VIDEO/DVDs BEGINNING WITH LETTER S

Saaraba. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1988-1992. 1 videocassette (1 videocassette (86 min.)
Presents an unsparing indictment of a corrupt older generation chasing material wealth, power and the lifestyle of the former French colonialists; and also a generation of African youth, alienated from adult society, uncertain of its future, seeking escape through drugs, millenarian politics and sex. AFR Video 53

 

Samt al-qus¯ur Les silences du palais = The Silences of the Palace. Bethesda, MD: Capitol Home Video, 1996. 1 videocassette (127 min.)
Set in Tunisia in the 1950's. Alia, a young servant-girl, is abused by her masters and wooed by a rebel. AFR Video 491

 

Sango Malo. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1991. 1 videocassette (94 min.)
Tale of two school teachers and two philosophies of education. AFR Video 77

 

Sangoma: Traditional Healers in Modern Society. Vancouver, Canada: Villon Films 1 videocassette (54 min.)
In South Africa, traditional healers have always been regarded with suspicion by practitioners of Western medicine. New efforts to integrate traditional healers into primary health care, nutritional education, and AIDS work holds some promise for a public health system under siege. AFR Video 303

 

Sankofa. Washington, DC: Mypheduh Flims, 1993 1 videocassette (125 min.)
Sankofa, an Akan word meaning, "one must return to the past in order to move forward," is the story about the transformation of a self-possessed African-American woman sent on a spiritual journey in time to experience the pain of slavery and the discovery of her African identity. AFR Video 216

Saturday Nightlight Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy. New York, NY: NBC: Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2004.1 videodisc (66 min.)
Best of Eddie Murphy characters on "Saturday Night Live" including an additional sketch, photo gallery and outtakes. AFR Videodisc 20

Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist. Thousand Oaks, CA: Distributed by Urban Works Entertainment, 1999. 1 videodisc (60 min.)
An examination into how ’Red Scare’ politics were used to impede the civil rights movement. The story is told through the confrontations of African-American performers with blacklists, loyalty oaths and discrimination in casting. Hosted by Morgan Freeman; featuring interviews with Harry Belafonte, Ossie Davis, Dick Campbell, Adam Clayton Powell III, and Frederick O’Neal. AFR Videodisc 310

Scar of Shame. Chicago, IL: Facets Video, 2001. 1 videocassette (90 min.)
In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert pianist and a poor, lower class young black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite the melodrama, it is a strong statement on the issues of class and the color caste system which existed within the African-American community, as well as probing questions of ambition and authority.  AFR Video 558

School Daze. Burbank, CA: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1988.  1 videocassette (114 min.)
A comedy about black college life produced, written and directed by Spike Lee. AFR Video 104

See a Changing Africa through African Eyes. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Media Services, TV/Radio/Film, 1993. 2 video cassettes (180 min.)
Presents clips from seven films offering a brief overview of recent African filmmaking, with special emphasis on how these films reflect and participate in attempts to shift economic and political power in Africa from foreign and domestic power elites to millions of ordinary Africans; the second part consists of a discussion with filmmakers, David Achkar and Jean-Marie Teno. AFR Video 78

"Seeking Justice": The Story of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Montgomery, AL: The Center, 191? 1 videocassette (18 min.)
Tells how the Southern Poverty Law Center helps solve racial and economical injustice. Also explains discrimination in the election of legislators and the hiring of police officers, and racism and violence of Ku Klux Klan in Alabama. AFR Video 27

Selwyn Cudjoe in Conversation with Wilson Harris. Wellesley, MA: s.n., 1995. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
Wilson Harris, author of Palace of the peacock, is interviewed by Selwyn Cudjoe, a professor at Wellesley College. Harris discusses meanings of his fictions. AFR Video 359

The Seven Ages of Music: The Magic of African Music. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1994. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
This production traces the entertaining evolution of Africa's music from the rattle of drums by the light of a desert fire to the laid-back beat of Hugh Masekela, Dolly Rathebe and the Inkspots. It is a wild, wonderful, energetic history that spans centuries and draws in whole cultures. AFR Video 108

