6.2
Body and Soul
IMDb: 6.2 1925 93 min
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and ...
6.7
The Proud Valley
IMDb: 6.7 1940 76 min
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster ...
7.4
Show Boat
IMDb: 7.4 1936 113 min
Despite her mother’s objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company’s new ...
6.1
Borderline
IMDb: 6.1 1930 63 min
Starring Paul Robeson (one of the first black movie actor/singers to achieve mainstream popularity) in a rare silent role, this experimental ...
6.3
Native Land
IMDb: 6.3 1942 89 min
Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill of rights being under attack during the 1930s by union busting ...
7.2
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
IMDb: 7.2 1979 30 min
This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson ...
6.3
King Solomon’s Mines
IMDb: 6.3 1937 80 min
Fortune hunter Patrick O’Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the desert in hopes of finding the fabled ...
6.1
Jericho
IMDb: 6.1 1937 77 min
A World War I officer who escapes his fate as a black man by fleeing to Africa and creating a new world for himself. Release: Dark Sands 1937 ...
6.4
The Emperor Jones
IMDb: 6.4 1933 75 min
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado he finds himself the emperor of a ...
5.5
Sanders of the River
IMDb: 5.5 1935 98 min
British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly, and struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a ...
7.1
Song of the Rivers
IMDb: 7.1 1954 100 min
The Song of the Rivers, or Das Lied der Ströme, is a 1954 documentary production by the East Germany’s Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft ...
6.5
Song of Freedom
IMDb: 6.5 1936 80 min
John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English ...
7.3
Tales of Manhattan
IMDb: 7.3 1942 118 min
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video ...