Double Deal (1939)

A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.

J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring with his daughter Sue and her friends, Marvo the Great, the Andrews Sisters, Anne Payne and bandleader Woody Herman, they devise a sabotage plot that gets rid of Professor Bistell, and a new sound is soon heard on the program.

선술집에서 소작인 제케는 아름다운 무희 취크에게 사랑에 빠지게 되지만 그녀는 단지 크랩게임에만 그를 현혹시킨다. 그 결과 그는 가족들이 수확한 면작물 판매대금 100달러를 잃게 된다. 게다가 그의 형제 스펑크는 총격전에서 치명적인 상처를 입게되는데... 로 유명한 감독의 MGM 뮤지컬 영화! 현실적이고 세속적인.. 어스름한 선술집.. 흑인 특유의 음악들과 신나는 뮤지컬 시퀀스의 향연! (1929)는 로 유명한 감독의 MGM 뮤지컬 영화이다. 는 메이저 영화사에서 제작된 최초의 올 블랙 캐스트로 구성된 유성 뮤지컬 영화로써 이러한 메이저 영화사의 제작의지는 상업영화에서 좋은 선례가 되었다. 하지만 당시 일반적인 관중들을 고려했을때 이러한 시도는 매우 위험하게 취급되어 자신의 수입을 제작에 투입하는 것이 요구되었다. 에서 보여주고 있는 아프리카계 미국인을 주제로 한 정직한 표현들은 1915년 에서 보여줬던 두려움과 인종차별주의에 대하여 예리한 대조를 이루고 있다. 감독은 아카데미 최우수 감독상에 노미네이트 되기도 하였고 영혼의 음악들과 신나는 뮤지컬 시퀀스로 가득한 는 역사에 남을 매력적인 드라마라고 할 수 있다.

A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up finding things out about each other they had not previously known.

A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.

Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.

Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas.

"The Team that Changed the World," investigates the Globetrotters' impact socially and culturally, as well as their lasting effect on the NBA. Featuring interviews with basketball players, celebrities, politicians, and more, the documentary also shows how the Globetrotters continue to serve as "Ambassadors of Goodwill" and touch audiences around the world today.

A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.

Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta Wilcois). Sue meanwhile, is in love with Bob (Carl Hough), an idealist fond of looking out over the skyline and saying "Harlem... there's so much to be done here--it's fairly screaming for leadership." When Bob decides to organize the community against local racketeers he little realizes would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. Bill meanwhile has problems of his own: A vicious white mob from lower Manhattan is muscling in on his action, and bullets are about to fly.

The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved in a feud and murder.

HIGH SCHOOL II is a film about Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a successful alternative high school in New York's Spanish Harlem, 85-95% of whose graduates go on to four year colleges. The film illustrates the school's emphasis on the “Habits of Mind” program (weighing evidence; awareness of multiple points of view; seeing connections and relationships; speculating on possibilities; and assessing values.) Sequences illustrating the school's approach to learning include: classroom activities in the humanities and sciences; family conferences; discussions of race, class, and gender; faculty meetings; disciplinary problems; sex education; conflict resolution by students; and student council meetings.

A wandering cowboy and his sidekick try to resolve a murder.

A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.

Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last man takes the collective bounty. Violence and mayhem ensue.

Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.

A struggling songwriter (Billy Daniels) abandons his girlfriend (Sheila Guyse) for a flashy woman (Tondeleyo) after landing a hit.

This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and ultimately shortened by drug abuse and alcoholism. Her story and career are portrayed through rare archival film and television appearances, memorable renditions of her greatest songs, and interviews with friends and colleagues.

A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.