Starring: Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara O and Adisa Anderson
Rated: PG Drama/History/Romance
Spanning a one-day period and set on Dawtah Island in 1902, Daughters of the Dust presents a narrative focused on three generations of Gulla...
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Starring: Gregory Hines, Suzzanne Douglas, Savion Glover and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Rated: PG-13 Dance/Drama/Comedy
Tap centers around the decisions of its lead character, tap dancer Max Washington (Gregory Hines), who has been recently released fr...
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Starring: Robert Townsend, Anne-Marie Johnson, Keenan Ivory Wayans and John Witherspoon
Rated: R Drama/Music
Hollywood Shuffle is an urban cult classic! This clever and humorous film centers upon Bobby Taylor, a Black man, who is attemp...
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Starring: Taimak, Vanity, Julius J. Carey III and Christopher Murney
Rated: PG-13 Action/Comedy/Drama
Set primarily in Harlem, The Last Dragon is about Leroy Green (Taimak), a young Black martial artist who has dreams of becoming great, like ...
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Starring: Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Dennis Lipscomb and Denzel Washington
Rated: PG Crime/Drama/Mystery
Set on a racially-segregated military base in rural Louisiana during World War II, A Soldier’s Story is a film adapted from Cha...
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Starring: Lonette McKee, Irene Cara, Philip Michael Thomas, Dwan Smith and Dorian Harewood
Rated: PG Drama/Music
In this typical success story that illustrates the hard struggle to transcend from nothing to something, Sparkle is the ficti...
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Starring: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Tony King and Margaret Avery
Rated: R Action/Crime/Drama
Following up Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem continues tracking the ascension, and possible downfall, of Black crime boss, ...
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Starring: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, D’Urville Martin and Julius Harris
Rated: R Action/Crime/Drama
Riding the wave of the Blaxploitation era, Black Caesar exploded on the scene, tantalizing Black moviegoers! Black Caesar i...
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Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte and Calvin Lockhart
Rated: PG Action/Comedy/Crime
One of the most hilarious films ever produced, Uptown Saturday Night is the story of two best friends, Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier), ...
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Starring: Robert Hooks, Paula Kelly, Paul Winfield and Ralph Waite
Rated: R Crime/Drama
This film is about a character, simply known as “Mr. T.”, (Robert Hooks) a fearsome “fixer” of problems that plague the Black p...
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