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    Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

    Detectives Coffin (Raymond St. Jacques) and Gravedigger (Godfrey Cambridge) question a con-man...

  • Cornbread, Earl & Me picture
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    Cornbread, Earl & Me

    Friends, relatives and a lawyer (Moses Gunn) question the case of a ghetto basketball star slain by...

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    Ray (2004)

    Blind since childhood, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) overcomes poverty, hardship and addiction and...

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    Dark Blue (2003)

    A rookie policeman (Scott Speedman) objects when his hard-edged partner (Kurt Russell) conspires...

  • I'm Gonna Git You Sucka picture
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    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

    A veteran (Keenen Ivory Wayans), his idol (Bernie Casey) and other ghetto good guys battle a white...

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    Blacula (1972)

    Los Angeles interior decorators buy the coffin of an African prince (William Marshall) bitten by...

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    Guess Who (2005)

    After learning he has cancer, a man asks his best friend to have a child with him.

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    Baadasssss! (2004)

    Filmmaker/actor Melvin Van Peebles (Mario Van Peebles) directs the controversial movie ``Sweet...

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    Cop Land (1997)

    The sheriff (Sylvester Stallone) of a small New Jersey police community confronts key men (Harvey...

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    Drumline (2002)

    A young man from Harlem (Nick Cannon) joins a Southern university's marching band but antagonizes...

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    Ali (2001)

    Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) battles Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and George Foreman and raises...

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    Waiting to Exhale (1995)

    Relationships preoccupy Phoenix friends: divorcee Bernadine (Angela Bassett), careerist Savannah...

  • American Pimp picture
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    American Pimp (2000)

    Filmmakers Allen and Albert Hughes interview pimps who discuss varied aspects of their profession.

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    Tropic Thunder (2008)

    A pampered actor (Ben Stiller) and his co-stars (Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr.) must become actual...

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    Red Tail Reborn

    History of the P-51C Mustang nicknamed ``Tuskegee Airman.''

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    Head of State (2003)

    An alderman (Chris Rock) becomes a presidential candidate and chooses his unsophisticated brother...

  • Philadelphia picture
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    Philadelphia (1993)

    Fired by his firm, a lawyer (Tom Hanks) with AIDS fights back in court with help from his lawyer...

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    Johni Cerny

    Johni Cerny was a Consultant for the TV shows African American Lives and Oprah’s Roots: An African...

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    Robert Gold

    Robert Gold was a Consultant for TV shows such as African American Lives 2, Oprah’s Roots: An...

  • Julia Marchesi picture
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    Julia Marchesi

    Julia Marchesi produced the TV shows African American Lives and Oprah’s Roots: An African American...

  • Jesse Sweet picture
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    Jesse Sweet

    Jesse Sweet directed TV shows such as African American Lives 2, The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a...

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    Graham Judd

    Graham Judd directed TV shows such as African American Lives 2, Oprah’s Roots: An African American...

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    Wattstax (2000)

    Filmmaker Mel Stuart chronicles a 1972 concert commemorating the 1965 uprising in the Watts section...

  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks picture
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    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)

    After arriving in Hollywood, young Beulah Richardson became Beah Richards and began a life of...

  • Love Beat the Hell Outta Me picture
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    Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

    Four friends play an evening game of dominoes, drink, and talk about women. Each one is going...

  • Brother to Brother picture
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    Brother to Brother (2004)

    A homosexual painter (Anthony Mackie) befriends an aging writer (Roger Robinson) who was part of the...

  • Love & Basketball picture
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    Love & Basketball (2000)

    From childhood to early adulthood, two friends (Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps) fall in love while trying...

  • The Brothers picture
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    The Brothers (2001)

    Four friends (Morris Chestnut, D.L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy) question women, relationships and honesty...

  • Odds Against Tomorrow picture
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    Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

    Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a...

  • Mississippi Masala picture
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    Mississippi Masala (1992)

    People resent the romance of a black man (Denzel Washington) and an Indian woman (Sarita Choudhury)...