Seven Songs for Malcolm X. New York: First Run Icarus Films, 1993. 1 videocassette (53 min.)
A collection of testimonies, eyewitness accounts, and dramatic reenactments, which tell of the life, legacy, loves and losses of Malcolm X.  AFR Video 652

The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America. Montgomery, Ala.: Teaching Tolerance, 1995. 1 videocassette (40 min.
Examines 4 centuries of United States history in order to understand the nation’s record of intolerance. Includes documentary footage and eyewitness reports.AFR Video 639

Shaft. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2000. 1 videodisc (100 min.)
Detective John Shaft is hired by a Harlem mobster to find his kidnapped teenage daughter and finds himself up against some Mafia chieftains who want to take over a chunk of the black underworld’s uptown territory. AFR Videodisc 48

Shaft. Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount 2000. 1 videodisc (99 min.)
To stop a racist killer, Shaft must track down the only eyewitness that can put the culprit behind bars. As Shaft closes in on the suspect, the danger steadily mounts. Up against corrupt cops and venomous drug lords, Shaft wages his private war against crime. Participants: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Dan Hedaya, Toni Collette, Richard Roundtree. AFR  Videodisc 318

The Shape of Darkness: An Exploration of African Art. Northbrook, IL: Roland Collection of Films and Video on Art, 1976. 1 videocassette (54 min.)
An exploration of African art. AFR Video 117

 

Shared History with Bonus Material. Columbia, S.C.: Felicia Furman, 2007. 1 videodisc (57 min.)
Descendants of slaves and slave owners of Woodlands Plantation, now the remnants of an antebellum estate in South Carolina, have for generations passed down stories about the on-going relationship between their ancestors. While independently researching their families’ history, three descendants meet and begin to uncover the mythologies about the old connection through family interviews and archival evidence. Shared history provides a keyhole-view of the encounters and conversations of the living descendants who come together at the plantation to explore the realities of their 260-year-old relationship. AFR Videodisc 349

Sharia Law and Women: The Case of Amina Lawal. By Hauwa Ibrahim, 2004. 1 videodisc (102 min.)
Hauwa Ibrahim (American University, Washington College of Law) speakes on her role as lead counsel for the trial of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman arrested and charged with adultery by a Sharia (Moslem law) in 2002. At first Lawal’s conviction was upheld on appeal, but it was overturned in part because of the effort of Ibrahim. Ibrahim describes the steps that she took in order to get this historical case overturned. AFR Videodisc 348

Sheba Baby. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 2001. 1 videodisc (91 min.):
Private eye, Sheba Shayne is called on to help keep her father from losing his business to the mob. AFR.Videodisc 112

Shida and Matatizo. Flora M'mbugu-Schelling Productions, 1993. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
Dramatizes children between 10 and 14 years who work full time in rural and urban areas of Tanzania. Explains every child has the rights of healthy development, education opportunities, and protection against neglect, cruelty, and exploitation. AFR Video 163

Ship of Slaves: The Middle Passage. New York: New Video Group, 1997. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
Details the trials and tribulations of the slaves on their voyage from Africa to the Americas on slave ships. This transatlantic slave trade which lasted 300 years was known in history as the black holocaust. AFR Video 376

Shores of Africa. Princeton, NJ: Films Media Group, 2007. 2 videodiscs (ca. 106 min.)
This two-part series provides an economic, political, and cultural portrait of African life, focusing on the countries located along the eastern and western shores of the continent. Each program analyzes the dynamics of trade, language, religion, geography and history that have given Africa its present and evolving shape. AFR Videodisc 279

Shouting Silent. New York, NY: Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2002. 1 videocassette (51 min., 10 sec.)
Xoliswa Sithol, an adult orphan who lost her mother to AIDS in 1996, explores the devastation wrought on the orphaned children of South Africa by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. AFR Video 673

