Janelle Monae
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
2) Moonlight
Publisher
A24 / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Author
Formats
Description
In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums, exploring how different threads of liberation-queerness, race, gender plurality, and love-become tangled with future possibilities of memory and time in such a totalitarian landscape…and what the costs might...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Get ready to move your feet! Elmo, Abby, and the rest of the team are getting together for a party! And it's not any old party; it's a dance party! Join in the fun as Zoe choreographs a ballet, Nina teaches dances from all around the world, Elmo records a music video, and more!
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This intimate documentary portrait follows the popular indie rock group Of Montreal, the brainchild of singer/guitarist Kevin Barnes, who is known for his unique vision and proclivity for producing boundary-pushing music. Documenting the band's life on the road, from festivals (Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza), the tour bus, backstage, to in the studio, nowhere is off limits in this exciting musical journey from director Jason Miller. *"Jason Miller's fantastic...
9) Dance Party!
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Series
Description
Get ready to move your feet with Sesame Street! Elmo, Abby, and the rest of the Sesame Street team are getting together for a party and you're invited! And it's not any old party, it's a Dance Party! Join in the fun as Zoe choreographs a ballet, Nina teaches dances from all around the world, Elmo records a music video, and more! Guest appearances by Jason Derulo, Janelle Monae, and Ne-Yo.
Author
Description
Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes's pursuit to make transcendent music at all costs drives him to value art over human relationships. As he struggles with all of those around him, family and bandmates alike, he's forced to reconsider the future of the band, which raises the question, is this really worth it?
13) Dirty Computer
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A visually stunning story of a young woman named Jane 57821 (Janelle Monáe), who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as “computers.” Acclaimed actress Tessa Thompson co-stars. A timely and poignant Emotion Picture, Dirty Computer explores humanity and what truly happens to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when mind and machines merge, and when the government chooses fear over freedom.