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• Mudbound

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  Director Dee Rees’ award-winning Netflix release has released for the first time on DVD through Criterion. Extras include documentaries filmed with the crew, cast and director.

• Nanny

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  Criterion released Director Nikyatu Jusu’s debut feature film on DVD in conjunction with Amazon Prime. It tells the story of Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant, who works as a nanny slowly consumed by visions and rage due to exploitation by the family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eyimofe (this Is My Desire)

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  Twin brothers and co-directors Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri won Best Director at the 2021 African Movie Academy Awards for this feature film following two distantly connected strangers.

• Farewell Amor

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  Director Ekwa Msangi’s 2020 film “Farewell Amor” was among the National Board of Review’s Top Ten Independent Films in 2021.

• The Learning Tree

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  One of the original films selected by the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation on the National Film Registry, “The Learning Tree” was Gordon Park’s first film. It was also the first Hollywood studio film to be directed by a Black American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deep Cover

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  Director Bill Duke’s long filmography includes many recognizable hits. Criterion selected this 1992 film starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum for addition to their collection in 2021.

• One Night in Miami...

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  Regina King’s 2020 film imagines a meeting between the iconic men Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Muhammad Ali and Jim Brown. A year after its’ release on Amazon Prime, Criterion released the physical DVD. This release also includes new conversations with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Sleep With Anger

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  Director Charles Burnett won the 1991 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for this 1990 film starring Danny Glover. Among the extras is ‘A Walk with Charles Burnett’ where the director revisits filming locations while holding a discussion…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Do the Right Thing

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  Spike Lee’s work has been published as part of the Criterion Collection multiple times. His earliest work to be released is “Do the Right Thing,” whose extra features include a documentary about the making of the film, Public Enemy’s “Fight the…Read moreRead more of this annotation