Movies

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

A feature documentary about Jackie "Moms" Mabley, an African-American stand-up comic and show-biz pioneer who emerged from the Chitlin' Circuit of...

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a...

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his...

In order to save their home, tenants of a boarding house put on a show.

An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers...

A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the...

"Laughumentary" about black comedians in Hollywood.

Highlights of a concert filmed at Yankee Stadium in New York City on June 21, 1969.