Category: Black Cinema
The White Girl Movie
3.51K Views0 Likes
A young African American college student, a judge's daughter, battles a cocaine addiction, or as the substance is known on the streets, the white girl.
Stars on Hollywood
3.04K Views0 Likes
Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ben Vereen explain being Black in a hostile industry. (623)
Black Hollywood: The Way It Was
3.95K Views2 Likes
This four-part version of the 90-minute documentary is about the secret history of race movies. Between 1910 and 1950, over 150 independent film companies were organized for the specific purpose of producing Black-cas...
A Filmmaker’s Look at Ralph Bunche
3.22K Views1 Likes
Dr. Ralph Bunche, renowned United Nations statesman and Nobel Prize winner, is the subject of this discussion with Emmy award-winning filmmaker William Greaves. (2402)
The Legacy of Race Movies
3.05K Views2 Likes
Before Hollywood discovered the diverse talents of Black actors and directors, African American audiences were flocking to theaters to see low-budget, Black-produced films called “race” movies. These rare and mostly-f...
Black Hollywood The Way It Was: The Middle Years – Pt. 3
1.77K Views0 Likes
The Middle Years examines the history of independently produced Black movies and the establishment of a Black film era. "The Middle Years," picks up during the Depression years as independent filmmakers struggle for ...
When The Chickens Came Home To Roost — Part 2
4.89K Views2 Likes
Part I & II. This is a one-hour version of the award-winning 1982 New York stage hit “When The Chickens Came Home To Roost,” written by Lawrence Holder and produced by Woodie King, Jr. It stars Denzel Washing...
From The Library of Black History: Black Hollywood
3.30K Views1 Likes
Before Denzel and Halle won the Oscar. Before Jamie Foxx riveted audiences with his spot-on portrayal of Ray Charles, there was a time when Black actors and actresses were limited in what they could portray in motion ...
