Videos/DVDs: Commercially Produced, R--Africana Library, Cornell University

VIDEOS/DVDs BEGINNING WITH LETTER R

Race Movies: The Popular Art of the Black Renaissance. Springfield, VA: Distributed by National Audiovisual Center, 1985. 1 videocassette (20 min.)
Explores the involvement of black filmmakers in filmmaking, from its earliest days through the 1920s. Focuses on the films made and the production companies involved, during this period. AFR Video 521

Race Relations in U.S. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Public Affairs Video Archives, 1998. 1 videocassette (49 min.)
Talks about race relations in U.S.A. AFR Video 334

Race: The Power of An Illusion, Episode 1: The Difference Between Us. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2003. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
This episode examines the contemporary science - including genetics - that challenges our common sense assumptions that human beings can be bundled into three or four fundamentally different groups according to their physical traits. AFR Video 547 Episode 1

Race: The Power of An Illusion, Episode 2: The Story We Tell. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2003. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
This episode uncovers the roots of the race concept in North America, the 19th century science that legitimated it, and how it came to be held so fiercely in the western imagination. The episode is an eye-opening tale of how race served to rationalize, even justify, American social inequalities as "natural." AFR Video 547 Episode 2

Race: The Power of An Illusion, Episode 3: The House We Live In San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2003. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
This episode asks, If race is not biology, what is it? This episode uncovers how race resides not in nature but in politics, economics and culture. It reveals how our social institutions "make" race by disproportionately channeling resources, power, status and wealth to white people. AFR Video 547 Episode 3

Racism 101. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1988. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
A discussion of race relations on United States college and university campuses during the 1980s. AFR Video 69

Racism, Sexism, Power: It's Time for a Change. Minneapolis, MN: Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs: University Media Resources, 1992. 1 videocassette (110 min.)
In her speech as a Distinguished Carlson Lecturer, Ms. Anita Hill related several legal cases occurring since Reconstruction that represented the oppression of women. Ms. Hill explained the importance of each case and how it raised the consciousness of the nation about issues of sexism, racism and oppression. AFR Video 38

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey. New York, NY: William Greaves Productions, 2001. 1 videocassette (117 min.)
Discusses the personal and professional life of the statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. AFR Video 465

Rare Black Short Subjects: The Negro in Industry, Sports & Entertainment. Burbank, Calif.: Hollywoods Attic, 1996. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
Programs and newsreel footage produced in the 1940's highlighting the accomplishments of African Americans, particularly in industry, sports and entertainment. Includes advertisements by Chesterfield cigarettes to promote Black pride. AFR Video 511

Raw. Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount, 2004. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)
Eddie Murphy delights, shocks, and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations; gives his impersonations on ’80s love, sex and marriage; his remembrance of Mom’s hamburgers and many more raucous, laugh-till-it-hurts anecdotes will delight audience members. AFR Videodisc 206

Readin', Writin', & Right. New York: Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, 1991. 1 videocassette (15 min.)
Taught with a method introduced by Principal Thaddeus Lott, students at Wesley Elementary School in Houston score consistenty higher on standard achievement tests and perform as much as 2 grade levels higher. Highlights the "Wesley" method, and the problems Lott and the school encountered from school district administrators. AFR Video 7

Real Stories from Free South Africa (vol.1): Hot Wax. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2004-2005. 1 videodisc (49 min)
Hot wax tells the story of a woman, Ivy, who runs her own beauty salon in Alexandra, South Africa during the dark days of apartheid. Her main clients are white, mostly elderly who live in the tree-lined suburbs of Johannesburg. In her salon she is part beautician, long-time friend, lay counselor and honest commentator to her customers. AFR Videodisc 173 disc 1

Real Stories from Free South Africa (vol.2): The Cinderella of the Cape Flats. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2004-2005. 1 videodisc (58 min)
Cinderella of the Cape Flats presents the annual Spring Queen Pageant of 2003, for which the women clothing worker participants make their own clothing. Set against the preparation for the 2003 pageant, this film explores the lives of working women and celebrates them as creators of beauty. AFR Videodisc 173 disc 2

Real Stories from Free South Africa (vol.3): Belonging. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2004-2005. 1 videodisc (52 min)
Belonging tells the story of a woman, Kethiwe Ngcobo, born in exile, daughter of political émigrés, who struggles to find her own place after she moves to the new South Africa. Hoping to reconcile the warring strands of her identity, Kethiwe seeks healing in her Zulu traditions. AFR Videodisc 173 disc 3

