Ruby Dee

A retelling of a traditional Liberian tale in which King Leopard invites all the animals to a spear-throwing contest whose winner will marry his daughter and succeed him as king.

Contains the text of the famous Broadway drama that later became a film and then a prize-winning musical. Plates feature the cast of the 1959 production (Ruby Dee, Glynn Turman, Sidney Poitier, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett, John Fiedler, and others).

New York attorney Spencer Krane arrives in rural Florida to check on his grandmother, who has suffered a stroke. What begins as a brief visit becomes more of a journey of consequence. It is his time spent with his grandmother and her best friend that makes him realize he must come to terms with his past.

The marzipan pig: a marzipan pig, lost behind a sofa and eaten by a mouse, starts a chain of events involving the feelings of the mouse, a grandfather clock, an owl, a bee, a flower, and another mouse who in her turn discovers another marzipan pig to eat. Jazztime tale: set in 1919 Harlem, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter, and the music of a young Fats Waller.

An ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife and a Bible-thumping con artist. Attacked by racist bounty hunters, Buck and his followers must summon courage in order to help settle the wild west.

Millions perish, and as small, isolated frightened bands unite, the answers to their perpetual questions to justify this end of civilization are bared in their dreams--revelations that urge some to embrace a path of virtue and others one of darkness. As the opposing forces separate into two camps, the noble elements try to shield themselves from their corrupt enemy.

A young woman is victim of a heritage that transforms her into a deadly panther when she makes love.

America is a biracial boy with a troubled past and what seems to be a very uncertain future. While staying at a treatment center he must learn through the help of his therapist and another patient to confront his past demons in order to begin a new life for himself. Includes a featurette.

Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money.

The execution of Raymond Graham -- It's 9:00 p.m. In only two hours, the life of convicted killer Raymond Graham (Jeff Fahey, Wyatt Earp) will end by lethal injection in the prison's deathchamber. With chilling realism, this drama probes the inner life of a troubled murderer, as his apathy turns into terror as the final moments of his life slip by. Taking back our town -- A mother of three and an elderly woman join forces to fight a ruthless corporation...