BLACK HISTORY MONTH A focus on historical events and figures through video, audiobook, and music.
Starring: Jennifer Nettles, Joe Alwyn, Cynthia Erivo Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. PG13 125 min. (2019) Drama
Available January 28
DVD 12590179 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12590180 $26.24
Soundtrack Terence Blanchard
Backlot Music Five-time Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Terence Blanchard has created a score for the film that depicts the life of Harriet Tubman. 12597808 $14.99
Harriet Tubman
They Called Her Moses UNK 55 min. (2018) Biographical DVD 12257033 $14.99
An Apple for Harriet Tubman UNK 12 min. (2006) Children’s DVD 10199227 $14.99
She Came to Slay Erica Armstrong Dunbar Simon & Schuster Audio Biography
WEEKLYhighlights AUDIOBOOK
4 Discs
12426481
$29.99
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH CHILDREN’S Duke Ellington… And More Stories to Celebrate... Starring: Forest Whitaker, Phylicia Rashad, Billy Dee Williams
Celebrate African-American history with this historic collection of stories including: Duke Ellington; Ellington Was Not a Street; Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa; and John Henry. UNK 70 min. Children’s DVD 10468437 $14.99
Granddaddy’s Turn
Includes Read-Along Subtitles Starring: JD Jackson
Based on the true story of one family’s struggle for voting rights in the South, this moving tale shines an emotional spotlight on a dark facet of US history. UNK 14 min. (2015) Children’s DVD 12243631 $14.99
Storybook Treasures
FICTION Liyana
Five children from Eswatini dive into their imaginations to create an original African tale about a girl on a dangerous quest. NR 77 min. (2018) Documentary DVD 12458562 $24.99
The Rosa Parks Story
Emmy Award Nominee Outstanding Actress Angela Bassett Starring: Cicely Tyson, Angela Bassett
Rosa Parks was raised in the Deep South at a time when it seemed that only white people were created equal. But even at an early age, she refused to believe that she was inferior to anyone. This is her story. NR 100 min. (2001) Drama DVD 10065778 $16.99
March On!
2010 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Video Award Gold Seal Starring: Michael Clarke Duncan, Lynn Whitfield, Jerry Dixon
This educational collection celebrates African-American history, including: March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World; Martin’s Big Words; Rosa; and Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad. UNK 69 min. Children’s DVD 10365823 $14.99
2016 Caldecott Honor Book, Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; ReadAlong Subtitles Starring: Janina Edwards
The story of Fannie Lou Hamer, who was a champion of civil rights, despite fierce prejudice and abuse, from the 1950s until her death in 1977. UNK 34 min. Children’s DVD 11584940 $11.24
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Marshall
Critics’ Choice Nomination
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first AfricanAmerican Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. PG13 119 min. (2017) $10M Drama DVD 11979342 $12.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11979343 $29.99 2 Discs
Southside with You
Starring: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Taylar Fondren Chronicles the summer afternoon in 1989 when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed the future First Lady, Michelle Robinson, on an epic first date across Chicago’s South Side. PG13 84 min. (2016) $6M Drama DVD 11704982 $12.99 BLU-RAY 11704983 $16.99
DOCUMENTARIES Back to Natural
John Lewis
The documentary outlines the ways in which race, identity, and hair are all related and offers a compassionate viewpoint on issues that affect African descendants. UNK 65 min. (2016) Documentary
Follow the courageous journey of John Lewis, a civil rights hero, congressional leader, and human rights champion whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. TVPG 60 min. (2017) Biographical DVD 11828737 $24.99
A Documentary Film
Available December 17 DVD
Voice of Freedom
VIDEOS
Get in the Way
12432961 $18.74
King in the Wilderness
The film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader’s character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful protest in the face of an increasingly unstable country. TV14 113 min. (2018) Documentary DVD 12268647 $19.99
When We Were Kings
Criterion Collection
In 1974, Leon Gast traveled to Africa to film Zaire 74, a music festival planned to accompany the Rumble in the Jungle, Muhammad Ali’s heavyweight championship fight against George Foreman. UNK 87 min. (1996) $3M Documentary DVD 12426352 $22.49 BLU-RAY 12426343 $29.99
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AUDIOBOOKS All Blood Runs Red Philip Keith, Tom Clavin
Becoming Michelle Obama
Harper Collins Publishers
NY Times Bestseller
Biography Richard Wright’s powerful and eloquent memoir of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South.
