Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment is to proffering ...

Manufacturer: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu
Directed By: James Clavell

Starring Academy Award(R)-winner Denzel Washington (Best Actor, TRAINING DAY, 2001) and multi-talented Whitney Houston (WAITING TO EXHALE), here's a delightful romantic comedy to send spirits soaring! Washington plays a charming angel named Dudley who's sent to earth to help a young minister (Courtney B. Vance -- DANGEROUS MINDS) and his beautiful wife (Houston) revive their marriage! But things ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis
Directed By: Penny Marshall

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Faizon Love, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Wayne Collins Jr., Jonell Green, Marques Houston
Directed By: Bruce W. Smith

The story, sound, and soul of a nation come together in the most American of art forms: Jazz. Ken Burns, who riveted the nation with The Civil War and Baseball, celebrates the music's soaring achievements, from its origins in blues and ragtime through swing, bebop, and fusion. Six years in the making, this "soundbreaking" series blends 75 interviews, more than 500 pieces of music, ...

Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video
Starring: Charles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden, Edward R. Murrow, Richard Nixon, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

This animated time-travel adventure features a stellar cast and is a delight for kids and adults alike. When Matt, a black teenager, has to go on a class field trip to the museum of Martin Luther King Jr., he thinks that he'd rather play baseball. But the trip turns into an exciting adventure when he and his best friend, Randy, who's white, are sent back in time to meet Dr. King. The story is ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Edward Asner, Angela Bassett, Lucas Black, Theodore Borders, LeVar Burton
Directed By: Rob Smiley, Vincenzo Trippetti

Hailed as a documentary masterpiece without parallel, Ken Burns' filmed chronicle of America's most terrible and destructive conflict will hold you in thrall as it portrays the strategies and action of the war's famous battles, and tells the stories of illustrious generals and ordinary field soldiers, politicians and rogues, heroes and a beleaguered President. Winner of two Emmy Awards, the ...

Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video
Starring: David McCullough

From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from this most shameful chapter in U.S. history to the 20th-century author Alex Haley, a Kinte descendant. The late Haley's acclaimed book Roots was adapted into this ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: LeVar Burton, Tina Andrews, Grand L. Bush, Henry Butts, Brooks Clift
Directed By: David Greene, Gilbert Moses, John Erman, Marvin J. Chomsky

Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Starring: Claudia McNeil, Janet MacLachlan, Robert Christian, Larry B. Scott, Roy Poole
Directed By: Jack Smight

One of America's most popular comedians, Bill Cosby treats his fans to a funny, satirical and heart-warming concert at Toronto's Hamilton Place Performing Arts Center. His material ranges from marriage and the unending trials of parenthood, to the side-splitting antics of the very young, and a hilarious encounter with a dentist's drill and needle. Insightful and witty, this highly entertaining ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Bill Cosby
Directed By: Bill Cosby

The curiosity of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown is Robert Forster's worldly wise bail bondsman Max Cherry, the most alive character in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch. The Academy Awards saw it the same way, giving Forster the film's only nomination. The film is more "rum" than "punch" and will certainly disappoint those who are looking for Tarantino's trademark ...

Manufacturer: Miramax Films
Starring: Tangie Ambrose, Michael Bowen, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Robert Forster