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PR Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley Debuts on HBO Nov 18

Featuring recently unearthed photographs, rediscovered performance footage and the words of entertainers and historians, Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley includes interviews with Eddie Murphy, Joan Rivers, Sidney Poitier, Kathy Griffin, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones, Arsenio Hall, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who emphasize how Mabley paved the way for female comedians and performers everywhere in provocative stand-up routines that challenged racism, sexism and ageism.

HBO

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Posted by: News Editor - November 13, 2013, 7:41 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR Black Like Me on DVD, Digital, On Demand Dec 11

Based on the landmark memoir of the same name by John Howard Griffin, who used pigment dyes and sun lamps to blend into "negro" society and gain a true perspective on what it was like to live as a black in the deep Jim Crow south. The film's stellar cast includes Roscoe Lee Browne, Clifton James, Will Geer, and media gadfly Heywood Hale Broun in a rare turn in front of the cameras. Restored from the original negative by Los Angeles post-production facility Sonic Pool for this long-awaited release.

Video Services Corp.

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Posted by: News Editor - December 10, 2012, 8:39 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR 'Master Harold'...and the Boys on DVD & Blu-ray OCt 11

There was a time when society asked you to hide your friendships and to accept your family...no matter what. Growing up during this time, it was expected that you do not question these customs, despite the dictates of your heart. On October 11, Image Entertainment releases 'Master Harold'...and the Boys - a moving coming-of age story set in apartheid-era South Africa. A theatrical tour de force...

Image Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - August 5, 2011, 7:39 am - PR
Keywords: drama

DVD Review BASIL DEARDEN'S LONDON UNDERGROUND (ECLIPSE SERIES 25)

Even given some weaknesses, the four films of this collection are never less than competent and entertaining. In their own quiet ways, this neglected director may have to guide Britain through a tumultuous time into a more tolerant post-war world.

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Posted by: Ross Johnson - February 11, 2011, 1:47 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: eclipse, jazz, othello, british, gay