The Independents

These are the films that have been the lifeblood, the validating factor to remind Africans that the culture is real and that diversity is more than the latest buzzword. Independent films present an authentic view and reflection of Africans in America and throughout the diaspora. Discussions after viewing remind Africans who we are with reassurance that we will survive.

AMERICA'S DREAM - Three shorts based on short stories; "Long Black Song", by Richard Wright, "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black", by Dr. John Henrik Clarke and "The Reunion", by Maya Angelou. Danny Glover, Wesley Snipes and Lorraine Toussaint appear in these classic literary adaptations. 86min. $19.95

BROTHER MINISTER - Explores the conspiracy surrounding the death of Malcolm X, probing the innocence of two of the convicted assassins and exposing other aspects of the conspiracy. 115min $24.95

CHAMELEON STREET - One of the best and funniest films, based on a true story of Douglass Street, who impersonates different roles in real life, such as an attorney, a doctor, a French student who can't speak French; as his way of coping with being a Black man in America. 75min. $19.98

COSMIC SLOP - This unique Hudlin Brothers production contains 3 short films with relevant and provocative themes on racism, faith and the Church, domestic violence and the centerpiece "Space Traders", a Derrick Bell penned story; "what if" some alien power wanted all the Black folks in exchange for money? 86min. $19.98

DROP SQUAD - Popular Eriq LaSalle, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Ving Rhames star in this insightful piece on an organization that kidnaps "sell-outs" who exploit or deny their cultural heritage and attempts to reprogram them. 88min. $19.98

GET ON THE BUS - Spike Lee returns to independent filmmaking with this fictional following of a group of men heading to the Million Man March. Simple with an excellent ensemble cast including Ossie Davis. 90min. $19.95

THE GIFTED - Sci-fi thriller about a Southern family possessing a supernatural gift from their Dogan ancestors who must fight an evil alien entity from the star Sirius. Stars Dick Anthony Williams, directed by Audrey King Lewis. 101 min. $19.98

ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN WE WERE COLORED - With Al Freeman, Jr, Tim Reid directs this coming of age story in the segregated south, based on an autobiographical book by Clifton Taulbert. 113min. $19.98

PIANO LESSONS - Directed by Lloyd Richards, this August Wilson play captures a family's conflict over a magnificent carved piano which documents the family's history. Charles Dutton and Alfre Woodard star. 99min. $19.98

**NO LONGER AVAILABLE**THE SECOND COMING - Out of Distribution - Directed by and starring Blair Underwood with Rosalind Cash, this dramatic short interprets Christ returning to earth as a person of color. Underwood in an epilogue discusses the film. 82min. $29.95

SLAM - Street poet uses spoken work to communicate frustrations and find a path to redemption. Grand prize winner at 1998 Sundance film festival. 103min. New $19.95)

TO SLEEP WITH ANGER - Charles Burnett, in rich detail tells the story of an ordinary family visited by a sly childhood friend who disrupts and unbalances everyone's life. Great cast includes Danny Glover, Mary Alice and Sheryl Lee Ralph. 102min. $19.98

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