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    Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

    A Southern matriarch (Tyler Perry) deals with a host of personal and family issues while planning...

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    The Express (2008)

    Under the guidance of Syracuse University football coach Ben Schwartzwalder, Ernie Davis overcomes...

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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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    How She Move (2008)

    Forced to return to public school after her sister's death, a young dancer (Rutina Wesley) has a...

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    Crossover (2006)

    The lives of a gifted athlete (Wesley Jonathan) and his best friend (Anthony Mackie) change when...

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    Undercover Brother (2002)

    A low-rent private detective (Eddie Griffin) poses as a preppy nerd in order to foil a plot by...

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    Hell Up in Harlem (1973)

    Mobster Tommy (Fred Williamson) tries to save his underworld empire in this sequel to ``Black...

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    How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

    A 40ish San Francisco stockbroker (Angela Bassett) has a fling with a 20-year-old (Taye Diggs) while...

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    Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)

    Secrets and scandals test the friendship of a wealthy socialite (Kathy Bates) and a working-class...

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    The Boys of Baraka (2005)

    Follows a group of twenty 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore who are chosen...

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    Remember the Titans (2000)

    A Virginia high school hires a black football coach (Denzel Washington) after undergoing integration...

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    Who's Your Caddy? (2007)

    When members of a stuffy country club oppose his bid to join, a rap mogul (Antwan ``Big Boi''...

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    Carmen Jones (1954)

    A sultry plant worker (Dorothy Dandridge) drives a wartime soldier (Harry Belafonte) to murder in...

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    In the Heat of the Night (1967)

    A black Philadelphia detective (Sidney Poitier) helps a white Mississippi sheriff (Rod Steiger)...

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    Malcolm X (1992)

    The civil-rights leader (Denzel Washington) rises from criminal to crusader, undergoing a religious...

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    Terror's Advocate (2007)

    Filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg examine the case of a black man who was wrongfully...

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    Waiting to Exhale (1995)

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

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    Rosewood (1997)

    Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in...

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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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    Nothing But a Man (1964)

    A proud black man (Ivan Dixon) and his bride (Abbey Lincoln) suffer daily indignities in an Alabama...

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    The Color Purple (1985)

    A black Southern woman (Whoopi Goldberg) struggles to find her identity after suffering years of...

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    Friday (1995)

    A South Central Los Angeles resident (Ice Cube) hangs out on his front porch with a pal (Chris...

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    Imitation of Life (1959)

    An aspiring actress and her black housekeeper retain a solid friendship despite problems with their...

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    A Time to Kill (1996)

    A Southern lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) and his legal assistant (Sandra Bullock) defend a black man...

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    Robert Gold

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

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    Julia Marchesi

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

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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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    Johni Cerny

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

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    Leadbelly

    This biographical picture explores the troubled life of blues singer and master guitarist Leadbelly,...