Real Stories from Free South Africa (vol.4): UMGIDI (Shadow Dancing). San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2004-2005. 1 videodisc (74 min)
Umgidi tells of two brothers, Sipho and Vuyo, their relationship with each other and with their family. One brother, Sipho, wants to accept his roots; the other, Vuyo, wants desperately to escape them. This film is made even more complex by the fact that it is filmed by Sipho’s wife who happens to be a white woman, both outsider and insider in this tight-knit family drama. AFR Videodisc 173 disc 4

Real Stories from Free South Africa (vol.5): Nabantwa’ (With My Children). San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2004-2005. 1 videodisc (41 min)
Nabantwa Bam’ is a case study of the emergence of social classes even within the same South African family, again focusing on two brothers, one who suffers from a debilitating head injury and has been unable to receive the education which would enable him to escape street life, and the other who is the first Black student as his all white school and is now a programmer with a promising career at Microsoft. AFR Videodisc 173 disc 5

Recalling the future art in contemporary Africa. Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Arts in Action Society; Dakar, Senegal: Sud-Prod SenVision S.A., 2000. 1 videocassette (48 min.)
Filmed during the 1998 Dakar Arts Biennial (Dak'Art '98), 'Recalling the future' explores how the many profesisonal modern visual artists on the African continent take their place in the worldwide evolution of artistic expression. AFR Video 455

Reconstruction: The Second Civil War. Alexandria, Va.: Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2004 1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.)
Spanning the momentous years from 1863 to 1877, Reconstruction: the second Civil War tracks the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans - Southern and Northern, white and black - as they struggle to shape new lives for themselves in a world turned upside down. AFR Videodisc 139

Relinquishing Blackness: The Class Divide in Black America. West Lafayette, IN: C-SPAN Archives, 2006. 1 videodisc (76 min.)
A panel discusses whether comedian Bill Cosby’s comments on the lower class illustrate a division in Black America. Issues such as stereotypes and personal responsibility versus economic conditions are debated. Chris Jackson ( Crown Editor) moderates the panel which includes, Michael Eric Dyson author of Bill Cosby right?; Cora Daniels author of Black Power Inc: The New Voice of Success; Janice Kearney author of Cotton Field of Dreams; and Charisse Jones author of Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America. Max Rodriquez (founder of the Harlem Book Fair) makes introductory remarks to open the 2006 Harlem Book Fair. AFR Videodisc 175

Remembering the Legacy. Trinidad: National Association for the Empowerment of Black People. 2004.1 videodisc (23 min.)
NAEAP hosted its 3rd Annual Emancipation Dinner on Saturday, 31 July 2004 at the Cascadia Hotel, St. Ann’s, Trinidad. Chairman of NAEAP Selwyn Cudjoe delivered a speech entitled "Live free or be imprisoned in one’s ignorance." The evening’s guest of honor, Erica Williams-Connell, delivered a speech entitled "Remembering the legacy." Dignitaries from government were also present, including the Hon. Prime Minister Patrick Manning, The Minister of Education, Mrs. Hazel Manning, Minister of Community Development and Gender Affairs and Culture, Mrs. Joan Yuile-Williams and Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Mr. Eddie Hart. AFR Videodisc 126

Reflections of a Renaissance: Social Forces of the Harlem Renaissance. Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, 1883. 1 videocassette (57 min.). Analyzes the meanings of terms that Africans in America have used to define themselves through history. Also explains how Blacks in America during the time of Van De Zee were responding towards social forces of that era. AFR Video 621a

Remember Mandela! Hurleyville, NY: Peter Davis Productions, 1991? 1 videocassette (31 min.)
South Africans describe Nelson Mandela as a symbol of resistance, as a symbol of the African National Congress, and as the hope of South Africa. Explains his activities from his young age to his imprisonment and shows peoples' demonstration for his freedom. AFR Video 212

Remembering Ossie Davis, 1917-2005: Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte, Bill Clinton pay tribute to the famed actor & civil rights activist. New York, N.Y. : Democracy Now!, 2005. 1 videodisc (60 minute). Contains excerpts from the funeral service of actor and activist, Ossie Davis. Included are a eulogy from Harry Belafonte and tributes from President Bill Clinton, writer Maya Angelou, Malcolm X's daughter Attallah Shabazz, Davis' grandson Brian Day, and a musical tribute by jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. AFR Videodisc 50

