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Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and community organizers are getting tough with their questions about peace -- and that's no oxymoron. To shed light on the answers, filmmakers Gabriele Zamparini and Lorenzo Meccoli record a variety of speakers, including Noam Chomsky, Desmond Tutu, Scott Ritter, Pete Seeger, Howard Zinn and Gore Vidal.
Himself
Ossie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others share their inspiring stories of success in the first installment of this series about African-American history makers, including civil rights leaders, actors and authors. A good education, dedication to work, dogged determination and the courage to take risks figure prominently in these remarkable success stories told by notable African Americans.
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An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.
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A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."
Judge Buchanan
Un heterosexual y 18 lesbianas. La tarifa de él es de 10.000 dólares. Un experto en biotecnología, licenciado por la universidad de Harvard, es despedido de su trabajo tras desvelar los métodos corruptos de sus superiores. Su siguiente ocupación será dejar embarazadas a lesbianas adineradas.
Lorenzo DuFau
The true story of the only African-American crew to take a Navy warship into combat in World War II.
Granddad
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
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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 the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival in 2003.
Himself
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual execution of 55 rebels and the retribution lynching of more than 200 innocent slaves. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property examines how the story of Turner’s revolt has been interpreted throughout history and how it continues to raise new questions about the nature of terrorism and other forms of violent resistance to oppression. The film adopts an innovative structure by interspersing documentary footage and interviews with dramatizations of these different versions of Turner’s story. A unique collaboration between MacArthur Genius Award feature director Charles Burnett, acclaimed historian of slavery Kenneth S. Greenberg and Academy Award-nominated documentary producer Frank Christopher, Nat Turner is a compelling look at one of history’s most mysterious figures.
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings persistently trampled by the white power structure, in general, and the local branch of the KKK. The story follows the formation of local black men, particularly ex-war veterans who after the struggles become too overbearing organizes the group, "Deacons for defense", an all-black defense group dedicated to patrolling the black section of town and protecting its residents from the more violent aspects of "white backlash."
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Panel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun."
John F. "Jack" Kennedy
Elvis Presley vive y reside en una vieja residencia al este de Texas. Años antes de su "muerte", Elvis cambió su identidad por un Elvis desconocido, pero perdió la oportunidad de dar marcha atrás al cambio. Elvis forma equipo con Jack, un compañero de la residencia que dice ser el presidente John F. Kennedy, y los dos valientes héroes lucharán contra una maligna entidad egipcia.
Jean-Jacques
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.
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From the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning PBS series NEIGHBORHOODS: THE HIDDEN CITIES OF SAN FRANCISCO comes the remarkable story of San Francisco's Fillmore District. Remembered today mainly for its rock & roll auditorium, the Fillmore District is one of the great cautionary tales of American urban life. From the wholesale removal of Japanese Americans during World War II, to the jazz heyday of the 1950s, to the bulldozers of urban renewal, the Fillmore District has seen its share of drama.
Julius (voice)
The night a mysterious stranger rode into the lonely prairie town of West Sage, no one realized their lives would never be the same.
Yar (voice)
Prehistoria, hace 65 millones de años, al final del periodo cretáceo. Un iguanodonte de tres toneladas llamado Aladar se cría separado de los de su especie y crece en una isla paradisiaca al amparo de un clan de lémures. Cuando una devastadora lluvia de meteoritos provoca el caos en su pacífico mundo, Aladar pone rumbo a tierra firme y se une a un grupo de dinosaurios que buscan desesperadamente un lugar donde anidar en paz. Pero el agua y la comida empiezan a escasear, y los carnotaurios, sedientos de sangre fresca, representan un peligro constante. Es entonces cuando Aladar se ve obligado a desafiar el "orden establecido" y demuestra que saber adaptarse a cualquier situación es la mejor manera de sobrevivir.
Buck McHenry
When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
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A documentary look at the confluence of the Red scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans.
