Paula Kelly

A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others. Originally aired as Episode 2 of Season 43 of the PBS series Great Performances.

A documentary featuring archive footage to celebrate the 100th birth of jazz legend Louis Armstrong.

The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprinter in the world. From a setback in Seoul that nearly costs her the use of her feet to her excruciating battle with the crippling illness to victories in Barcelona and Atlanta, Gail proves she's got the heart of a champion in this inspirational original biography. Louis Gossett Jr., Jeffrey Sams, Tina Lifford, Robert Guillaume and Paula Kelly costar.

This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on each other in a world where racist oppression is everywhere, as told by a boy called Cliff who spent his childhood there. Despite this, we see the life of the community in all its joys and sorrows, of those that live there while others decide to leave for a better life north. For those remaining, things come to a serious situation when one prominent businessman is being muscled out by a white competitor using racist intimidation. In response, the community must make the decision of whether to submit meekly like they always have, or finally fight for their rights.

After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.

A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

The classic songs of legendary jazz composer Duke Ellington come alive on stage in this performance video. Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies documents a performance of the popular Broadway revue, built around more than two dozen great tunes from Ellington's songbook. Hinton Battle, Paula Kelly and Phyllis Hyman headline the cast for this production; songs include "Take The A Train," "Caravan," "Satin Doll," "In a Sentimental Mood," "Mood Indigo," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," and many more.

The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.

Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook, and with Sir John Gielgud narrating. Julie Andrews sang one of the songs, "Once Upon a Bedtime", off-camera over the opening credits. It aired on NBC at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 12, 1976, capping off the program's 25th year on the air. The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC. Instead, it featured 14 new and now forgotten songs, written for the production by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook, and with Sir John Gielgud narrating. Julie Andrews sang one of the songs, "Once Upon a Bedtime", off-camera over the opening credits. It aired on NBC at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 12, 1976, capping off the program's 25th year on the air. The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC. Instead, it featured 14 new and now forgotten songs, written for the production by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

Secuela de la exitosa Mandingo que tiene como protagonista a Ken Norton, campeón del mundo de los pesos pesados. Ambientada a mediados del siglo XIX, narra la brutalmente honesta historia de un esclavo mulato, dividido entre su éxito como luchador en el mundo de los hombres blancos y su sentimiento contra la ultrajante injusticia que sufren los negros.

Steve y Wardell acuden, a espaldas de sus respectivas esposas, al Madame Zenobia: un selecto pero ilegal nightclub. Estando allí, una banda desvalija a todos los presentes, llevándose la cartera de Steve, en cuyo interior había un boleto de lotería premiado. Steve, con la ayuda de su amigo, removerá cielo y tierra para dar con los ladrones.

Tras haberse cometido un asalto a un banco, de donde se ha obtenido un cuantioso botín, los autores intentan esquivar a un persistente policía.

A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.

A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.

A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.

En el año 2022, la población de Nueva York, unos cuarenta millones de habitantes, vive en condiciones miserables. Para combatir el hambre se crea un alimento sintético, el soylent green, pero el policía Thorn y el viejo Roth, un superviviente de otra época, sospechan que detrás del nuevo alimento hay algo inquietante.

"Mr. T" es un rudo detective privado que tiende a tomarse la justicia por su mano, sin dejar de mantener un estilo elegante, vistiendo trajes de marca, conduciendo coches caros y viviendo en un apartamento de lujo. Los servicios de "T" son solicitados por Chalky y Pete, dueños de un establecimiento en el barrio que al ser asaltados una y otra vez por unos enmascarados, deciden recurrir a quien se convierte en su única esperanza. "T" está seguro de poder hacer el trabajo de forma correcta, pero las verdaderas intenciones de quienes le han contratado son otras...

A black D.C. cop is pushed over the edge when he is passed over for a promotion, leading him on a violent personal crusade against criminals punctuated by feverish psychedelic dream visions.

Thalamus es el líder de un grupo de delincuentes que se reúnen en Los Ángeles para robar un banco. Su objetivo es encontrar un nuevo banco para robar.

Después de que un satélite artificial se estrelle en una remota aldea de Nuevo Méjico, el equipo encargado de recuperarlo descubre que casi todos los habitantes del lugar han perecido víctimas de una horrible muerte, con la misteriosa excepción de un niño y un viejo. Los superviventes son trasladados a un laboratorio de avanzadísima tecnología situado a una profundidad de cinco pisos bajo tierra, donde los perplejos científicos tratan de determinar la naturaleza del mortífero microbio antes de que cause estragos en todo el mundo.

Charity Hope Valentine (Shirley MacLaine) es la azafata de music hall que sueña con vivir un romance a la antigua usanza, pero que le entrega su corazón a un hombre equivocado detrás de otro... La ópera prima de Bob Fosse, 3 años antes de dirigir "Cabaret", consistió en esta libre adaptación de "Las noches de Cabiria", de Fellini.

Universal short chronicling the adaptation of the musical SWEET CHARITY from Broadway to film.