Sia, Le Rêve du Python= Sia, The Dream of the Python. New York, NY: ArtMattan Productions, 2001. 1 videocassette (96 min.)
Epic drama about Kombi where is a poverty-stricken city dominated by a tyrant king. Struggles and revelations follow as the characters confront issues of honour, corruption and power. AFR Video 527

Side by Side: Women against AIDS in Zimbabwe. Rochester, NY: Villon Films, 1993. 1 videocassette (47 min.)
Follows a social worker and a theater director/magazine editor as each uses her skills to overcome the effects of AIDS. AFR Video 256

Sidet: Forced Exile. New York, NY: Women Make Movies, 1991. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
Presents the stories of three Ethiopian women who each sought refuge in the Sudan. Tells how they have managed to survive displacement and creat lives for themselves in exile. AFR Video 546

Simple Justice: Part 1. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1993. 1 video cassette (45 min.)
Recounts the remarkable legal strategy and social struggle that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ending segregation in schools. In part one, Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall lay the groundwork for the assault to legalize school desgregation. AFR Video 195, part 1

Simple Justice: Part 2. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1993. 1 video cassette (45 min.)
Recounts the remarkable legal strategy and social struggle that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ending segregation in schools. In part two, Thurgood Marshall and his team of NAACP Legal Defense Fund lawyers argue three school segregation cases in the lower courts. To get the cases heard by the Supreme Court, this team adopts a risky, untested strategy. They succeed, only to find strong oppostion from key Court justices. AFR Video 195, part 2

Simple Justice: Part 3. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1993. 1 video cassettes (45 min.)
Recounts the remarkable legal strategy and social struggle that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ending segregation in schools. In part 3, a deeply divided Supreme Court is unwilling to order desgregation and instead orders a reargument. This sets the stage for the final climactic showdown at the High Court, only this time with an unknown added element, the new Chief Justice, Earl Warren. AFR Video 195, part 3

Sista--We be Talkin' to the Brothers at the Million Man March. Washington, DC: SciFax Multimedia, 1996. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
This video shows million man march and the first hand reactions in the crowd in October 16, 1995. AFR Video 262

Sisters in Cinema. Chicago, IL: Our Film Works, 2003. 1 videocassette (62 min). A documentary discussing the strong visual history of the contributions of African American women to the film industry. AFR Video 597

Sisterhood & The Academy: Today's Reality, Tomorrow's Promise. CMA, 1995. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
Panelists talk about Black women's conditions in the academy and about issues such as chances and pitfalls for career development and educational stereotypes. AFR Video 152

Sister's Keeper: What every Black Woman should Know about AIDS. NAACP, 1999. 1 videocassette.
The importance of education of Afro-American women to prevent AIDS and HIV infections is shown through interviews with various Afro-American women. AFR Video 439

The Sky Is Gray. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Monterey Video: distributed by Monterey Media, Inc., 2004. 1 videodisc (46 min.)
Based on the short story by Ernest J. Gaines. In rural Louisiana in the 1940’s, a young black boy accompanies his mother into town and absorbs valuable lessons of pride, charity and dignity. Participants: Host, Henry Fonda. Olivia Cole, James Bond III, Margaret Avery, Cleavon Little, Clinton Derricks-Carroll. AFR Videodisc 362

Slapstick Encyclopedia: A celebration of American Silent Comedy New York: Kino on Video, 1998. 1 videocassette (126 min.) 
Nine short classic films from the golden age of comedy. AFR Video 669

Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off, Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, c2001. 1 videodisc (94 min.)
Slaughter, the ex-Green Beret captain, is still battling the mob, this time it is the L.A. branch headed by Duncan. He agrees to help Detective Reynolds by obtaining Duncan’s payroll file, but when his girlfriend is taken hostage, Slaughter is forced to take direct action. AFR Videodisc 106

Slave Reparations: The Final Passage. Teaneck, NY: Crabtree Pictures, 2004. 1 videodisc (28 min.)
Intellectuals and civic leaders discuss the issue of payment of reparations to African Americans as the descendants of slaves, giving reasons why reparations should be paid and addressing a number of objections that are often raised. AFR Videodisc 256

