Harlem Is Heaven (1932)

A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually.

Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington, from working with heart trouble even though it means work for his band. Sure enough, she collapses on stage...

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson made his movie acting debut in this 1932 film, featuring Putney Dandridge, James Baskett (Oscar winner for "Song of the South"), Cotton Club dancer Anita Boyer, Henri Wassell, Alma Smith, Bob Sawyer, and composer/bandleader Eubie Blake and his orchestra.

Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious journey from a childhood of hardship and poverty to celebrated African American writer is chronicled in this inspiring program through exclusive interviews and personal recollection.

Combining unseen period footage with original scores from that era, 'Syncopated Ragtime' tells the story of Noble Sissle incredible life journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural production.

RICHARD WRIGHT was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction that dealt with powerful themes and controversial topics. Much of his works concerned racial themes that helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century. Born on a plantation in Mississippi, Wright was a descendent of the first slaves who arrived in Jamestown Massachusetts. This program follows his arduous path from sharecropper to literary giant. Through authors like H.L. Menken, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, he discovered that literature could be used as a catalyst for social change. In 1937 Wright moved to New York and his work began to garner national attention for it's political and social commentary. Much of Wright's writing focused on the African American community and experience; his novel Native Son won him a Guggenheim Fellowship and was adapted to the Broadway stage with Orson Welles directing in 1941.

The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band during its sunset years: 87-year-old Al Casey, who had worked closely with Fats Waller throughout the 1930s; guitarist Lawrence Lucie, 95 years young, from the bands of Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter and Duke Ellington; saxophonist Bubba Brooks, 79, who was with Bill Doggett; Edwin Swanston, 80, pianist with Louis Armstrong's Orchestra; 91-year-old drummer Johnny Blowers, ex-Bunny Berigan, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra; Ivan Rolle, 85, bassist with Jonah Jones; and 88-year-old Laurel Watson, one-time vocalist with Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Baron's cameras record the musicians through their tours and concerts, capturing their joy in performing together. A celebration of the jazz spirit.

In 1920, a young African-American woman sets off to Africa to find a tree that promises eternal life.

After a brush with the law, Maria has returned to her gritty Bronx roots to rebuild her life with nothing but a talent for street dance and a burning ambition to prove herself.

マペットの少年ウォルターは、地方で人間の兄ゲイリーと暮らしている。大人になったゲイリーは恋人メアリーと旅行でLAに行くことになり、同行することになったウォルターは大ファンであるTV番組「マペット・ショー」のスタジオを見られると大興奮。しかしスタジオはもう使われていなくて荒れ果て、石油王の陰謀で解体の危機に直面していた。ウォルターたちはスタジオを守ろうと、引退したマペットのカーミットを訪ねる。

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

フィラデルフィアに住む元国連職員ジェリー・レインは、妻と長女レイチェルと次女コニーを学校に送るため自動車に乗っていたが、いつもとは様子の違う交通渋滞にはまってしまう。人間を狂暴化させる謎の疫病が世界各地で流行し始めており、フィラデルフィアの街はゾンビの大群に襲われていた。ジェリーは街を離れるが、携帯電話へ国連事務次長ティエリーから連絡が入り、現場への復帰を要請される。

出版代理人のジャックは、得意の嘘と話術で多くの仕事を成功に導いてきた。だが、自分のためならどんな嘘でも平気でついてしまうようになっていた。そんなある日、彼は人気のスピリチュアル指導者のシンジャと知り合う。すると、自宅の庭に謎の巨木が突如現れる。しかも、不思議なことにこの巨木は、ジャックが一言発する度に葉を一枚ずつ散らしていく。シンジャはこの巨木の葉が全て散った時、ジャックの命も失われてしまうと彼に告げる。これを聞いて、ジャックは言葉を発することをやめるが、当然上手くはいかず、葉はどんどん散っていく。遂にはジャックの態度に怒った妻が子供を連れて出て行き、更には職までも失う。この事態に、一時は自暴自棄になったジャックだったが、シンジャの言葉をきっかけに、嘘の言葉で満ちた自分の人生を見つめ直していく。そして、残されたわずかな言葉で、妻や老いた母など周りの人々に想いを伝える。最後にジャックは、幼い時に家族を捨てて出て行った父の墓の前に立ち、父に向って「許す」と告げる。この言葉で全ての葉が落ち、ジャックは苦しんで倒れる。そこに事情を知るジャックの部下アーロンから電話がかかって来る。アーロンは、全ての葉が散って死を迎えるだけと思われた巨木が生き返り、葉を付けただけでなく、花まで咲いていることを伝える。ジャックは助かったのである。 生まれ変わったジャックは今回の経験をもとに「1000の言葉（A Thousand Words）」という本を著す。代理人はかつての部下アーロンである。そしてジャックは、妻が望んでいた子育て向きの家を購入し、妻子と再出発する。

Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

Loosely based on a 17th century erotic Chinese story named The Carnal Prayer Mat, the story follows a young scholar named Yangsheng who gets married to the beautiful daughter of a local merchant. When their sex life proves unsatisfactory, Yangsheng leaves home and journeys to the Pavilion of Ultimate Bliss.

大場つぐみ原作による人気漫画のTVアニメスペシャル第2弾。Lの死から4年が経過。「ワイミーズハウス」でメロにLの後継を託されたニアは、今やキラを捕まえるための中心人物となっていた。彼は「2代目L」を名乗る夜神月こそがキラだと確信するが…。

The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.