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Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip hop dominating the world's charts.
It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts.
Together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged white hegemony, helped break down segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality.
This new six-part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway, Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of soul music - with a fascinating combination of rare archive footage and over 100 contemporary interviews.
The movers and shakers from the world of soul – such as James Brown, Mary J Blige, Beyoncé and Martha Reeves, - plus some often overlooked talent, track the music that shaped our lives.
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Black Jack Special: The 4 Miracles of Life
OVA series produced to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Yomiuri TV and the 30th anniversary of Black Jack's creation. Four chapters from the original manga are adapted.
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Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.
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Mr. Maric in Bali: Super Magic vs. Black Magic
Parapsychologist and magician Mr Maric visits Bali and exorcises a demon from a young girl.
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She Has a Broom, He Has a Black Hat
A Baba Yaga's grand-daughter gets into the argument with the young son of Kashchey and decides to leave the magic forest.
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When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black
"Pag-puti ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak" is a pulsating love story that recaptures the nostalgic fifties, the exciting era of mass hysteria, and the golden years of the rock and roll fever inflicted by screaming, wiggling hip-shaking foreign pop idols dominated by Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Pat Boone, Doris Day and the Platters. It is more than a love story. It is also a commentary - a satire rich with humor injected into a moral, psychological, sociological, and cultural aspect, outlook, and values of the said bygone era. It is a poignant rich-girl-meets poor boy love story of Julie Monserat and Candido Ventura - two love-struck starry eyed youths who fought for their right to love each other, here is a story that touches social conflict - the perennial clashes and discrimination between the rich and the poor.
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Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was brutally murdered with a harpoon. As usual, the Young Lord sets out to solve the case. However, most of the islanders have a grudge against Amimoto, and there are so many suspects that he is at his wits' end this time. Set against the beautiful sea of Izu and the majestic Mt. Mihara, the Young Lord's brilliant deductions and his secret sword Ichimonjo-Kakureshi cut through the mystery!
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The Hanged Man's Ghost vs. The Black Whip
Masked rider leads a posse to defend their town from crimes related to appearances of a hanged man come back from the grave.
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Bad Azz Muthaz: Way of the Black Dragon
n this classic martial arts action film -- part of the Bad Azz Muthaz collection -- the Black Dragon (played by legendary kung fu master Ron Van Clief) and Carter Huang (Carter Wong) hire themselves out as martial arts "problem solvers," working for money but retaining their own code of honor. Hired to investigate an Asian drug and slavery ring, they soon find themselves pulled into a fierce battle with the worst kind of villains.
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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
The 400-year-old story of the black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft, and church pews.
