VIDEOS/DVDs BEGINNING WITH LETTER P

Passin’ It On. New York, N.Y.: First Run/Icarus Films, 1993. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
Black Panther leader Dhoruba Bin Wahad served 19 years in prison for the shooting of two New York City police officers, before his conviction was overturned because of prosecutorial misconduct. This video examines his story against the background of the issues that gave rise to the Black Panther Party.  AFR Video 665

Patterns of Subsistence: Food Foragers and Pastoralists. New York, NY: Insight Media, 1994. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
A study of various subsistence patterns from hunting-gathering to the production of food. The African !Kung women, the Mbuti pygmy men, the Netsilik Eskimos, the Nuer tribe, and the Iranian Basseri are examined. AFR Video 141

Paul Mooney’s Analyzing White America. New York, NY: Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 2006. 1 videodisc (83 min.)
Stand up comedian Paul Mooney’s targets include racism and white America. AFR Videodisc 209

Paul Robeson. Written, produced, directed & edited by Rex Barnett. Atlanta, Ga.: History on Video, 1994. 1 videocassette (36 min.)
A biography of the black man who became both a famous singer and actor and a controversial figure in world politics. Includes film clips, interviews and archival photographs. AFR Video 388

The Paul Robeson Collection: Song of Freedom, Big Fella. New York, NY: Kino International Corp., 2000. 1 videodisc (153 min.)
In Song of freedom, a successful concert singer discovers he is the descendant of a West African queen whose tribe is now in need of a leader. In Big fella, Joe, a dockworker in Marseilles, finds a missing boy and takes him to stay with a local cafe singer, Miranda, where they both become surrogate parents to the child. AFR Videodisc 5

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand. New York: WinStar Home Entertainment, 1999.  
1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.)
Presents the life and achievements of Paul Robeson, an athlete, singer, scholar and champion of the rights of the poor, disenfranchised and people of color. Participants: Stephen Bourne, Ossie Davis, Uta Hagen Narrator, Ossie Davis. AFR Videodisc 308

Paul Robeson: Here I stand. New York, NY: Fox Lorber Home Video, 1999. 1 videocassette (127 min.)
Presents the life and achievements of Paul Robeson, an athlete, singer, scholar and champion of the rights of the poor, disenfranchised and people of color. AFR Video 427

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist. Concord, MA: Public Media Home Vision, 1987. 1 videocassette (72 min.)
Briefly details Paul Robeson's artistic triumphs and political work between the time of his first Broadway appearance in 1924 and his death in 1976. AFR Video 142 no. 2

Pema Chödrön & Alice Walker in Conversation. Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 1998.
1 videocassette (60 min.)
"How can human suffering become 'good medicine'? Through tonglen: the ancient Tibetan meditation that transforms pain into compassion on the medium of your own breath. Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker in conversation reveals the revolutionary power of tonglen thorough a dialogue between two hearts and minds forged in very different cultures, and yet deeply joined in the simple practice of compassion. ... Includes a booklet with tonglen instructions." AFR Video 599

Petit Jardin. Version Anglaise, 1997. 1 videocassette (27 min.)
Subjects: Sow, Ousmane, 1935- --Criticism and interpretation/ Figurative sculpture--20th century--Senegal/ Blacks in art. AFR Video 414

La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil = The Little Girl Who Sold The Sun. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1999. 1 videocassette (43 min.)
Parable uses the struggles of a young crippled girl in Dakar trying to earn her living in the market place selling newspapers to mirror Africa's role in the international marketplace. AFR Video 428

A Piece of the Action, Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2004.
1 videodisc (135 min.)
"Manny and Dave are two Chicago crooks skilled at rippling off rip-off-artists who exploit the poor. They don’t intend to give to the poor until a sly detective anonymously pulls a con of his own: they must donate time to the Community Center ... or do time in the federal pen"--Back container cover. AFR Videodisc 99

Pièces d'Identités. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1998. 1 videocassette (93 min.)
A Congolese king searches for his daughter in Brussels where for a time he loses his royal fetishes, his identity, but finds a friend, a local cabdriver with a secret identity. With his help and a chain of coincidences (it must be destined), Mani Kongo is reunited with his daughter and his regalia and returns to Africa with a circle of friends. AFR Video 430

A Place of Rage. New York: Women Make Movies, 1991. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
June Jordan, Angela Davis, Alice Walker, and others reflect on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and the role played by Afro-American women in both politics and the arts during and since that time. AFR Video 80

A Plea for Justice: An Interview with Sam Nujoma. Wellesley, MA: Calaloux Publications, 1985. 1 videocassette (29 min.)
This episode from Trinidad-Tobago Televison's "A Time to Talk" is an interview with Sam Nujoma, president of Namibia. The discussion centers on German colonialism, Mr. Nujoma's involvement with the Namibian liberation struggle, and his attempt to inform the world of the injustices of colonialism on the people of Namibia. AFR Video 83

Poems by Lorna Goodison. Kingston, Jamaica: Caribbean Images, 1989. 1 videocassette (45 min.)
In this video, acclaimed Jamaican poet reads fourteen poems representing the wide range of her work against a backdrop of scenes from the daily experiences in Jamaica. AFR Video 271

Poetic Justice. Burbank, Calif.: Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998. 1 videodisc (109 min.)
A mismatched pair pushed together on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland find themselves reluctantly attracted to each other, when they are confronted once again by the shocking violence they thought they'd left behind. AFR Videodisc 23

Politics--The New Black Power. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
In the 1960s, "Black power" was an angry cry for recognition. Today, it is a force with genuine strength. Black politicians are taking leadership roles throughout the country, shaping policy and wielding new-found power. Features Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder, Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke and Democratic National Committee Chairman, Ron Brown, as well as former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and the Reverend Jesse Jackson. AFR Video 46