Slave Ship. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Science, 2001. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
"Over 150 documented mutinies occurred aboard slave ships between 1699 and 1845; only once, in the case of the Amistad, did slaves successfully return to Africa. Using that remarkable and anomalous incident as a focus, this program takes an in-depth look at the slave trade. ... The program weaves the developments of the Amistad case-- argued and won in the U.S. Supreme Court by former President John Quincy Adams-- into the overall fabric of slavery in America."--Container. AFR Video 506

Slavery and the Making of America. New York: Ambrose Video Publishing, c2005. 4 videodiscs (240 min.): sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
This program examines the history of slavery in the United States and the role it played in shaping the new country's development. AFR Videodisc 46

Slavery's Buried Past. USA: Public Media Video, 1996. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
This show focuses on Michael Blakey, a Howard University biological anthropologist, as he does research on human skeletons found in an 18th Century slave graveyard uncovered in New York City in 1991. AFR Video 322

Small Steps, Big Strides. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1997. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
This tribute celebrates African American silver screen legends. Included are interviews and rare footage documenting the kinds of roles black actors were first given, the challenges these performers met, and the real behind-the-scenes story of their acceptance and triumphs in Hollywood. AFR Video 509

Social Control. Costa Mesa, Calif.: Coast Community College District; 1983. 1 videocassette (42 min.)
The need for social control in and between societies is explored. Overview of the socialization of the individual via internal and external controls. Highlights various societies around the world. AFR Video 5

Sojourner Truth: Battle Creek, Michigan / C-SPAN. Washington, DC: National Cable Satellite Corporation, 2002. 1 videocassette (146 min.)
A group of scholars and historians examine the history of abolitionism through the wsritings of Sojourner Truth. Provides a tour of some Battle Creek sites and features some artifacts. AFR Video 552

Sometimes in April. United States: HBO Video, c2005. 1 videodisc (ca. 140 min.)
Based on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where over the course of 100 days an estimated 800,000 people were killed in a terrifying purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen. AFR Videodisc 125

Something the Lord Made. New York, NY: HBO Video, 2004. 1 videodisc (110 min.)
"Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South. Working in 1940’s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas from an impressive team. ... As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures threaten to undermine their collaboration and tear their friendship apart."--Container. AFR Videodisc 129

Something of Value. New York: MGM/UA Home Video, 1986. 1 videocassette (113 min.)
When the Mau Maus spread violence and terror throughout British East Africa in an effort to sweep the British from the land, families on both sides are shattered, and two young men who wanted only to live in peace and mutual respect must confront their destinies. AFR Video 600

A Son of Africa: The Slave Narrative of Olaudah Equiano. San Francisco: California Newsreel, 1996. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
Equiano was kidnapped into slavery in 1756 in a West African village, shipped to a Virginia plantation, and later sold to a British naval officer. After learning to read and write, he bought his own freedom and eventually married into English society. AFR Video 306

Song of the Refugee: A Message of Hope from Africa. Syracuse, NY: Glenn H. Ivers Productions, Inc., 1997. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
This program focuses on displaced and resettling people in Liberia, Ivory coast, Rwanda and Uganda. AFR Video 328

Sons of the Moon. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1984. 1 videocassette (25 min.)
This documentary film traces the moon's influence on Ngas work and thought during a single growing season. Tells its story from the point of view of a traditional Ngas bard. AFR Video 281

Soudan: Royaumes sur le Nil. Paris: Institut du monde Arabe, Paris Première, Les Films d'Ici, L'Envol Vidéo, 1997. 1 videocassette (52 min) Sudan--Antiquities/ Sudan--Antiquities. AFR Video 434

Soul of Africa. Syracuse, NY: WCNY-TV, 1998. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
Highlights the continent's major artistic themes and explores the mystique of African art from the European collection assembled by Han Coray from 1916-1928. AFR Video 530