Random House, Inc.
Biography In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era.
Harper Collins Publishers
History The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance, and an American civil rights pioneer. AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs Replacements Available
Black Boy Richard N. Wright
12349801 $34.99
A Black Women’s History of the United States Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
12553831 $44.99 Replacements Available
12059088 $44.99
2020 Grammy Nominee for Best Spoken Word
Going Down Home with Daddy Kelly Starling Lyons
The Last Negroes at Harvard Kent Garrett, Jeanne Ellsworth
Children’s A young boy and his family take a trip down home to his grandparents’ house for a reunion in this rich and moving celebration of culture, ritual, and family history.
History The untold story of the Harvard class of ’63, whose black students fought to create their own identities on the cusp between integration and affirmative action.
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Beacon Press
History This empowering overview emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African-American women, showing how they are, and always have been, instrumental in shaping this country.
Available February 4 AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs
AUDIOBOOK 16 Discs Replacements Available
Available February 18 AUDIOBOOK 12 Discs
Available January 14 AUDIOBOOK 1 Disc
Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Available February 11 AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs
12570827 $11.99
Simultaneous Release
12581376 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
12571038 $39.99
MUSIC
Kendrick Lamar Damn
Diana Ross Diamond Diana
Beyonce Lemonade
Prince Purple Rain
2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner
The Legacy Collection
Aftermath • Rap/Hip-Hop Parental Advisory CD 11872066 $13.99
Motown Records; • R&B CD 12005457 $13.99
Columbia (Music) • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory CD 11629206 $14.99
Warner Bros. • R&B Deluxe Edition, 2 Discs CD 11882543 $17.99
Lionel Richie Hello from Las Vegas
Janet Jackson Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814
Nina Simone The Best of Nina Simone
Marvin Gaye Every Great Motown Hit
Capitol • R&B Deluxe Edition CD 12394562 $19.99
A&M Music • Pop/Rock CD 10134990 $13.99
Verve • Jazz CD 10163068 $11.99
Motown • Pop/Rock CD 10117304 $13.99
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WINNERS
The Farewell
The Mustang
Waves
PG 98 min. (2019) $18M Comedy DVD 12403031 $14.99 BLU-RAY 12403032 $18.74
R 96 min. (2019) $5M Drama DVD 12322588 $17.24 BLU-RAY 12322589 $26.24
R 135 min. (2019) Drama
Starring: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Gil Perez-Abraham
Best Actress (Awkwafina)
Starring: Connie Britton, Josh Stewart, Matthias Schoenaerts
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Starring: Taylor Russell, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alexa Demie
Coming Soon
DVD 12590171 BLU-RAY+DVD 12590172 2 Discs
Breakthrough Actor (Taylor Russell)
NOMINEES
SmartBrowse ‘2019 Gotham Award Nominees’ for a full collection. Clemency
Give Me Liberty
Hustlers
R 113 min. (2019) Drama
UNK 111 min. (2019) Comedy
R 111 min. (2019) $104M Comedy
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Wendell Pierce, Aldis Hodge
Coming Soon DVD BLU-RAY
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Starring: Lauren Spencer, Chris Galust, Maxim Stoyanov
Available January 14 DVD BLU-RAY
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Nominated for Best Actor (Aldis Hodge) & Best Actress (Alfre Woodard)
Nominated for Breakthrough Actor (Chris Galust)
The Lighthouse
Midnight Traveler
R 109 min. (2019) $10M Horror
UNK 90 min. (2019) Documentary
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson
Available January 7 DVD BLU-RAY
12514290 $14.99 12520061 $18.74
(Arabic)
Coming Soon DVD
12452986
Starring: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles
Available December 10
DVD 12452271 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12452272 $26.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12573585 $33.74 2 Discs
Nominated for Best Feature
Midsommar
Starring: Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor
R 147 min. (2019) $27M Horror DVD 12388846 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12388847 $29.99 2 Discs
