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Amos N’
Andy, Anatomy of Controversy – History
and controversy over the Television show
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Baseball’s Forgotten Men – History of the Negro Baseball leagues
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Black Athlete – History of the Black Athlete
in the United States
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Black
Shadows on the Silver Screen – The history of early black cinema
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Brown
Sugar: The History of the Black Female Entertainer. 1900's to 1985 Excellent rare footage and interviews. Based on the book by Donald Bogle. Four 1 hour seqments.
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Buffalo
Soldier, The – Presentation of Memorial and history of the Buffalo soldier.
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Chasing
a Rainbow – Biography of Josephine Baker, very rare film footage and great interviews.
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Coles,
Charles “Honi” – The life of Honi Coles with Charles Adkins. History of the tap dance team Coles & Atkins. Rare interviews and footage.
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Harlem
Renaissance – “Against the Odds: The Artist of the Harlem Renaissance."
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Hi-De-Ho
– Biography of Cab Calloway, narrated by Cab himself.
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Men of Bronze, The
- The
History of the Black World War I soldiers
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Nicholas
Brothers – “We Sing, We Dance” – Biography of Harold and Fayard
Nicholas, arguably the greatest tap dance team ever. Rare footage and interviews
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Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer - This film is built around the on-camera reminisces of two
performers who appeared in Micheaux films: Bea Freeman and Lorenzo Tucker. Reenacted scenes with Danny Glover as Micheaux.
29 min.
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Royal Federal Blues – History of the Black Civil War soldiers
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Satchmo – A biography of Louis Armstrong
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Sermons
and Religious Acts – Rare baptismal footage in a lake, 1939 & other Baptist Conventions.
Home movies by Rev. L.O. Taylor – 1930’s & 40’s
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Tallest
Tree in Our Forrest – Biography of the great Paul Robeson. Rare footage and intervies.
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Wells,
Ida B. – Biography of Ida B. Wells, Anti-lynching crusader, suffragette, women’s
rights crusader, journalist and speaker.
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