Soul Food. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2000. 1 videodisc (114 min.)
Sunday dinner at Mother Joe’s is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it’s up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.--Container. AFR Videodisc 1

Sounder. Burbank, Calif.: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2003. 1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.)
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of various people along the road. AFR Videodisc 89

South Africa 1990: The Year of Change. South Africa: GTV, distributor, 1991. 1 videocassette (37 min.)
In February 1990 the new State President Frederik de Klerk swept South Africa's old politics out and began shaping the new South Africa, a process that dazzled the international community and delighted, and sometimes bewildered those at home. This film records those stunning developments. A report of the dramatic events by international camera men and correspondents who covered that news story, a story that's still unfolding today. AFR Video 318

South Africa Belongs to Us. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1980. 1 videocassette (35 min.). Portraits of five ordinary black women and interviews with four women leaders. There are scenes from their work and home life in black reserves or in sex-segregated barracks built for migrant workers. The film also depicts the struggle of black women for human dignity in the face of apartheid. AFR Video 604

 

Sparkle. Burbank, CA: distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (98 min.)
Set in Harlem in 1958; this musical tells the story of three sisters struggling to find stardom as a singing group. But they learn that wishing on a star is one thing, and that being the star can be a one-way ticket to self-destruction. Participant: Philip M. Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dawn Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood, Tony King.
AFR Videodisc 311

The Speeches of Martin Luther King. Oak Forest, IL: MPI Home Video, 1990. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
Presents a collection of Martin Luther King's major speeches and minor asides, tracing the development of his oratorical style. AFR Video 199

The Speeches of Malcolm X. Orland Park, IL: MPI Home Video, 1997. 1 videocassette (41 min). Presents a collection of Malcolm X's speeches, showing the development of his ideas and attitudes. AFR Video 598

The Spook Who Sat by the Door. United States: Monarch Home Video: Obsidian Home Entertainment, 2004. 1 videocassette (102 min.)
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973. Based on the novel by Sam Greenlee.
Disgusted by tokenism at the C.I.A., a black agent organizes a revolution against the government. AFR Video 601

Standing in the Shadows of Motown. [United States]: Artisan Home Entertainment, c2003. 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The story of the Funk Brothers, the group of musicians that played on every single hit Motown record from the label's beginnings to 1972. AFR Videodisc 43

Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders. New York: Sadoff Productions; Women Make Movies, 2002. 1 videocassette (60 min.) This documentary tells the story of the three Mississippi women in 1965, who walked into the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C. to seek their civil rights. These living legends give their firsthand testimony and capture a piece of history that is often overlooked in history books. Their achievements go beyond the cotton fields of Mississippi or even the coasts of America. AFR Video 603

State of the Black Union 2006: Defining the Agenda. C-SPAN.org, 2005. 1 videodisc.
“ Forum discussion on framing a contract or covenant to advance issues of concern to the African American community and to establish a new direction for the black community to effect social and political change. Among the issues discussed are the role of black religious, political, and intellectual leaders in the community, defining the most prominent issues to the community and how the contract should be presented to both the black community and American society as a whole.”---C-SPAN website. AFR Videodisc 137

State of the Black Union 2006: Economic Empowerment. West Lafayette, IN: C-SPAN, 2005. 1 videodisc
In a forum on the state of black America designed to present a public think tank that will analyze the critical challenges facing the African-American community, panelists talked about the economic empowerment. AFR Videodisc 136

 

Stealing A. Nation. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 2005. 1 videodisc (56 min.)
This is about the plight of the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, who were secretly expelled from their homeland by the British government, to make way for an American military base. Participants: Robin Mardemootoo, Cassam Uteem, Richard Gifford, David Stoddart. AFR Videodisc, 371

Steps for the Future (vol.15): Heavy Traffic. South Burlington, Vt.: California Newsreel, 2001. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
The increasing number of deaths attributed to AIDS has affected many areas of life in Soweto, South Africa. This documentary examines the impact of these deaths upon the funeral industry of South Africa.  AFR Video 661

