Black [race]
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    The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)

    A Southern lawyer uncovers the truth about a slain undertaker.

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    J.D.'s Revenge (1976)

    The spirit of a zoot-suited, razor-wielding 1940s hoodlum possesses a New Orleans law student (Glynn...

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    Mississippi Masala (1992)

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

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    Foreign Student (1994)

    A French exchange student (Marco Hofschneider) learns about love, segregation and football at a...

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    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2000)

    Dwayne and his sister Mai are Vietnamese siblings who were adopted by an African-American couple....

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    The Thing With Two Heads (1972)

    A white racist (Ray Milland) wakes up from a head transplant with his head next to another man's...

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    Rush Hour 2 (2001)

    Two detectives (Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker) battle a Hong Kong gangster (John Lone) and his henchmen...

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    Sprung (1997)

    The story of two pairs of best friends, and their attempts at romance through lying and love.

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    The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002)

    Filmmaker Liz Garbus chronicles a woman's final three months on death row.

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    Xica da Silva (1982)

    The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributs" in order to get...

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    Conrack (1974)

    ``Prince of Tides'' author Pat Conroy (Jon Voight) teaches poor children on an island off South...

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    Crazy Joe (1974)

    The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey...

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    School Daze (1988)

    Musical numbers underscore Spike Lee's account of tensions erupting among the student body at an...

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    Edge of the City (1956)

    A labor boss (Jack Warden) harasses a longshoreman (Sidney Poitier) and his fugitive white friend...

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    Black Like Me (1964)

    A white man (James Whitmore) changes his racial face in the Deep South.

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    Watermelon Man (1970)

    A bigoted insurance salesman (Godfrey Cambridge) wakes up one morning and discovers he's no longer...

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    Pootie Tang (2001)

    Although he speaks an indecipherable language, a superhero (Lance Crouther) protects children from a...

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    The River Niger

    A dying woman (Cicely Tyson), her poet husband (James Earl Jones), their ex-Air Force son (Glynn...

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    Muhammad Ali, the Greatest

    Filmmaker William Klein examines the life and career of boxer Muhammad Ali from 1964 to 1974.

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    The Joe Louis Story (1953)

    A sportswriter (Paul Stewart) recalls the boxer's (Coley Wallace) career as world heavyweight...

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    Bullet Boy

    Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go...

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    The Breaks (1999)

    In this hip-hop oriented comedy, Mitch Mullany plays a guy living in Oakland, California, who's...

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    Devil in A Blue Dress (1995)

    A mortgage and no job force a black war hero (Denzel Washington) to seek a mystery lady (Jennifer...

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    How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy it) (2006)

    Son Mario Van Peebles, fellow filmmaker Spike Lee and others look back on the storied life and...

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    Menace II Society (1993)

    Crime, street sense and the status quo roil the mind of a teenager (Tyrin Turner) in the Watts...

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    One Potato, Two Potato (1964)

    Members (Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton) of a mixed marriage fight the wife's ex-husband (Richard...

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    A Family Thing (1996)

    An Arkansas redneck (Robert Duvall) learns his mother was black and that he has a half-brother...

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    Posse (1993)

    Spanish-American War deserters (Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane) wind up defending...

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    To Sleep With Anger (1990)

    Witnessing how the generational disputes between the family patriarch, his wife and their two...

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    30 Years to Life (2002)

    Six black people living in New York are approaching their 30th birthdays, and each faces an...