For the millennium New Year, Steven Spielberg agreed to create a 21 minute montage, supported by powerful narrations. It was a one-time performance. It tracks the good and the bad of our United States as it traveled through the ending century and millennium.
The Caretaker
Enchanting holiday tale of a young runaway who has broken into an old movie palace, looking for shelter on a snow-filled Christmas Eve. Closed for decades, the building is filled with countless discarded artifacts from the past. The girl is discovered by the old caretaker, who uses the ghosts and spirits that inhabit this long-abandoned world to turn her life around.
Mordecai
Zachariah, makes a few mistakes and it is decided that he is to live as a human being for thirty days. Mordecai is his supervisor. Rebecca's husband died and Zachariah the soul collector, or, the angel of the death helped him to make the transition between heaven and earth. There are some complications with Rebecca's farm and Zachariah helps her out.
Too Tall
A young girl stuck in a horrific cycle of familial violence finds the power to build her own future from the place she least suspected in an inspiring tale of friendship and devotion starring Ossie Davis and Della Reese, and directed by Bruce Pittman. For years Jo Ann Foley (Madeline Zima) has suffered under the cruel hand of her ruthless grandfather. A chance meeting with kindly neighbors Honey (Reese) and her husband Too Tall (Davis) finds things looking up, however, as the nurturing couple provides Jo Ann with the support needed to break free of her grandfather's tyrannical grip. As the future lies before her ready to be molded however she sees fit, Jo Ann must now find the courage to let go of the past and seek the redemption needed to start life anew.
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic champion of the rights of the poor working man, the disfranchised and people of color. He led a life in the vanguard of many movements, achieved international acclaim for his music and suffered tremendous personal sacrifice. His story is one of the great dramas of the 20th century, spanning an international canvas of social upheaval and ideological controversy.
Alexander Billman
John and Ellen have a picture-perfect life: while John runs a successful business, Ellen works as a schoolteacher, and they've raised two beautiful children. But that picture is shattered when Ellen is diagnosed with a devastating disease. The couple's relationship faces its hardest test yet, and before long, John's business starts to suffer and his eye begins to wander after he finds a lovely new jogging partner.
Archer Dolittle
Un cirujano que posee la facultad de entender el lenguaje de los animales intentará solucionar sus problemas personales y los de los más diversos animales que acuden a su consulta.
Juror 2
Tras escuchar todos los testimonios y valorar las pruebas presentadas en un juicio, un jurado popular compuesto por doce hombres debe decidir, por unanimidad, si absolver o condenar a un joven acusado de haber matado a su padre. Al principio, once se muestran absolutamente convencidos de su culpabilidad y se inclinan por la condena, pero el que discrepa empieza a plantear dudas razonables que, poco a poco, van resquebrajando la inicial seguridad de los demás. Versión televisiva del clásico de 1957 de Sidney Lumet. (FILMAFFINITY)
Self - Actor and Playwright
Aclamado primer documental de Spike Lee en donde cuenta los detalles sobre la bomba que, en 1963, se puso en una iglesia de Birminghan que mató a cuatro pequeñas colegialas.
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Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers celebrates the ground-breaking career of the first-ever African-American to join the major leagues, talented athlete Jackie Robinson. The video commemorates the 50th anniversary of Robinson's first major league game day. A tender tribute to the baseball legend, the program combines interviews with Robinson's family and friends, classic sports footage, newsreel clips, and black-and-white photographs from Robinson's life and stellar career.
Mr. Evers
La historia real de los Experimentos de Sífilis de Tuskeegee de 1932 del Gobierno de los EE. UU., En los que se permitió que muriera un grupo de sujetos de prueba negros, a pesar de haberse desarrollado una cura.
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A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.
Midge Carter
Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) y Midge Carter (Ossie Davis) son dos ancianos de ochenta años que comparten sus días sentados en un banco de Central Park, en Nueva York, sorteando juntos los avatares diarios que les amenazan: drogadictos, jóvenes imprudentes, vagabundos, el retiro forzado y el temor de ser enviados a una residencia para la Tercera Edad. Herb Gardner adapta su propia obra de teatro ganadora del premio Tony.