Still Revolutionaries. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media LLC, [200-] 1 videodisc (16 min.)
This compelling documentary explores the lives of two women who were in the Black Panther Party between 1969 and 1975. Katherine Campbell and Madalynn Rucker reflect on the reasons and events that led to their joining the Black Panthers, the type of work they did within the Party, and the challenges they faced as they chose to leave it and reconstruct their lives. AFR Videodisc 44

Stir Crazy. Culver City, Calif.: Columbia Tri-Star Home Video, 1999 1 videodisc (107 min.)
Two zany drifters are mistakenly sent to prison for a robbery they didn’t commit. They must rely on their wits in order to survive a sadistic warden, a hulking mass-murderer and worst of all, the inter-prison rodeo. AFR Videodisc 93

Stranger Insider. New York, NY: HBO Home Video: Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2002. 1 videodisc (90 min.)
Treasure Lee just moved out of "juvenile" into the State Pen. Now she needs to learn how the system works, search out where the power lies, and find herself a new lover. She soon meets Brownie, a jail-toughened lifer, who works through her extended family of loyal girls. The closer Treasure gets to Brownie, the more enemies she makes. AFR Videodisc 180

Strengthening the Black Family. West Lafayette, IN: C-SPAN Archives, 2004 2 videodisc (270 min.)
Morning Session: Participants spoke at an annual forum titled: Tavis Smiley presents: The State of the Black Union.  Participants spoke at an annual forum titled Tavis Smiley Presents: The State of the Black Union: “Strengthening the Black Family: Preserving the African American Imprint on America” held at the New Birth Baptist Church in Miami, Florida. Among the topics they addressed were establishing role models, media stereotypes, the value of education, the role of the father and mother in the family, the role of the church in the community, and developing strong communities.                   

Afternoon Session: At an annual forum on the state of the black union, Mr. Smiley moderated a panel discussion titled “Strengthening the Black Family: Preserving the African American Imprint on America” held at the New Birth Baptist Church in Miami, Florida. Participants focused on community building, the influence of the medias on black families, education issues, same-sex marriage, and the state of race relations. AFR Videodisc 174

Stopping Genocide: Dafur (Sudan). Weavers of the Wind Productions, 2004. 1 videocassette (26 min.)
John Weiss narrates this documentary on the mass killings of Sudanese living in Dafur, Sudan in 2004. AFR Video 654

Stories of Illumination and Growth: John Biggers' Hampton Murals. Hampton, VA: Hampton University Museum, 1992. 28:30 min. John Biggers explains his work on Hampton mural and shows the process of painting. Afr Video 187.

Story of a Three Day Pass. Santa Monica, CA: Distributed by Xenon Entertainment Group, 2006.1 videocassette (80 min.)
The story of an African-American soldier stationed in Europe and the racism he encounters from his fellow soldiers following his idyllic three-day affair with a young white woman. AFR Videodisc 118

Stormy Weather. Los Angeles, CA: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp, 1991. 1 videocassette (78 min.)
Musical film. Cast includes Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and his band, Katherine Dunham and her troupe, Fats Waller, Nicholas Brothers, Ada Brown, Dooley Wilson. AFR Video 103

Strange Fruit. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2002. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
A documentary exploring the history and legacy of the anti-lynching protest song made famous by Billie Holiday. The film examines the history of lynching, the courage of those who fought for racial justice, and the interplay of race, labor and the left and popular culture as forces that would give rise to the Civil Rights Movement. It also presents the story of the composer Lewis Allan, a Jewish schoolteacher and union activist from the Bronx who wrote the poem and later set it to music. AFR Video 515

