Movies: Gertrude Jeannette

  • 1971
    Shaft

    Shaft (1971)

    Shaft

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    Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter....

    Shaft
  • 1964
    Nothing But a Man

    Nothing But a Man (1964)

    Nothing But a Man

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    A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America....

    Nothing But a Man
  • 1972
    The Legend of Nigger Charley

    The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972)

    The Legend of Nigger Charley

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    A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West....

    The Legend of Nigger Charley
  • 1998
    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

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    A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the cam...

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
  • 1972
    Black Girl

    Black Girl (1972)

    Black Girl

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    An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter....

    Black Girl
  • 1969
    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words (1969)

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

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    Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted by Robert Nemiroff, Hansberry's widower, and directed by Gene Frankel....

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words