Nominated for Best Actor (Willem Dafoe)
Nominated for Best Documentary
Nominated for Best Actress (Florence Pugh) and Best Screenplay
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
My Brilliant Friend
Uncut Gems
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher, Margherita Mazzucco, Gaia Girace
TVMA 464 min. (2018) Drama DVD 12296145 $37.49 2 Discs
R 135 min. (2019) Drama
R 121 min. (2019) $5M Drama DVD 12388848 $14.99 BLU-RAY 12388849 $18.74
Nominated for 3 awards, including Breakthrough Director (Joe Talbot), Best Screenplay, and Breakthrough Actor (Jonathan Majors)
Nominated for Breakthrough Series Actor – Long Format (Chris Galust)
Starring: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Danny Glover
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(Italian)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett
Coming Soon DVD BLU-RAY
12633487 12633486
Nominated for 3 awards, including Best Feature, Best Actor (Adam Sandler), and Breakthrough Actor (Julia Fox)
Winner of 6 awards including Artist of the Year and
Artist of the Decade Taylor Swift Lover
CD
Republic / Universal 12398004 $13.99
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Winner of 2 awards including New Artist of the Year
Khalid Free Spirit Winner of 3 awards including Favorite Album – Soul/R&B
Halsey Manic Winner of Favorite Song – Pop/Rock – Without Me
Camila Cabello Romance Winner of Collaboration of the Year - Señorita
Darkroom Productions LLC CD 12307484 $13.99
Capitol
Available January 17 Parental Advisory CD 12468739 $13.99 Edited Version CD 12468740 $13.99
Right Hand Music Group CD 12331572 $8.99
Syco Music/Epic
Available December 6 CD 12629277
$9.99
BTS BTS World Original Soundtrack Winner of 3 awards including Tour of the Year
Carrie Underwood Cry Pretty Winner of 2 awards including Favorite Album - Country
Dan + Shay Dan + Shay Winner of 2 awards including Favorite Duo or Group - Country
J. Balvin Vibras Winner of Favorite Artist - Latin
Bighit Entertainment CD 12396774 $24.99
Warner Music Nashville CD 12140170 $10.99
Capitol Nashville CD 12133038 $13.99
Universal Music Latino CD 12137884 $12.99
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video picks of the week 2019 Winner of 3 Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film of the Year.
First-rate videos sure to be in high demand.
$25 million box office
Countdown
Starring: Charlie McDermott, Anne Winters, Elizabeth Lail When a young nurse downloads an app that alleges to foresee a person’s time of death, it claims she has three days to stay alive. With time running out, and an eerie figure haunting her, she must find a way to survive. PG13 91 min. (2019) Horror
Available January 21
DVD 12520088 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12520089 $26.24 2 Discs
Featuring This is Us actor, Chris Sullivan. Adopt a Highway
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Elaine Hendrix, Chris Sullivan
Russ has just been released after serving years for marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize, he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the restaurant he works at. Unsure of what to do, he realizes this could be his chance at redemption. UNK 81 min. (2019) Drama
Available December 24 DVD BLU-RAY
$7 million box office
$10 million box office Roma
Criterion Collection (B&W)
(Spanish)
Starring: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina De Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey Alfonso Cuaron recreated the early 1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo, the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. R 135 min. (2018) Drama
Available February 11 DVD 12631811 $22.49 2 Discs BLU-RAY 12631810 $29.99
The Lighthouse
Jexi
Starring: Rose Byrne, Justin Hartley, Adam Devine
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson
A hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. R 109 min. (2019) Horror
Available January 7 DVD BLU-RAY
12564257 $22.49 12564258 $22.49
12514290 $14.99 12520061 $18.74
Phil has a major dependency issue, he’s addicted to his phone. He has no friends, he has a job writing pop culture ‘top ten’ lists, and his love life is non-existent. But his Facebook status is about to change. R 84 min. (2019) Comedy
Available January 14 DVD BLU-RAY
12520062 $14.99 12520063 $18.74
NEW to Midwest Tape!
The DVD collection is now Available!
