D'Urville Martin
Nacimiento : 1939-02-11, New York City, New York
Muerte : 1984-05-28
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D'Urville Martin (February 11, 1939 – May 28, 1984) was an American actor and director in both film and television. He appeared with regularity in numerous 1970s movies in the blaxploitation genre of films. Born in New York City, D'urville began his career in the mid 1960s, soon becoming a prominent recurring figure in the genre. Martin acted in several movies of the time, including Black Like Me and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Among his partners was the famous blaxploitation actor Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, playing his partner Toby in the Black Charley. Martin also directed films in his career, including Dolemite, starring Rudy Ray Moore. His career ended in 1984 with a heart attack at age 45 likely caused by his hard-partying lifestyle.
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Self
Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies.
Easy
A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are looking for him. A ruthless hit man, played by Bruce Glover, will stop at nothing to get what his boss wants; the money!
Willie Black
Five friends get together and decide to plan an operation to rob a bank. The main difference between this and other bank-robbing gangs, however, is that all five men are blind.
Director
Fass Black, an accomplished black man in Los Angeles, is bullied to play another record labels music at his disco club, but continually refuses because it ain't groovy enough.
Amos
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
Director
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
Willie Green
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
Pilot
La detective Sheba Shayne (Pam Grier) vuelve a su Kentucky natal para ayudar a su padre a luchar contra unos mafiosos que lo extorsionan para apoderarse de su negocio.
Reverend Rufus
En el peligroso barrio de Harlem se dan cita numerosas bandas, delincuencia, drogas,... Todo ello forma parte del paisaje urbanístico de una de las zonas más peligrosas de los Estados Unidos. Allí, uno de los jefes de la mafia acaba de ser tiroteado, al parecer, por unos policías corruptos a las órdenes de la eterna banda rival. Una vez recuperado, las cosas no van a quedar así. La venganza no se hará esperar. (FILMAFFINITY)
Booker T.
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
Toby
After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy.
Billy Bowlegs
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
Rev. Rufus
En 1965 y después de haber pasado unos años en la cárcel, Tommy Gibbs, un muchacho de Harlem, vuelve a su barrio dispuesto a montar su propio negocio y a resarcirse de todas las vejaciones de las que ha sido objeto por parte de los blancos. Pronto entrará a formar parte de las mafias y controlará durante años el barrio negro.
Sonny
Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
Associate Producer
Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.
Billy Joe Ashley
Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.
Toby
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
Bus Driver
Jeff Gerber, a racist insurance agent and fitness freak, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight. As Jeff tries to come to terms with this unexplained phenomenon that has befallen him, he soon becomes the victim himself, when all of his friends and neighbors suddenly shun and harass him.
Luke Harper
A young farmer becomes a singer against the wishes of his uncle.
Diego
Una joven pareja, Rosemary y Guy, se muda a un infame edificio de apartamentos de Nueva York, conocido por aterradoras leyendas y misteriosos sucesos, con el propósito de formar una familia.
Frankie
Una joven de familia acomodada lleva a casa a su novio, un médico negro con el que tiene la intención de casarse, para presentárselo a sus padres. A pesar de ser personas de ideas liberales, sus padres se sienten muy confundidos, especialmente el padre, que teme que un matrimonio semejante no traiga más que problemas a su hija.
Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.
