Paula Kelly

In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff. (imdb)

A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread. (imdb)

Dance-hall dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands... (imdb) (IMDB)

Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin sneak out of their houses to visit Madame Zenobia's: a high-class but illegal nightclub.During their visit, however, the place is robbed and they are forced to hand over their wallets. (imdb)

Mr. T has to dodge police and rival mobsters, when he's framed for a murder he didn't commit.

A badass black cop tries to cope with (and eventually escape from) his stifling job and unsatisfying domestic situation.

Drum is the 1976 sequel to the movie Mandingo, and released by United Artists. Starring Warren Oates and Ken Norton, it parodies on nineteenth century American slavery like its predecessor. (Wikipedia.org)

In this remake of The Asphalt Jungle, a band of thieves plans to use stolen diamonds to finance a ghetto bank. (TCM)

In this fictionalization of director Richard Pryor's life, a substance-abusing comedian who has set himself on fire looks back at his life.

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation. (imdb)

Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, in which a group of strong-willed women who live in the same rundown housing project located on Brewster Place

Father Charlie (Lino Venturi) is an ex-con who has been granted an exemption from canon law to become a priest. When a friend of his gets into trouble which looks suspiciously like a frame-up, Father Charlie decides to investigate, with or without the blessing of his bishop. His friend Lee Stevens (Isaac Hayes) is looking for the real culprit as well, and Father Charlie and Lee soon join forces. (allmovie.com)

Three generations of police chiefs for a southern town go about their jobs while a serial murderer operates. (imdb)

Political satire about an underground militant group that kidnaps African-Americans who have sold out their race. (imdb)

Kumalo is a minister who's son Absalom, played by Clifton Davis, like his biblical namesake has grown up to be a major disappointment. While in Johannesburg he falls in with bad company, impregnates Melba Moore, and participates in an armed robbery gone bad where he shoots a wealthy white landowner's son. As it turns out the deceased was quite the liberal on race relations which complicates a difficult situation.

Features the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters revolve. The story depicts the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.

This film highlights moments in the long and rich African American cinema history in relation to social and political events, and how it affected black viewers of the time.