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Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing
IMDb: 7.9
120 min

The film shows life on a Sunday in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Sal Fragione, who has owned the same pizza shop for over 25 years, opens it every day. Since he…

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Genre: Drama
Cat People (1982)

Cat People (1982)

Cat People (1982)
IMDb: 6.2
118 min

Cat People were created way back when people sacrificed their females to leopards and mated with them. Cat People are similar to human beings, but they must mat with other…

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Genre: Horror
Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever
IMDb: 6.6
132 min

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He’s quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Just Cause

Just Cause

Just Cause
IMDb: 6.4
102 min

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a…

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Baby Geniuses

Baby Geniuses

Baby Geniuses
IMDb: 2.7
97 min

Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.

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A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words
IMDb: 5.9
91 min

After meeting with a spiritual teacher, Jack McCall (played by Eddie Murphy) discovers an unusual tree in his backyard. Jack realizes that every word he speaks drops a leaf from…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Incident (1967)

The Incident (1967)

The Incident (1967)
IMDb: 7.7
107 min

Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
IMDb: 8.0
128 min

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man….

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Genre: Drama, Romance
A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish
IMDb: 5.4
89 min

Male fairy godmother Murray ties to help 8-year-old Anabel fulfill her "simple wish" that her cab-driver father Oliver wins the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand…

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Decoration Day

Decoration Day

Decoration Day
IMDb: 7.3
100 min

A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend…

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Genre: TV Movie
America

America

America
IMDb: 6.3
89 min

In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to…

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Genre: Drama
Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment
IMDb: 7.2
86 min

An analysis of the evolution of television's earlier unflattering portrayal of African-Americans from 1948 until 1988, when they are depicted as prosperous and having achieved the American Dream, a portrayal…

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Genre: Documentary
Cop and ½

Cop and ½

Cop and ½
IMDb: 4.1
97 min

Devon Butler is an eight-year old who dreams of being a cop. He watches police TV shows, knows police procedures, and plays cops and robbers with his friend Ray. One…

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Genre: Comedy, Family
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
IMDb: 8.5
90 min

A profile of the African-American actress Beah Richards, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

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Genre: Documentary
Discovering William Greaves

Discovering William Greaves

Discovering William Greaves
IMDb: 6.0
61 min

Documentary spanning the career of independent Black American filmmaker William Greaves, with particular emphasis on the experimental production Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1992).

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Genre: Documentary