The Reporters: San Bushmen of the Kalahari. BBC World and BBC News 24. BBC World, London: 2005. 1 videodisc (23 min.)
The Bushmen of the Kalahari are set to resume their legal battle with the Botswanan government to win the right to return home. Sue Lloyd-Roberts has been to Botswana to find out what is behind the policy of moving the Bushmen out of the reserve. Participants, Host, Sue Lloyd-Roberts. Festus Mogae, John Gurney, Roy Sesana, Gordon Bennett. AFR Videodisc 290

Respuesta a la escalada Sudafricana. New York, N.Y.: Pathfinder, 1988. 2 videocassettes (182 min)
Produced by the revolutionary armed forces of Cuba, this documentary shows the turning point in the 13-year war in Angola, the battle for Cuito Cuanavale. Includes excerpts of talks by Fidel and Raúl Castro. AFR Video 375

Rhythm of Resistance: the Black Music of South Africa. Newton, NJ?: Shanachie Records, 1988. 1 videocassette (47 min.)
Music that has been ignored, suppressed or ghettoized comes alive in unforgettable moments, some filmed clandestinely. Featured performers: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Malombo, Johnny Clegg/Sipho Mchunu of Juluka, The Mahotella Queens, Abafana Baseqhudeni and others. AFR Video 59

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert. MPI Home Video, c1998 1 videodisc (79 min.)
An uncensored live performance by comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor covers such topics as racial differences, sex, death and machismo, drawing from his own background and experiences. AFR Videodisc 138

Richard Pryor: Stand-up Comedy Double. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005. 2 videodiscs (82 min.)
Stand-up comedy by Richard Pryor. AFR Videodisc 201

Richard Wright, Black Boy. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1994. 86 min. The life and influence of writer Richard Wright are shown through interviews with his biographers and critics interspersed with dramatic scenes from his life and writings. Afr Video 146.

Richard Wright: Writing is His Weapon. Atlanta, GA: History on Video, 1995. 1 videocassette (25 min.)
Narrator: Barbara Faison. Discusses the life, work, and ideas of the black American novelist Richard Wright. AFR Video 356

The Right to Femininity: Fighting Female Circumcision in Africa Today. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2005. 1 videodisc (46 minutes)
The custom of female circumcision faces growing opposition in Africa. This program presents multiple perspectives on the issue, interviewing health care personnel, professional circumcisers, women who have undergone the ritual, and men who are against it. Examining medical and emotional problems that follow genital mutilation, the video also features signs of positive change, including a Nigerian drama troupe that stages anti-circumcision productions and groups like UNICEF, CARE Austria, and the Girls’ Power Initiative that campaign in areas where the ritual’s effects are most profound. AFR Videodisc 277

Rise Up and Walk: The Life and Witness of the African Indigenous Churches. Berkeley, CA: University of California Extension Center of Media and Independent Learning, 1981?. 1 videocassette (29 min.)
Explores the beliefs and practices of a variety of independent African Christian churches, showing how they interpret and live the Christian faith in the context of their own pre- Christian religious and cultural traditions. AFR Video 289

Rites of Passage: Video cases of Traditional African Peoples. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. 1 videocassette: + 1 instructor’s manual
This video is divided into six segments of a traditional African life: three segments from birth to adolescence and three segments in adulthood. Each segment describes a rite of passage - birth, naming, circumcision, marriage, elder hood, and death - which is commonly ritualized and celebrated in the traditional African villages. AFR Video 645

The River Niger. Los Angeles, CA: Continental Video, 1984. 1 videocassette (104 min.)
Story of a ghetto family torn apart by a revolution, but held together through misfortune. Examines what might happen, and how people will react, when the tension of city life turns to violent revolution. AFR Video 67

