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Discovering William Greaves

Discovering William Greaves

Discovering William Greaves
IMDb: 6.3
61

A documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair Bourne, and film scholar Scott MacDonald. Released within…

Genre: Documentary
And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead

And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead

And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead
IMDb: 6.6
90

A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman and his insistence that poetry is fundamental to humanity’s moral survival.

Genre: Documentary
Betty and Coretta

Betty and Coretta

Betty and Coretta
IMDb: 6.2
90

The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

Genre: Uncategorized
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip
TMDb: 7.76
N/A

Salvatore “Sal” Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin’ Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria’s Wall of Fame exhibits only…

Status: Released
Genre: Uncategorized
Video Girl

Video Girl

Video Girl
IMDb: 5.1
95

Lorie Walker is a small town girl whose big dreams of becoming a dancer come true when she becomes a star in the Hip-Hop video world. But she soon learns…

Genre: Uncategorized
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
IMDb: 5.8
56

For a seventy-year period, when America cared little about the education of African-Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia. An incubator for black…

America

America

America
IMDb: 6.2
90

In “America,” Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to…

Genre: Uncategorized
All About Us

All About Us

All About Us
IMDb: 4.6
90

Two Hollywood filmmakers attempt to find Morgan Freeman in Mississippi and convince him to star in their next movie. When life gets in their way they soon discover what matters…

Genre: Uncategorized
A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words
IMDb: 5.9
91

Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own…

Genre: Comedy
No. 2

No. 2

No. 2
IMDb: 6.5
94

A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria’s family. There are no parties — they…

Genre: Comedy
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
IMDb: 8.7
88

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it won the Documentary Award at…

Genre: Documentary
A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish
IMDb: 5.3
86

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her “simple wish” – that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would…

Baby Geniuses

Baby Geniuses

Baby Geniuses
IMDb: 2.6
97

BabyCo is the world’s leading manufacturer in baby products. However, what the public doesn’t know, is that Drs Kinder and Heep, two of its most brilliant scientists, are tirelessly working…

Just Cause

Just Cause

Just Cause
IMDb: 6.4
102

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a…

Genre: Mystery
Cop and ½

Cop and ½

Cop and ½
IMDb: 4.2
93

When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is…

Genre: Comedy, Family
Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment
IMDb: 7.4
80

From Amos ‘n’ Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows…

Genre: Documentary
Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever
IMDb: 6.6
132

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He’s quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship…

Genre: Uncategorized
Love at Large

Love at Large

Love at Large
IMDb: 5.7
97

Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Decoration Day

Decoration Day

Decoration Day
IMDb: 7.2
100

A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend…

Genre: TV Movie
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing
IMDb: 8
120

Salvatore “Sal” Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin’ Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria’s Wall of Fame exhibits only…

Genre: Uncategorized
Cat People

Cat People

Cat People
IMDb: 6.2
118

After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo…

Genre: Horror
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
IMDb: 7.1
96

Based on writer Maya Angelou’s eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were…

Genre: TV Movie
Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher
IMDb: 6.6
102

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

Genre: Comedy, Western
Black Girl

Black Girl

Black Girl
IMDb: 6.8
97

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother’s love for a foster daughter.

Genre: Uncategorized
Uptight

Uptight

Uptight
IMDb: 7.3
104

Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

Genre: Uncategorized
The Incident

The Incident

The Incident
IMDb: 7.6
99

Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.

Genre: Crime
The Balcony

The Balcony

The Balcony
IMDb: 6
84

The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun
IMDb: 8
128

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man….

Genre: Uncategorized
St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues
IMDb: 7.1
105

Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can’t…

Genre: History
Edge of the City

Edge of the City

Edge of the City
IMDb: 7.2
85

An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.

Genre: Uncategorized
The Tall Target

The Tall Target

The Tall Target
IMDb: 7.2
78

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

Genre: History, Mystery