Jeremiah
La manifestación a la que se refiere el título fue una concentración histórica que reunió a cientos de miles de afroamericanos en la capital estadounidense, con el objetivo de reivindicar los derechos de la minoría negra. En 1995, el reverendo Farrakhan convocó a un millón de negros en Washington D.C. para celebrar una marcha. Un grupo de ellos de Los Ángeles organiza un viaje en autobús para unirse a esta marcha. Durante el largo trayecto se pondrán de manifiesto sus sentimientos, ideologías, pretensiones, etc....
Dr. Winston
Karen Garrett, a promising young doctor, is assigned to perform a difficult operation on Teach, an advanced android who has never "blanked" (had his memory erased.) She soon realizes that Teach is much more than an assignment, and is drawn to his desire for a very human life. When Karen takes Teach into the outside world, they soon discover that there is something far more mysterious and dangerous than a medical experiment planned for them.
Uncle Phil
Ray investigates the murder of a judge.
Harry Roosevelt
Mark Sway es un niño de once años que, tras haber sido testigo del suicidio de un abogado de la mafia, ha quedado traumatizado, porque sabe que si revela lo que ha visto su vida se verá gravemente amenazada. Mientras un ambicioso fiscal federal no deja de presionarlo para que diga la verdad, su única aliada es una valiente abogada que arriesgará su carrera e incluso su vida con tal de salvarlo.
Uncle Phil
Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.
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Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, through his rise in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, to his 1965 assassination.
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Join tennis greats John McEnroe and Billie Jean King and world leader Nelson Mandela as they pay homage to the life and work of Arthur Ashe, the sports legend who transcended his athletic gifts and grew to become one of the most inspirational celebrities to lend their name in the fight against racism and the race to find a cure for AIDS. Ashe developed the incurable illness after contracting HIV through blood transfusions.
Chuck
Son gruñones y viejos, llevan 56 años enfadados. Y odiarse mutuamente se ha convertido en su mayor placer. Idear nuevas maneras de ridiculizarse o ponerse en apuros es la clave de su relación y la salsa de sus vidas. Ni siquiera sus propios hijos conocen la razón. Ahora, van a tener un nuevo aliciente y un motivo de disputa: una atractiva viuda.
Detective in Squad Room
Comedia de acción para toda la familia protagonizada por Burt Reynolds como el cínico detective Nick McKenna, un policía que siempre trabaja solo hasta que un niño de ocho años, que es el único testigo de un crimen, pide llegar a un trato: ser policía por un día. Nick accede a regañadientes, y la aventura va a ser mucho mayor de lo que Devon había imaginado cuando trata de demostrar que puede resolver el crimen por sí mismo...
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Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst racially-motivated massacres in the nation’s history, the neighborhood rose from the ashes, and by 1936 boasted the largest concentration of Black-owned businesses in the U.S., known as “Black Wall Street.” Ironically, it could not survive the progressive policies of integration and urban renewal of the 1960s. Told through the memories of those who lived through the events, the film is a bittersweet celebration of small-town life and the resilience of a community’s spirit.
Grandfather
Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
Frederick Douglas (voice)
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
Eulogy Performer (voice)
Malcolm Little (1925–1965) nació en Omaha (Nebraska). Su padre, ministro baptista, murió siendo él niño, y su madre acabó en un psiquiátrico cuando el Ku Klux Klan incendió su casa. Después de ser rechazado por el ejército, cayó en la delincuencia y fue a parar a la cárcel. Allí se convirtió al Islam y cambió radicalmente su vida, convirtiéndose pronto en un carismático líder del movimiento de liberación de la comunidad negra norteamericana.
Noah
Un chico de clase media se traslada a la dura zona sur de Chicago, donde se introducirá como luchador en el mundo ilegal de las peleas de boxeo no autorizadas.