The Road to Brown. San Francisco, CA.: California Newsreel, 2004. 1 videodisc (56 min.)
The Brown v. Board of Education ruling was the culmination of a brilliant legal assault on segregation that launched the Civil Rights movement, led by a visionary black lawyer, Charles Hamilton Houston, "the man who killed Jim Crow." Former slaves were robbed of the rights granted by the 14th and 15th Amendments. Under the "separate but equal" doctrine of the Supreme Court’s 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, black citizens were denied the right to vote, to attend white schools, or to get sick in white hospitals. Those who objected were liable to be lynched. Houston targeted segregated education as the key to undermining the entire Jim Crow system. Interviews with his associates recount how Houston, eschewing the limelight himself, energized a generation of black jurists including future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to wage the struggle against segregation. In a moving climax, the film recapitulates the arguments before the Court, Justice Warren’s opinion striking down Plessy, and the jubilant reactions of black America. AFR Videodisc 221

Road to Riches: Black Empowerment in Today’s South Africa. Princeton, N.J.: Films Media Group, 2007. 1 videodisc (60 mins.)
This Wide angle documentary examines economic empowerment programs designed to help transfer more of the nation’s wealth and opportunity to its Black majority. AFR Videodisc 276

Road Trip to Kenya: A Path toward Global Understanding. Princeton, NJ: Films Media Group, 2007. 2 videodiscs (42 min.)
Enthusiastic young adults serve as on-screen guides in this two-part series, which travels to Kenya to study compelling issues in culture and ecology. The series takes an investigative approach, revealing Kenya’s many strengths, challenges, contrasts, and opportunities. Visiting different parts of the country and hearing commentary from a wide range of experts, viewers will gain a clear picture of Kenya’s cultural diversity, education system, landscape, and natural resources--while learning about its relationship to the global community. AFR Videodisc 273

Robert Colescott: The One-Two Punch. Chappaqua, NY: L&S Video Enterprises, 1994. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
Robert Colescott's artwork is viewed and discussed. Robert Colescott discusses aspects of his life as well as his artwork. Gallery owner Phyllis Kind, two art historians and an editor of ARTS Magazine discuss Colescott's artwork also. AFR Video 98 / AFR Video 255 (copy 2)

Rock & Roll: Renegades/In the Groove. South Burlington, VT: WGBH, 1995. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
Renegades travels southern backroads to New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville, then north to Chicago, interviewing Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, pioneer disk jockey Hoss Allen and producers Dave Bartholomew, Sam Phillips, and Phil and Mrshall Chess along the way. These Renegades of the '50s reveal how they borrowed from rhythm and blues, contry, gospel, and jazz to create a whole new sound - rock and roll.

In the Grove reports on the years between Elvis and the Beatles, when the hit single became an intricately crafted work of art and producers, songwriters and musicians created studio magic. In interviews with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Ben E. King, Brian Wilson, Carole King, Sonny Bono and Dick Dale among others, this video recounts the era of sweet soul and girl groups when a new rock genius reigned. AFR Video 451, volume 1
Rock & Roll: Shakespeares in the Alley/Respect. South Burlington, VT: WGBH, 1995. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
Shakespeares in the Alley looks at the towering influences of Bob Dylan and the Beatles on rock and roll and "folk rock." In this video: footage of Dylan and th Fab Four and interviews with Beatles producer George Martin, key Dylan session musician Al Kooper, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary. Roger McGuinn and David Crosby of the Byrds and poet Allen Ginsberg.
Respect chronicles the transformation of black gospel music into a defining sound for all Americans. On hand to tell the tale: Berry gordy Jr., Ray Charles, Martha Reeves, Mary Wilson, Booker T. and th MGs, Wilson Pickett, Maxine Powell of the Motown "Charm School," Motow choreographer Cholly Atkins, and many more. The program journeys from Detriot's Motown Records to Stax Records in Memphis. AFR Video 451, volume 2

Rock & Roll: Crossroads/Blues in Technicolor . South Burlington, VT: WGBH, 1995. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
Crossroads traces blues - another African American tradition that changed the sound of rock and roll - from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago to the UK, where this earthy rich sound inspired a host of young British musicians bored with the pop music of the day.
Blues in Technicolor takes viewers on a trip into the psychedelic rock world of the late '60s and early '70s. Using interviews with the Byrds, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Pink Floyd, this video shows how a bohemian folk culture based in San Francisco set off an international eexplosion of musical experimentation and eclecticism - much of it drug inspired. AFR Video 451, volume 3