Portrait of An African Artist: Elimo Njau the Antelope-Man. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1992. 1 videocassette (21 min.)
Kenyan artist, Elimo Njau, talks about his work and the role that traditional African art has had on it. He also discusses the role that contemporary Black artists should have in shaping Africa's self-image. AFR Video 35

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. SERIES: Eyes on the prize II. AFR Video 237

Praise House. New York, NY: Women Make Movies, Inc., 1991. 1 videocassette (25 min.)
The visual images presented in this film illustrate spirituality and the gift of artistry in three generations of African-American women. AFR Video 670

Prelude to Revolution: Huey Newton in Jail. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Video, Inc., 1998. 1 videocassette (36 min.)
Fed up with years of harassment of blacks by local police, young Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale formed armed patrols to monitor "pig" activity in Oakland, California in 1966. Thus the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was born. The Party embraced a militant policy of self-determination and separatism for their people. Members of the Party became increasingly militant, outspoken and violent eventually resulting in the imprisonment of its leaders. This tape features a never before seen interview by filmmaker John Evans with then-imprisoned Black Panther Party leader, Huey P. Newton. AFR Video 518

Presidential Inauguration: National Prayer Service, Metropolitan A.M.E. Church. West Lafayette, IN: Public Affairs Video Archives, 1997. 1 videocassette (155 min.)
On Inaugural Day eight ministers started the day by taking part in the Interfaith Prayer Service in the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, D.C. AFR Video 276

Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities, 1994. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
A presentation of the theatrical performance featuring the actor Fred Morsell in his recreation of the abolitionist's famous speech on slavery and human rights "The lesson of the hour" (1894) held at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in D.C. where the words were first spoken 100 years ago. AFR Video 204

President Fidel Castro Speaks to Harlem. A Nehesi production; presented by¨ Africans in the Americas Committee to Welcome Fidel Castro. S.l.: Nehesi Video Production, 1995. 1 videocassette (158 min.)
Speech given by Fidel Castro on Sunday, Oct. 22, 1995, at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. AFR Video 377

Priesthood and Ritual in Ghana: Abidjan Mamiwater Shrine. Upland, CA: GerberMedia Industries, 1997. 1 videocassette (1 hr., 2 min.)
Documents the Fetatotro, the annual Festival of the Divinities, celebrated at the Abidjan Mamiwater Village Shrine in 1994, and the Nutikloklo Kpe Konu, a purification ritual conducted on the occasion of the death of Togbi, Abidjan Mamiwater's wife, in 1993. AFR Video 339

Prime Time South Africa: A Selection of Post-Apartheid Television Programs. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1997. 1 videocassette (110 min.)
Dramas, comedies, game shows and commercials were chosen to demonstrate the variety of ways South African media is now portraying its new, post-apartheid society. Includes episodes from 5 series. Soul City deals with AIDS in a clinic in a South African township. Local Voter is a game show presenting voter education. The Rhythm and Rights series explores political issues from women’s rights to unemployment through a fictional community radio station. Generations is a primetime drama set in a Black-owned advertising agency, while Going Up is a situation comedy set in a multiracial law firm? AFR Video 659

Prince Among Slaves. Alexandria, VA: Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2008.                 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.)
In 1788, a slave ship sailed from the Gambia River with hundreds of men, women and children bound in chains. Eight months later, a handful of survivors were sold in Natchez, Mississippi. One of them made an astonishing claim: he was a prince of an African kingdom larger and more developed than the newly formed United States. The true story of an African prince who endured the humiliation of slavery without losing his dignity or hope of freedom. AFR Videodisc 364

The Promised Land: Take Me to Chicago. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel, 1995. 1 video cassette (90 min.) The first of three parts in the saga of the great migration of African Americans from the impoverished South to the North, told from the perspective of those who made the journey. Hosted by Morgan Freeman. AFR Video 232

The Promised Land: A Dream Deferred. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel, 1995. 1 video cassette (90 min.) The second part in this continuing story, traces the seeds of discontent in the North as the newly arrived African Americans experience ghettoization and political apathy. Hosted by Morgan Freeman. AFR Video 232

The Promised Land: Strong Men Keep A-Comin' On. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel, 1995. 1 video cassette (90 min.) This third and final entry in the documentary series "The Promised Land" focuses on the many strides made by Blacks during the 20th Century. The video shows how integration in the North helped many African-Americans escape the ghetto and achieve middle-class success. However, the video also examines the growing segment of Black American society caught in a cycle of poverty and violence. Like the other volumes in the series, the video utilizes archival footage, personal stories, and blues, gospel, jazz and soul music to help tell the story. AFR Video 232

The Promised Ship. New York: Distributed by Latin American Video Archives, 2000. 1 videocassette (51 min.)
Tells of Marcus Garvey, his Black Star shipping line, and his plans for a mass migration back to Africa, focusing especially on his importance to the Black citizens of the city of Limon, Costa Rica. AFR Videodisc 648

Putney Swope. Los Angeles, CA: Rhino Home Video, 1995. 1 videocassette (85 min.) A comical satire which charts the rise and fall of a Madison Avenue ad agency previously controlled by Whites and is taken over by Blacks who are dedicated to the downfall of the White Establishment. The picture is mostly a parade of vignettes, dealing with people and campaigns of the advertising world. AFR Video 562

The Pyramids and The Cities of the Pharaohs. Chicago: Questar Video, 1995. 1 videocassette (80 min.)
The reconstructions in this video recapture the splendor of Egypt including two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramids and the (Pharos) lighthouse at Alexandria. There are a further 25 historical recreations portrayed. AFR Video 350