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This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Reverend Purify
Fliper Purify, un joven arquitecto de raza negra, comienza a salir con su secretaria, una chica blanca de origen italiano que tiene que cuidar de su padre. También Fliper tiene que atender a su hermano, un drogadicto. Ambos deciden confesar a sus respectivas familias que se han enamorado: la mujer de Flipper lo echa de casa y le prohíbe ver a su hija. Por su parte, el padre de Ángela, católico y racista, le pega una paliza y también la echa de casa
Marshall
Joe Banks es un hombre un tanto maniático que odia su trabajo: odia las luces fluorescentes porque cree que le enferman, y tiembla ante la presencia de su jefe Frank Watori; además, se siente atraído por su secretaria, pero no se atreve a hablar con ella. Inesperadamente, su vida cambia cuando, tras visitar al doctor Ellison, se entera de que tiene un tumor cerebral y de que, aunque se sienta bien, morirá en un plazo de cinco meses. Contra todo pronóstico, Joe experimentará un fuerte sentimiento de liberación y de pasión por la vida.
In this animated contemporary interpretation of a Hans Christian Andersen morality tale, a pair of magic slippers help two young African-American girls learn the value of friendship after they are divided by selfishness and jealousy.
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The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
Da Mayor
En uno de los barrios más humildes de Brooklyn, Bedford Stuyvesant, conviven atropelladamente varias familias de raza negra, algunos hispanos, una pareja de comerciantes vietnamitas y una familia de italoamericanos que tienen una pizzeria. Mookie, un chico que trabaja de repartidor de pizzas, es un testigo privilegiado de los personajes y de los hechos cotidianos que tienen lugar en el barrio, así como de las tensiones y las actitudes racistas de algunos de sus habitantes
Coach Odom
Los estudiantes de una Universidad de afroamericanos en el sur de los Estados Unidos, están enfrentados. El grupo que lidera Julian tiene una estructura militarista y conservadora y se sienten totalmente integrados en la sociedad americana. El grupo de Dap es activista y lucha en una batalla contra la administración y la dominante indiferencia de sus compañeros estudiantes hacia las raíces afroamericanas. Las dos posturas ideológicas serán difíciles de conciliar. (FILMAFFINITY)
Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video label. The video was re-released with different segments under the new title of Sleepytime Songs & Stories in 1996, and on DVD in 2005. The framing story involves Big Bird speaking to the audience, offering advice on the best ways to fall asleep. A Honker and her baby stop by, and Telly arrives for a sleepover with heaps of cuddly toys that he couldn't sleep without. Buster the Horse demonstrates how to fall asleep standing up and Susan comments from her apartment window.
Capt. Harry Moradian
La acción transcurre cuatro años después de que el teniente Andrews sacara a Molly del ambiente en el que vivía. Ahora estudia Derecho en la universidad y sale con un compañero de clase que desconoce su vida anterior. Cuando asesinan a su tutor, Molly regresa a su antiguo barrio en busca del asesino. Lo primero que hace es adoptar su imagen anterior para encontrarse con sus amigos.
Himself
"Tyler Texas Black Film Collection" (1985) is a promotional film hosted by Ossie Davis.
Raymond
Harry, un hombre viudo que trabaja en la construcción, está pasando malos momentos por motivos de salud. Cuando, de manera involuntaria, casi mata a un compañero, decide buscar un nuevo trabajo. Tiene un hijo adolescente, un tanto irresponsable, que no entiende el malhumor de su padre, sobre todo, cuando le aconseja que busque trabajo. Además, el chico sueña con ser escritor, pero sólo se lo confía a su amiga Katy.
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A documentary, combining archival material and live interviews with Marcus Garvey, Jr., and others, which introduces the life and work of the pioneer Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey.