Rock & Roll: The Wild Side/Make it Funky. South Burlington, VT: WGBH, 1995. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
The Wild Side tours teh rock and roll theatrics of the '70s, when bands like the Velvet Underground, the Doors, and David Bowie brought the decadent drams of life in the underground into the limelight. Take a walk down the darker side of the street in Los Angeles, New York, Detroit and Berlin with the Doors' Ray Manzarek and producer Paul Rothchild, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Alice Cooper and Kiss' Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
Make it Funky Soul music stretes to create a rock and roll revolution in rhythm and attitude in the '70s. Innovatiors James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton and famed bass players Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins take viewers on a tour of funk as the music becomes bolder and more expressive of the realities of black life. AFR Video 451, volume 4

Rock & Roll: Punk/The Perfect Beat. South Burlington, VT: WGBH, 1995. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
Punk explores two late '70s musical innovations; punk and reggage. In New York, members of Blondie, Talking Heads, Television and the Ramones tell how they inadvertently created the cynical, urban sound that became punk rock. In London, punk takes off with the Sex Pistols, and members of the Wailers and the Clash recall how Jamaican reggae crossed international boundaries.
The Perfect Beat begins at a time when megastar like Bruce Springsteen, and Metallica filled arenas around the world and voves on to chronicle the rise of a new musical form; rap. From Gandmaster Flash to Run-DMC, from De La Soul to British innovators New Order to the Beastie Boys, the program traces the evolution of this new sound in the '80s and teh early '90s. The video shows superstars like Madonna and Prince folded rap, techno and house into their music, and how MTV ultimately embraced it. AFR Video 451, volume 5

Romany Trail. Pt. I, Into Africa. Newton, NJ?: Shanachie Records, 1992. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
Portrayal of the little-known Romany tribes of Egypt, with emphasis on music and other elements of Romany culture as well as information on Romany origins and migration. AFR Video 57

Romare Bearden: Visual Jazz. Chappaqua, NY: L&S Video Enterprises, 1995. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
A bold brilliant artist, Romare Bearden created collages and paintings of stunnning humanity in which he aimed to do nothing less than to redefine the image of man in terms of the African-American experience. AFR Video 191

Roots Daughters. Toronto: Fari International Productions, c1992. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
"Roots Daughters is an evocative, thought-provoking, touching, moving testament to a modern living myth that informs us about Rastafari culture. Bianca Brynda's film spotlights acclaimed reggae singer Judy Mowatt, women from Guyana, Jamaica and Canada." AFR Video 595

Roots: Episode 1. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1992. 1 video cassette (99 min.)
Through the lineage of one family, Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize winning story is played out. The powerful tale begins in Gambia, West Africa, Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), son of Omoro and Binta, distinguishes himself in manhood training rituals. But he does not enjoy his new status long: slave traders sweeping through the countryside capture him. Chained with other Africans, Kunta begins an agonized odyssey to the New World. AFR Video 234, v. 1

Roots: Episode 2. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1992. 1 video cassette (94 min.)
In Episode 2, the story continues aboard the slave ship Lord Ligonier. For Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), the first day's recreation of that terrible experience unnerved him. Despite a violent shipboard rebellion, the vessel completes its voyage...and Kunta Kinte endures the indignity of an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler (Louis Gossett, Jr.), the slave in charge of Kunta's training, becomes his only friend--a friendship that's tested when Kunta plans an escape so he can be with Fanta (Ren Woods). AFR Video 234, v. 2

Roots: Episode 3. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1992. 1 video cassette (95 min.)
The cumulative force of Roots builds in Episode 3. In 1776, a nation fights for freedom, but not freedom for all. Kunta Kinte (John Amos) escapes again and is crippled by slave catchers. He marries, gains a daughter and loses a friend - Fiddler (Louis Gossett, Jr.) dies. Another chance for escape arises, but Kunta sacrifices his freedom to care for his wife and the newborn he names Kizzy, an African word for "stay put." AFR Video 234, v. 3

Roots: Episode 4. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1992. 1 video cassette (94 min.)
Episode 4 centers on Kunta Kinte's daughter Kizzy (Leslie Uggams). At age 16, she is sold to another "massa" and bears his son, who grows up to become fun-loving Chicken George (Ben Vereen). Yearning to see her parents Kizzy is comforted by Samuel Bennett (Richard Roundtree) but the two are ill-matched. His deference to slave owners and lack of interest in African tradition run counter to Kizzy's fierce resolve to keep her heritage alive. When she returns to her birthplace, Kizzy learns of her parents' fates. AFR Video 234, v. 4

