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Brenda grew up with some incredible hardships. She had a prostitute for a mother and a pimp for a 'father.' Now, Brenda is a single mom struggling to raise her family in Chicago. When she receives a letter inviting her to attend her father's funeral in Georgia, she's not sure how to feel. Growing up, Brenda never knew the man and hadn't interacted with that part of her family. But when she loses her job, she decides that now's the time to shake things...
2) Dark girls
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Examines the cultural phenomenon of "colorism", the prejudice or discrimination based on the relative darkness or lightness of skin generally within one's own ethnic or racial group, specifically as it pertains to women and girls of color in America and other parts of the world.
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Girlfriends, Toni, Maya, Lynn, and Joan, are on the verge of losing a dream, losing their patience, and, for one friend, possibly losing her child. And only with laughter, strength, and friendship will they find a way to keep what's theirs and help each other by smiling through it all. The four struggle with the weighty issues of life, men, love, money, and more men.
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Join the friends as they struggle with the weighty issues of life, men, love, money, and more men. While they search for happiness in all its elusive forms, the friends rely upon each other for support, reality checks, advice, and laughter. Includes interviews and 21 smart and sexy episodes, plus behind-the-scenes special features.
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The Black woman & family: "Soledad O'Brien explores the varied experiences of black women and families and investigates the disturbing statistics of single parenthood, racial disparities between students and the devastating toll of HIV/AIDS. O'Brien reports on the progress of black women in the workplace and the status of the black middle class" -- Container.
The Black man: "CNN investigates the most critical issues and obstacles affecting African-American...
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Black Feminist is a feature length documentary film surrounding the double edged sword of racial and gender oppression that black women face in America. This documentary is told through interviews from scholars, lecturers, writers, business owners, veterans, comedians and authors. In addition to information interviews, this documentary is narrated by our storybook character LaToya Johnson, played by Nadirah Lugg.
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This first set of Broadway Theatre Archives Great Performances includes the superb 1966 television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize-winning modern tragedy, Death of a Salesman; Alice at the Palace, a "music hall" version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland; Uncommon Women and Others, Wendy Wasserstein's play about Mount Holyoke graduates at a reunion assessing whether they have achieved their goals; and For Colored Girls Who Have...
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