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Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
2) House party
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Kid, a typical teenager, has to deal with punks, an over-protective father, and beautiful best friends who want him to choose between them.
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The blockbuster seventh season starts off with a bang as Urkel's transformation chamber runs amok and creates the incredible shrinking Carl and Urkel. You'd think things might get easier after surviving giant fruit and monstrous house cats but then you wouldn't know Urkel. Quicker than a "Did he do that?" the Winslow clan and company are faced with accidental nude encounters, entomologist infatuations, IRS audits and more.
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For three young men growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the "hood" is a place of drive-by shootings, unemployment, drugs and pain. But their reactions to the world around them vary-- one is an unambitious drug dealer, his brother is a college-bound teenage father, and the brother's best friend is guided by a strong father who hopes for a better life for his son.
6) House party
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Aspiring club promoters and best buds Damon and Kevin are barely keeping things together. Out of money, down on their luck, and about to lose the roofs over their heads and freshly fired from their low-lift jobs as house cleaners the pair needs a huge windfall to make their problems go away. In a 'what the hell?' move, they decide to host the party of the year at an exclusive mansion, the site of their last cleaning job, which just happens to belong...
7) House party
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Damon and Kevin try to keep their club promoter dreams alive while their friendship and their connections support their plans to host the party of the year at LeBron James' mansion.
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Brianna Jackson is a sixteen-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift her family and do right by the legacy of her father a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose upon her. Based on the New York...
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Criterion collection volume 152
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Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in the decaying rural South must confront a tangle of difficult choices.
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Raj and Rerun are sharing an apartment this year, with more chances for wacky situations. Don't miss Rerun dreaming he's the Fonz, Raj's attempts to play it cool and impress an older woman, Dee's cheerleading tryout, Shirley's chance at true love, and Dwayne in drag as Susanne Somers. Along for the ride are Raj's college buddy Snake, cop Big Earl and his son Little Earl. Is there money hidden in the house? Will Shirley's cookies mean big bucks?...
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The entire first season of the television comedy "What's happening!" Roger, Rerun and Dwayne are three African American teenage buddies growing up in Los Angeles, who have a penchant for getting into mischief and trying to find ways to get rich quick. Almost always the trio's schemes wind up getting them into trouble and its up to Roger's mother to get them out of it.
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Premiering in 1972 on CBS, this classic animated series was created, produced, and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, focused on the lovable, oversized Albert and his friends. The show always had an educational lesson emphasized by Cosby's live-action segments, and the gang would usually gather in their North...
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Criterion collection volume 152
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Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in rural North Carolina are forced to confront a tangle of difficult choices as they discover what it takes to make a modern American hero.
19) Resolved
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Two inner-city seniors defy convention by emphasizing relevance and personal experience over their opponents' strategy of merely reciting the facts, in their quest to win the National Tournament of Champions. Former debaters Jane Pauley, Karl Rove and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito provide insightful commentary.
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In this high energy, smash hit musical, black gay teen Brad is taken in by the ragtag members of the struggling House of Eminence (led by aging ball-legend and house mother Queer Latina). Featuring music by Beyonce music director Kim Burse, and choreography by Beyonce dance master, Fran Gaston Jr., this exuberant musical directed by Sheldon Larry was inspired by Paris is Burning, and is an uplifting ode to the wild, funky and heart-aching life of...
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