Street Fight. Oley, Penn.: Bullfrog Films, 2005. 1 videodisc (ca. 82 min.)
"Follows the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between 32 year-old Cory Booker and four-term incumbent Sharpe James, the undisputed champion of New Jersey politics. Fought in Newark’s neighborhoods and housing projects, the battle pits the young challenger against an old style political machine that uses any means necessary, including harassment and police intimidation, to crush its opponents. Even the filmmaker is dragged into the slugfest, and by the Election Day, the climate becomes so heated that the Federal government is forced to send in observers to watch for cheating and violence. Though both candidates are African-American, the election becomes racially charged when the mayor accuses Booker - a Rhodes scholar and Yale Law School grad - of not being "really black". Street Fight tells a gripping story of the underbelly of democracy where elections are not about spin-doctors, media consultants, or photo ops. In Newark, elections are won and lost in the streets."--Container. AFR Videodisc 128

Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan. [s.l.: s.n.], 1993. 127 min. Narrated by Ossie Davis. Documentary to throroughly examine the complex relationships of African Americans and Japanese people. AFR Video 279

Struggles in Steel: The Fight for Equal Opportunity. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1996. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
Struggles in Steel documents for the first time the history of discrimination against black workers and their heroic struggle for equality on the job. It provides badly needed historical background to current angry debates on race and affirmative action. Interviews more than 70 retired black steelworkers. AFR Video 311

Sucker Free City. Los Angeles, CA: Showtime Entertainment, 2005.
1 videodisc (115 min.)
Racial tension erupts and emotions collide when three young men from different ethnic backgrounds perpetrate low-level crimes that eventually infringe upon each other’s neighborhoods. A riveting look at the gang culture of San Francisco.
AFR Videodisc 12

Sudan: Confluence of Arab and African Worlds. Berkeley, CA: Office of Resources for International and Arab Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 1995. 1 videocassette (23:34 min.) AFR Video 298

Sudan in Crisis. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2006. 1 videodisc (22 min.)
The hostilities ripping apart the Sudanese region of Darfur have created a humanitarian crisis which the international community is only beginning to address. This ABC News program serves as a starting point for analyzing the situation, shedding light on how the conflict spiraled out of control and led to the deaths of thousands and the displacement of far more. Focusing on the efforts of relief organizations to shelter, feed, and care for a tidal wave of refugees -- and the political, logistical, and geographic obstacles that have made such efforts nearly impossible -- this program assesses the accuracy of the term "genocide" in describing the conflict’s ethnically driven atrocities. AFR Videodisc 367

 

Sugar Cane Alley = Rue Cases Negres. New York, NY: New Yorker Video, 1995. 107 min. A poor sugar cane plantation worker in Martinique makes many sacrifices to ensure a better life for her eleven year old orphaned grandson. AFR Video 300

Super Fly. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, c2004, c1972. 1 videodisc (95 min.): sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Priest is a cocaine dealer who is just smart enough to know that there's no real future in dealing coke, and makes a proposal to his partner Eddie that would leave them with a million dollar profit each. But Scatter, the dealer who set Priest up in the cocaine trade, is both unwilling and unable to sell them that much product. As Priest looks for a new source for his big score, one of his underlings, Fat Freddie is picked up by the police. Freddie tells the cops about Priest's underground empire. Priest is confronted by the cops and learns they want to become his partner. AFR Videodisc 47

Suture. Santa Monica, CA: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, c2001.
1 videodisc (96 min.)
You can barely tell Vincent and Clay apart. So when these two estranged half-brothers meet, Vincent, the prime suspect in their father’s murder, decides to kill Clay so he can swap identities and pin the crime on his new-found sibling. AFR. Videodisc 78

Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, 2002.1 videodisc (97 min.) Presents the story of a professional sex-show stud that kills two white policemen who are beating up a black youth; includes members of the black community. Participants:Melvin van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, Niva Rochelle, Rhetta Hughes, Brer Soul. AFR Videodisc 341

Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song. Los Angeles, CA: Direct Cinema Ltd., 1990. 1 videocassette (97 min.)
Story of a young hustler whose aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a Black revolutionary by two white cops. Seized with anger, Sweetback takes brutal revenge on the cops, forcing him into a desperate life on the run. AFR Video 496