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Lady Sings the Blues
Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams

Paramount, 1996

Diana Ross is incredible

+ Daina Ross: This Lady Sings and Acts
+ Lady Sings the Blues
+ A Movie I Will Never Forget--Too Bad The Academy Awards Did
  
  











  



  
Waiting to Exhale
Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett

20th Century Fox, 2002

"I closed my eyes and I exhaled."

+ ( ;D)
+ Ultimate chic flick
+ Best break-up movie ever made :-)
  
  











  



  
The Color Purple (Widescreen Edition)
Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg

Warner Home Video, 1997

The color of life...

+ As promised
+ The Color Purple
+ wonderful
+ Superb
  
  











  



  
Mahogany
Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams

Paramount, 1998

Just As I Remember It

+ Mahogany Inspiring, the best!
+ Love Beats All
+ Elusive jazz song in this movie!
  
  











  



  
Amistad (Thx)
Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne

Dreamworks Video, 1998

Educational and Entertaining!

+ More of a personal experience, than a review
+ amistad

The film brings to the screen the 1839 Amistad incident when a slave ship experiencing a rebellion was seized by the U.S. Navy and towed into an American port. Subsequently, a trial will commence with the Cuban slavers, the Spanish government, and U.S. naval officers all vying for custody of the ...
  
  











  



  
Soldier's Story
Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar

Sony Pictures, 1997

Classic Movie

+ Great Afro American Film
+ Great service
+ A Soldier's Story
+ Great Movie
  
  











  



  
Tap
Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr.

Etd, 1993

Tap

+ Enjoyed
+ Watch for the dancing, not the plot
+ Great Tribute
+ An uneven movie
  
  











  



  
Disappearing Acts
Sanaa Lathan, Wesley Snipes

Hbo Home Video, 2002

This is may favorite movie.

+ Sanaa
+ Such A Realistic Movie
+ Moral of the movie is what you settle for in the beginning.............
  
  











  



  
The Temptations
Charles Malik Whitfield, D.B. Woodside

Evergreen Ent, 1999

The Temptations

+ Great biography of one greatest R&B Group of the sixties
+ The Temptations ( T.V. Movie )
+ Great movie that took me back...
  
  











  



  
Down in the Delta
Al Freeman Jr., Esther Rolle

Miramax, 2002

Down in the Delta will Lift your Spirit

+ Great family movie
+ Down In The Delta
+ Excellent Movie
+ "Down in the Delta"
  
  











  



  
A Raisin in the Sun
Diana Sands, Louis Gossett Jr.

Columbia Pictures, 1997

An American Classic In Black And White

+ excellent!! a must have
+ "Raisin" doesn't wither with age!!
+ THE BEST VERSION
+ A Raisin in the Sun
  
  











  



  
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Cicely Tyson, Michael Murphy

Sony, 2003

All Aspiring Actors and Actresses must watch this film!

+ I'm a 16yo girl and I say the old lady is cool
+ We have to know of History...
+ Really great movie
  
  











  



  
Roots 6 Video Box Set
Maya Angelou, Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Warner Home Video, 1994

Highly recommend but I have a couple of suggestions

+ Best TV Miniseries Of All Time
+ A Really Great Story!
+ Roots review
+ Roots
  
  











  



  
Sounder
Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield

Paramount, 1998

Sounder

+ SOUNDER
+ Great classic
+ Wonderful Classic
+ a Classic
  
  











  



  
Glory
Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington

Sony Pictures, 1994

"DEEP HISTORY" !!!

+ top ten all time list
+ glory
+ Ordering dvds online through amazon
+ GLORY,ABOVE THE REST.
  
  











  



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