crossed every line with their crude humor and introduced a new generation of comedy talent. AFR Videodisc 145
In Living Color-Season Two.
Beverly Hills, Calif.: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005. 4 videodiscs (587 min.)
Continues to feature short, humorous skits, rap music and dance segments. Contains several stock characters and scenarios, such as Fire Marshall Bill, which recur in various episodes and continued to cross every possible line with their crude humor. AFR Videodisc 151
In Living Color-Season Three. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005. 3 videodiscs (618 min.)
The third season of the popular African-American sketch comedy show that first introduced the Wayans family and Jim Carrey to the masses. AFR Videodisc 146
In Living Color-Season Four. Beverly Hills, CA: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005. 3 videodiscs (704 min.)
The fourth season of the popular African-American sketch comedy television show that first introduced the Wayans family and Jim Carrey to the masses. No celebrity was too sacred and no current event was too controversial for this Emmy-winning hit shows that pushed the boundaries of sketch comedy with halarious results.
Nonstop laughs are in the house with Season Four of In Living Color on DVD! No celebrity was too sacred and no current event was too controversial for this Emmy-winning hit shows that pushed the boundaries of sketch comedy with hilarious results. AFR Videodisc 147
In
Motion: Amiri Baraka: A Videowork. Chamba Organization, 199-?
1 videocassette (58 min.)
Talks with Amiri Baraka about his early days in Greenwich Village to
his present literary and political activities. Focuses on the final
2 weeks before his sentencing at federal court on the charges of resisting
arrest. AFR Video 436
In
a Time of Violence. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1994.
3 video cassettes (153 min.)
A story concerning changing values, violent cultural and political clashes
and conflict among black families in Johannesburg, South Africa. AFR
Video 223
In
and Out of Africa. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Extension
Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1992. 1 videocassette (59
min.)
Story about Gabai Baare, a merchant who brings wood carvings from
West Africa to sell in the United States. AFR Video 71
In
Praise of Language. Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics,
1989? 1 videocassette (24 min.)
This film looks at the Nso people of Northwest Cameroon in West Africa
and the development of their written language. The language of the
Nso people is called Lamnso and is spoken by about 100,000 people.
AFR Video 340
In Search of Africa. New York: Third World Newsreel, [1999?] 1 videocassette (18 min.):
"In 1996, the filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara, now living in New York, returns to Guinea, thirty-two years after he and his family were expelled from the newly liberated country. Despite the years that have gone by, Diawara expects to be welcomed as an insider, and is shocked to discover that he is not."-- Distributor Website. AFR Video 635
In
Search of Human Origins. Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation,
1994. 3 video cassettes (180 min.). Episode 1. The story of Lucy (60
min.) -- Episode 2. Surviving in Africa (60 min.) -- Episode 3. The
creative revolution (60 min.). AFR Video 214
Insan
Human Being. Seattle, WA : Arab Film Distribution, 1994. 1
videocassette (27 min.)
With his strikingly visual experimental film, Sudanese filmmaker Ibrahim
Shaddad provides a dramatic and powerful account of the trials and tribulations
of a Sudanese villager in an alien, large city"--Container. AFR
Video 493
Iraq:
The Cradle of Civilization. New York, NY: Ambrose Video Publishing,
1991. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
After thousands of years as a hunter/gatherer, man built the first
cities 5,000 years ago on the banks of the Euphrates in Southern Iraq.
AFR Video 342
An
Irresistible Vision. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities
and Sciences, 2004. 1 videodisc (51 min.). Presents the powerful story
of Mandela, from his 27 years in prison to his receipt of the Nobel
Peace Prize and rise to the South African presidency. AFR Videodisc
31.
Islam.
Princeton, N.J.: Film for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001.
1 videocassette (57 min.)
Documentary on the history of Islam. Includes information about the
ritual pilgrimage, how Islam spread, and the general beliefs of the
Islam religion, the law of Islam, and how the religion is current
led. Also includes information about the Sufis. Hans Küng gives his
views of what the history means and what the future should look like. AFR Video 475
Islam
and Christianity. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities &
Sciences, 1994. 1 videocassette (30 min) Examines the historical relations
between Islam and Christianity and the long history of conflict between
them. Iran's ambassador to the Vatican, Mohammad Masjed Jame'i, explains
the basic differences and similarities between Islam and Christianity. AFR Video 471
Islam
and Pluralism. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities &
Sciences, 1994. 1 videocassette (30 min)
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister,
explains his government's approach to multiculturalism within Islam.
Drawing examples from Islamic history, he argues for a tolerant and
pluralistic approach to Islam. AFR Video 473
Islam
and War. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
1994. 1 videocassette (30 min)
Sayed Fadlallah, acknowledged as the spiritual head the Hezbollah,
gives his views of Jihad or Holy War, its rules, its origins, and
the role of terror in such a war. AFR Video 474
Islam,
Empire of Faith. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 2000. 2
videocassettes (ca. 180 min.)
Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from
the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak
of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic
civilization on world history and culture. AFR Video 447
Islam:
The Five Pillars of Faith. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities
& Sciences, 2000. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
Residing to the north of India, the population of Kashmir is primarily
Muslim. This program studies the beliefs and practices of Islam in Kashmir.
Topics such as the Koran, the Pillars of Islam, the influence of Sharia,
and traditional Muslim festivals and holy sites are addressed. Background
on the arrival of Islam in Kashmir and its spread throughout India creates
a historical context for the religion's predominance in many regions.
AFR Video 485
Islamic Fundamentalism vs National Unity in Sudan. Presented by Cornell Univ
ersity,
Africana Studies and Research Center. 1992. 1 videocassette (80 min.)
Professor Salah Hassan discusses the common objectives of fundamentalist
Islam and the newly expanding Islam. AFR Video 336
The
Islamic State. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
1994. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
What is an Islamic state? What is its relationship to the people and
how democratic can it be? Dr. Hassan Turabi describes the ideal Islamic
state and its ideology. AFR Video 472