Outdoor Fundamentals
Everything You Need to Know to Stay Safe
UNK 720 min. (2019) Educational DVD 12591748 $79.99 4 Discs
Great American Short Stories
A Guide for Writers and Readers
UNK 720 min. (2019) Educational DVD 12591744 $79.99 4 Discs
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Cooking Basics What Everyone Should Know
UNK 720 min. (2019) Educational DVD 12591742 $79.99 4 Discs
The Wonders of America’s State Parks
UNK 720 min. (2019) Educational DVD 12591743 $79.99 4 Discs
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Warriors, Queens and Intellectuals 36 Great Women before 1400
UNK 1080 min. (2019) Educational DVD 12591751 $114.99 6 Discs
NY Times Bestselling Authors After a failed marriage, Susannah is ready to take a chance on love again.
Donald Trump, Jr. exposes all the tricks that the left uses to smear conservatives. Triggered Donald Trump, Jr.
All the Befores Samantha Chase
NY Times Bestseller
NY Times Bestselling Author
Hachette Audio
Political Science
Dreamscape Media, LLC Romance
Available December 10 AUDIOBOOK 3 Discs
audiobook picks of the week
Available December 31 AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 12401993
12439535 $47.99
$34.99
Replacements Available
Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
...heartwarming... - Publishers Weekly
Clean Getaway Nic Stone NY Times Bestselling Author
Random House, Inc., Listening Library Children’s
Available January 7 AUDIOBOOK
Simultaneous Release
...an exciting fantasy series opener.
The latest from New York Times bestseller Ransom Riggs. The Conference of the Birds Ransom Riggs NY Times Bestselling Author
Random House, Inc., Listening Library
Available January 14 AUDIOBOOK 12
Discs 12403130 $49.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns.
- School Library Journal
Infinity Son Adam Silvera
Into the Fire Gregg Hurwitz
Harper Collins Publishers
Brilliance Audio, Inc.
NY Times Bestselling Author Young Adult
Available January 14 AUDIOBOOK 10 12456873
Discs $39.99
Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Book of Science and Antiquities Thomas Keneally
NY Times Bestselling Author Simon & Schuster Audio Historical
Available December 10 AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 12250071 $49.99
Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Young Adult 4 Discs 12403857 $29.99
An exploration of love and morality, taking place in both prehistoric and modern Australia.
NY Times Bestselling Author Suspense
Available January 28 AUDIOBOOK 10 12374234
Discs $37.99
Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Ellison examines the bonds of friendship and the lengths people go to protect secrets. Good Girls Lie J. T. Ellison NY Times Bestselling Author Harper Collins Publishers Suspense
Available December 30 AUDIOBOOK 10 Discs
12294880 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
A moving and unforgettable exploration of love, friendship, and faith. The Protective One Shelley Shepard Gray
NY Times Bestselling Author
Simon & Schuster Audio Romance
Available January 21 AUDIOBOOK 6
Discs 12623140 $34.99
Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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featured audiobook This dynamic and hip collective biography presents some of America’s greatest movers and shakers.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio
The Fierce 44
Black Americans Who Shook Up the World
The Staff of the Undefeated Dreamscape Media, LLC
In 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. French audio description available. R 161 min. (2019) $141M Comedy
BIOGRAPHY
Available January 21
AUDIOBOOK
3 Discs
12565063 $31.99
Chapter Two
Starring: Bill Skarsgard, Finn Wolfhard, Jessica Chastain Twenty-seven years after they defeated Pennywise, he has returned to terrorize the town of Derry once more. When kids start disappearing again, Mike, the only one who stayed in Derry, calls the others to come home. Each damaged by the experiences of the past, they must conquer their fears to destroy Pennywise once and for all. R 169 min. (2019) $211M Horror
Available December 10
DVD 12450136 $21.74 2 Discs BLU-RAY+DVD 12450137 $26.99 3 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12560458 $33.74 3 Discs
Available December 10
DVD 12403589 $23.24 BLU-RAY+DVD 12403590 $29.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12597742 $34.49 2 Discs
Stephen King
NY Times Bestseller
Simon & Schuster Audio Horror AUDIOBOOK 35 Discs 11499422 $129.99 Replacements Available
R 135 min. (2017) $327M Horror DVD 11966620 $12.99 2 Discs BLU-RAY 11966619 $16.99 4K+BLU-RAY 11966618 $35.99 2 Discs
Look inside for BLACK HISTORY MONTH Honor historical figures and modern legends this February with videos, audiobooks, and music.