Stanley Greene

An African American adaption of the Wizard of Oz that tries to capture the essence of the inner-city experience. (imdb)

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind... (imdb)

The tale is a familiar one for American moviegoers; devil-may-care young man drawn to a grounded young woman, they part, he realizes he prefers stability to freedom, they reconcile. interest for viewers now as well as 40 years ago lies in the protagonists' skin color...

A white family has had the same black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a change and begins searching for a man to wine her, dine her, but who won't marry her thinking that this will turn her aside from her plans. The man he finds doesn't entirely cooperate. (imdb)

A tribal priest returns from the dead to take his revenge on non-believers. (imdb)