Roots: Episode 5. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1992. 1 video cassette (95 min.)
In Episode 5, Chicken George (Ben Vereen) is sent to England as payment for his owner's gambling debt. Fourteen years later, he returns home a free man, a status that has a profound effect on the family begun by Kunta Kinte. The Civil War erupts; at last the era of slavery draws to an end. AFR Video 234, v. 5

Roots: Episode 6. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1992. 1 video cassette (92 min.)
In Episode 6, the Civil War is over but night riders terrorize exslaves. By marking his clients' horseshoes, Tom (George Stanford Brown) identifies the raiders but endangers his own life. Chicken George (Ben Vereen), who fought for the Union, rejoins his family. He leads them to a new home in Tennessee...and recites a familiar litany about the man whose name was Kunta Kinte. Alex Haley appears on screen to narrate the epilogue of this remarkable saga. AFR Video 234, v. 6

The Roots of African Civilization. New York, NY: Knowledge Unlimited, 1996. 25 min.
Tells the story of the art, culture, history, and civilizations of ancient West Africa. It points to evidence of these ancient cultures in the lives of African Americans today. AFR Video 285

Roots of Music; and, The Music Tree. New York, N.Y.: Tony Brown Productions, Video Duplication Center, 1997. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
Two part documentary which examines how African American sacred music has formed the foundation of American music. Follows the evolution of the music from slave days to modern times, explaining the historical context of its development and offering examples of different styles. AFR Video 308

Roots, Rock, Reggae. Newton, NJ?: Shanachie Records, 1988. 1 videocassette (54 min.)
A tour of the Kingston, Jamaica music scene in 1977. Features performances, interviews and studio scenes with Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals, Jacob Miller & Inner Circle, The Abysinnians, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Ras Michael & Songs of Negus, Joe Higgs and others. AFR Video 61

Roots of Resistance: A Story of the Underground Railroad. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
The little-known stories of black men and women, fugitive slaves in the mid-1800's, who traveled escape routes known as the underground railroad. They fled the shackles of slavery in the South to the promise of freedom in the North. Includes interviews with descendants of slaves and slaveholders describing personal danger and terrible risks involved in each slave's departure. Also includes the slave songs of protest, sung by a group called the McIntosh County Shouters. AFR Video 194

Rosa Parks: Modern Day Heroine-The original Documentary Ages 8-adult. Los Angeles, CA: Inkwell Images, 2004. 1 videodisc (ca. 24 min.):
On the first of December 1955, a black seamstress refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man. The seamstress was Rosa Parks. She inspired others to organize against social injustice. And because of her single act of courage 50 years ago, she became "The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."--Container. AFR Videodisc 69 and Suppl

Rosa Parks Memorial Service. Washington, D.C.: C-SPAN, 2006. 1 videodisc (116 min.)
Televised coverage of the memorial service for civil rights legend Rosa Parks on November 1, 2005. Participants pay tribute to Ms. Parks as a catalyst of the civil rights movement, her legacy as a voice for the black community, and her service to the nation, in passionate speeches and with music. AFR. Videodisc 135

Rosewood. Burbank, CA.: Warner Home Video, 1997. 1 videodisc (142 min.)
In 1923 a black town in Florida was burned to the ground, its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people. AFR Videodisc 25

Rouch in Reverse. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1995. 1 videocassette (51 min.)
French ethnologist/filmmaker, Jean Rouch discusses his work with Manthia Diawara. AFR Video 347

Ruby Sales: Episcopalian seminarian and SNCC organizer. Denver, Colo.: Veterans of Hope Project, 2000. 1 videocassette (41 min.)
Contents: Growing up in the Black church -- Entering the movement : Tuskegee Institute and Lowndes County, Alabama -- The death of Jonathan Daniels -- Claiming history, sharing identity -- A word to seminarians. AFR Video 556

Rush Hour. United States: New Line Home Video, 2001. 1 videodisc (97 min.)
Jackie Chan is Inspector Lee, a Hong Kong Detective who helps confiscate millions of dollars worth of stolen Chinese artifacts from crime Lord Juntao. Seeking revenge, Juntao kidnaps the young daughter of the Chinese consul when he moves to America. Chan is sent as a diplomatic advisor and finds himself paired up with a New York cop (Chris Tucker) - a man who works alone, and wants to stay that way. AFR Videodisc 8