Dr. Sanders
La Casa de Dios es un hospital donde un grupo de estrafalarios médicos internos residentes en prácticas intentan lidiar con la presión que va asociada a su profesión. Después de que Jo, el jefe de los residentes, sufra una crisis, deciden colocar a los internos bajo la tutela del médico residente más veterano, un curioso personaje conocido con el sobrenombre de Fatman. Aunque fue rodada en 1979, esta comedia negra sobre el día a día del personal médico de un hospital no fue estrenada en salas comerciales hasta que algunos de sus protagonistas ya habían alcanzado una cierta popularidad, como es el caso de Tim Matheson ("Los albóndigas en remojo") o Bess Armstrong ("La gran ruta hacia China"). En papeles secundarios participan también intérpretes como Sandra Bernhard ("El rey de la comedia") o Michael Richards("Seinfeld").
Writer
This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.
Musical
Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It won two Tony Awards and was also nominated for Best Musical.
This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie. The production won a CableACE Award.
Chuffy Russell
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation, Malcolm marched on - continuing to spread the word of equality and brotherhood right up until the moment of his brutal and untimely assassination. Highlighted by newsreel footage and interviews, this is the story of the last twenty-four hours of Malcolm X. Featuring the music of jazz percussionist Max Roach.
Blaine Whitfield
Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one white, one black -- and their sons, who are buddies, provides the microcosm of this major social issue that has been argued for several decades.
Narrator
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.
Captain John Geiberger
Una demencial brigada anti-rateros formada por tres hombres y una mujer deciden establecer su propia operación de defensa en Miami. Pero, como no tienen el suficiente apoyo deciden revender objetos incautados, mezclándose cada vez más con el mundo del hampa.
Benjamin Banneker
The story of Benjamin Banneker, the early American patriot whose achievements rival those of Benjamin Franklin!! Risking his life, working with the Underground Railroad to elude vicious slave catchers!
Dr. Fredericks
A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day he gets a job as an assistant in a veterinarian's office, and working with all the animals begins to affect his outlook on life.
Reed
Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."
Screenplay
An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.
Director
An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.
Ernest Motapo
An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.
Elder Johnson
Clyde Williams y Billy Foster deciden reunir dinero para financiar la comunidad fraternal "Hijos e hijas de Shaka Lodge". Para ello, van a Nueva Orleáns a organizar un gran combate de boxeo, si bien, el objetivo final son las apuestas. Mientras tanto, se sirven de las dotes de hipnotizador de Clyde, para convertir en boxeador al escuálido y desamparado Bootney Farnsworth. Con sus tretas consiguen atraer la atención del capo de la mafia Biggie Smalls que, al ver a Bootney, apuesta una gran suma de dinero en su contra, mientras que los dos timadores apuestan todo su dinero por él. Bajo los efectos de la hipnosis, Bootney se transforma hasta tal punto que gana el combate. Clyde y Billy regresan a Atlanta con el dinero de las apuestas, pero la banda de Biggie descubre el engaño y va tras ellos para recuperarlo.
Narrator
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Director
Un soldado negro vuelve de Vietnam a Harlem y descubre que su mujer se ha convertido en una adicta a la heroína y fallecido de una sobredosis. Furioso, reúne a tres ex compañeros y deciden combatir contra los traficantes de droga.
Director
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Eulogy (voice)
James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.
James Lucas
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
Screenplay
El carismático reverendo Rev Deke O’malley intenta vender fraudulentos viajes a África a la gente de Harlem. Los policías Gravedigger Jones y Coffin Ed Johnson investigarán el sospechoso caso.
Director
El carismático reverendo Rev Deke O’malley intenta vender fraudulentos viajes a África a la gente de Harlem. Los policías Gravedigger Jones y Coffin Ed Johnson investigarán el sospechoso caso.
Narrator
An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to legitimize his reign by offering him the ceremonial jam at the upcoming harvest festival.
Director
An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to legitimize his reign by offering him the ceremonial jam at the upcoming harvest festival.
Osmond Portifoy
This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear. This film also served as a backdoor pilot for the TV series of the same name, which premiered on December 16, 1970.
Luke
A Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt.
