Ossie Davis Filmes

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."

When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new...

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

A documentary focusing on the the events in Haiti following the coup of September 30, 1991. The program includes interviews with exiled President...

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

Owen is the head administrator of an old age home in Washington. One day, a resident discovers he is cheating on his taxes, and orders that Owen...

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the...

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

The true story of the only African-American crew to take a Navy warship into combat in World War II.

Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life from his perspective. From musical phenom to...

Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate...

An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.

Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught...

Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of...

A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.

Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the...

A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.

The night a mysterious stranger rode into the lonely prairie town of West Sage, no one realized their lives would never be the same.