Piri Thomas, a painter, poet, author, ex-con, and ex-junkie, describes the life of a Puerto Rican in the Spanish Harlem ghetto in New York City.

Genre:

Actors:Piri Thomas

Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through a non-narrative abstract self-portrait that combines ...

Genre: Documentary,Drama

Actors:Avery Brooks, Joe Seneca, Roscoe Lee Browne

This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He’s a born free man ...

Genre: Drama,History,TV Movie

Actors:Avery Brooks, Emory Beasley, Kent Broadhurst, Mason Adams, Rhetta Greene

The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much ...

Genre: Drama

Actors:Alan Manson, Albert Hall, Madge Sinclair, Paul Benjamin, Roger E. Mosley

The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as ...

Genre: Action,Comedy,Crime,Drama,Thriller

Actors:Dan Frazer, David Selby, Pat Hingle, Ron Leibman, Sheila Frazier

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

Genre: Action,Adventure,Crime,Drama,Mystery,Thriller

Actors:Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo, Kathy Imrie, Moses Gunn, Richard Roundtree

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Genre: Action,Crime,Thriller

Actors:Charles Cioffi, Gwenn Mitchell, Moses Gunn, Richard Roundtree

The story, set in Kansas during the 1920’s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of ...

Genre: Crime,Drama

Actors:Alex Clarke, Dana Elcar, Estelle Evans, Kyle Johnson, Mira Waters