VIDEOS/DVDs BEGINNING WITH LETTER J

Jacob Lawrence: the Glory of Expression. Chappaqua, NY: L&S Video Enterprises, 1993. 1 videocassette (28 min)
The viewer of this video sees Jacob Lawrence in the act of painting; Lawrence discusses his artwork as well as aspects of his life. AFR Video 96

 

Jaguar. Interama, 198-? 1 videocassette (93 min.)
Part documentary, part fiction and part reflective commentary. Three young men from the savannah of Niger (Lam the herdsman, Illo the fisherman and their friend Damoure) leave their homeland to seek wealth and adventure on the coast and in the cities of Ghana. This is the story of their travels, their encounters along the way, their experiences in Accra and Kumasi, and after three months, their return to their families and friends at home. AFR Video 559 

 

James Baldwin: the Price of the Ticket. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1990. 1 videocassette (87 min.)
Opening with the funeral of James Baldwin, this film traces the life history and accomplishments of this great black writer. Includes interviews with friends and colleagues, including Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, his brother David, and his mother Berdis. AFR Video 140

 

James Lawson: Teacher and Practitioner of Nonviolence: Former Pastor, Holman United Methodist Church, Los Angeles, California. Denver, CO: Veterans of Hope Project, 2000. 1 videocassette (40 min.)
James Lawson on civil rights and nonviolence in interviews conducted over several days in June 1998 in Denver, Colorado. AFR Video 551

J.D.’s Revenge. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 2000? 1 videodisc (96 min.)
The spirit of a hoodlum who has been dead thirty years and is now out for revenge possesses a young law student. AFR. Videodisc 108

Jean Rouch and Camera, in the Heart of Africa. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources, c2004. 1 videodisc (77 min.)
This program provides an in-depth look at the film work of Jean Rouch and his associates from Niger who participated in production of many of Rouch’s Niger-based films. AFR Videodisc 283

The Jeffersons: The Complete First Season. Culver City, Calif.: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2002. 2 videodiscs (338 min.)
Jive-talking African-American dry cleaner king George Jefferson and his sassy, no-nonsense wife Louise "Weezy," leave their blue-collar neighborhood, "movin’ on up" to a luxury high-rise apartment in New York City. Episodes chiefly involve their interaction with their neighbors. AFR. Videodisc 157

The Jeffersons: The Complete Second Season. Culver City, Calif.: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003. 3 videodiscs (624 mins.)
Jive-talking African-American dry cleaner king George Jefferson and his sassy, no-nonsense wife Louise "Weezy," leave their blue-collar neighborhood, "movin’ on up" to a luxury high-rise apartment in New York City. Episodes chiefly involve their interaction with their neighbors. AFR. Videodisc 158

The Jeffersons: The Complete Third Season. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005. 3 videodiscs
Jive-talking African-American dry cleaner king George Jefferson and his sassy, no-nonsense wife Louise "Weezy," leave their blue-collar neighborhood, "movin’ on up" to a luxury high-rise apartment in New York City. Episodes chiefly involve their interaction with their neighbors.. AFR Videodisc159

The Jeffersons: The Complete Fourth Season. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005. 3 videodiscs (646 min.)
Jive-talking African-American dry cleaner king George Jefferson and his sassy, no-nonsense wife Louise "Weezy," leave their blue-collar neighborhood, "movin’ on up" to a luxury high-rise apartment in New York City. Episodes chiefly involve their interaction with their neighbors. AFR Videodisc 160

Jerusalem. A&E Home Video, 1996. 2 video cassettes (136 min.)
This video, Jerusalam, guides thirty centuries of events from the dawn of civilization to the latest developments in the Arab-Israeli peace talks. AFR Video 224

Jit. Chicago, IL: Home Vision, c1993. 1 videocassette (92 min.)
The beat of jit-jive drives the story, set in Zimbabwe, of a fun-loving youth called UK, who is determined to win the heart of Sofi, a stately beauty closely guarded by her gangster boyfriend. UK’s efforts are both helped and hindered by Jukwa, a pesty ancestral spirit. AFR Video 663

John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk. Black Dot Media; New York: Cinema Guild, 1996. 1 videocassette (94 min.)
John Henrik Clarke discusses the history of African Americans, placing it within the context of the history of Africa and Africans and their relationship to non-African civilizations such as Greek, Roman, European, Christian, and Islamic. Narrator: Wesley Snipes. AFR Video 354

John Wideman: Conversation with John Wideman. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1992. 1 videocassette (27 min.)
Wideman candidly discusses the dilemma of the committed African American intellectual torn between the urban underclass and a predominantly white, middle class literary audience. He writes because "African Americans have to carry alternative versions of reality in our heads and the model for doing that exists in art." AFR Video 161

Journey of Man. Alexandria, Va.: PBS Home Video, 2003. 1 videodisc (120 min.)  
Deals with issues of how the human race populated the world. Traces back to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Features commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists. AFR Videodisc 41

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys. [S.l.] : U.S.A. Home Video, 1985. 1 videocassette (VHS) (98 min.). In 1933 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a new trial for nine young Black men who had been falsely accused of rape and sentenced to death. Describes how Judge James E. Horton struggled to insure a fair trial in a lynch mob atmosphere. AFR Video 607

Juice. Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount, 2000. 1 videodisc (94 min.)
"Q. Raheem. Bishop. Steel. They're Four Harlem friends who spend their days hanging out and looking for a way to get the power and respect they call 'juice.' Q hopes to earn respect by becoming a scratch 'n' mix DJ. Bishop has a deadlier plan. He wants to take it through an armed robbery. And he wants his crew to be with him." AFR Videodisc 18

July ’64. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2006. 1 videodisc (54 min)
In the summer of 1964, a three-night riot erupted in two predominantly black neighborhoods in downtown Rochester, New York--the culmination of decades of poverty, joblessness and racial discrimination and a significant event in the Civil Rights era. Using archival footage and interviews with those who were present, the film explores the genesis and outcome of these three nights. AFR Videodisc 223