Jed Hooker
Una atractiva viuda llamada Laura (Angie Dickinson) requiere los servicios de Sam Whiskey (Burt Reynolds) para recuperar unas barras de oro que robó su difunto marido y que se encuentran en un barco hundido.
Charles Carter
Hamilton Cade is an alcoholic teacher striving to put his life back together. He accepts a job tutoring an "exceptional child" only to find that young Freddie is mentally retarded (an outstanding performance by retarded actor Billy Schulman). A black man who works for Freddie's father also becomes interested in teaching the child, and becomes a second role model for him.
"The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a very personal documentary, and Whitehead appears in a large number of scenes, and we hear his lengthy ruminations on the state of the United States and the war in Vietnam.
Joseph Lee
El trampero Joe se dirige a la ciudad con todas sus ganancias de pieles del último invierno. Sin embargo, un grupo de indios lo detiene y se lleva todas sus pieles, dejándolo como el esclavo escapado Joseph. Pero Joe no tiene ningún uso para Joseph y está decidido a recuperar su propiedad y los sigue. Antes de que pueda hacer algo, los indios son asaltados por un grupo de cazadores de escamas bajo el codicioso Howie. No solo las pieles, sino también Joseph cae en sus manos. Ahora Joe los sigue solos e intenta engañar al grupo superior numérico de sus pieles.
Narrator
The Black middle class, torn between white goals and Black needs, are examined by producers William Greaves and William Branch in a 90-minute NET Journal documentary.
Lt. Wagner
Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies start dropping and the savvy P.I. is the primary suspect in an attractive woman's death. This NBC TV movie served as a pilot for the later series.
Narrator
Produced in collaboration with Malcolm X and narrated by Ossie Davis, this call to arms layers revolutionary text from multiple sources with gritty, shot-on-the-streets-of-New York footage of African-American struggle. A forgotten masterpiece from radical filmmaker, theorist and founder of Cinéma Éngagé, Édouard de Laurot.
Nelson Davis
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
Jason King (archive footage)
Promotional film depicting the production and Cannes premiere of the Sidney Lumet film "The Hill."
Jason King (archival footage)
Promotional film depicting the production and Cannes premiere of the Sidney Lumet film "The Hill."
Jacko King
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo de prisioneros ingleses se encuentra encarcelado en un campo militar del norte de África. Allí sufren la ira de un sádico sargento.
Capshaw
A private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in stolen loot.
Father Gillis
Un sacerdote de Boston comienza a ascender en la jerarquía eclesiástica. Sin embargo, tendra que superar situaciones muy delicadas y peligrosas, como cuando se enfrenta a los nazis en Austria.
Writer
A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of convincing the plantation owner that she is really his cousin in order to secure the family inheritance. To aid in the comic complications that follow are his family members Missy and Gitlow, and the plantation owners endearing (but ineffectual) son Charlie.
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of convincing the plantation owner that she is really his cousin in order to secure the family inheritance. To aid in the comic complications that follow are his family members Missy and Gitlow, and the plantation owners endearing (but ineffectual) son Charlie.
Narrator (voice)
The work of sculptor Inge Hardison is the subject of this beautiful short portrait of an artist. Hardison is perhaps best known for "Negro Giants in History," her important series of busts made during the early 1960s. Hands of Inge was edited by Hortense "Tee" Beveridge, a pioneer in her field who worked in the commercial industry and on independent, non-commercial films such as Amiri Baraka's 1968 film "The New-Ark". In the mid-1950s Beveridge became the first Black woman to gain admission to Local 771, the motion picture editors union.
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Un joven se dispone a saltar desde la cornisa de un hotel. La policía, su familia, la gente, los medios de comunicación se temen lo peor durante una espera de catorce horas interminables y llenas de tensión.
John Brooks (uncredited)
Tras atracar una gasolinera, dos criminales, heridos en el tiroteo, son atendidos por el doctor Brooks, el único médico negro del hospital de la ciudad. Cuando uno de ellos muere, el otro acusa al médico de haberlo matado y provoca una revuelta racista para vengarse de él
