Henry Fonda for President Using newsreel footage from the U.S., war footage from Europe, and some re-enactments with Virgil Richardson, co-founder of the American Negro Theatre and a World War II Tukeege airman, director Leo Hurwitz argues that the Allies’ triumph in the war constituted a “strange victory,” considering that the battle against discriminatory governments represented no advancement in our own social landscape.
Henry Fonda for President This adaptation of the successful Broadway play features Henry Fonda repeating his role as the title character, an officer on a backwater Navy cargo ship in the waning days of World War II.
On the Backbeat: Black Music Documentaries Back-up singers are not only overshadowed, but often overlooked, in the creation of some of pop’s greatest music, despite often having better voices than the artists they’re backing. This documentary focuses on four women - one who has finally broken through (Darlene Love), two who have never been given their due (Merry Clayton and Lisa Fischer), and one who is still striving to make her mark in music (Judith Hill).
Recent Acquisitions | To Collect and Project Queen Elizabeth I’s rise to power and early rule in a fractured England is dramatized in this lush production. Loyalty is split along religious lines when Catholic Queen Mary I dies in 1558, leaving her half-sister, Protestant Elizabeth, as the heir to the throne.
Make Mine Musicals A parade of MGM stars march across the screen in this musical, with Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson as the leading the charge.
Henry Fonda for President Henry Fonda stars in this classic courtroom drama that takes place almost entirely within the sweltering jury room on the hottest day of the year.
On the Backbeat: Black Music Documentaries In the summer of 1969 - the year man went to the moon and rock fans were descending on Woodstock - nightclub singer Tony Lawrence, with backing from the city, put on the third and final Harlem Cultural Festival, a series of six concerts from June to August that would bring the borough together and promote Black pride.
