The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933 Read More »
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The River Niger (1976) Krishna Shah, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr.
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet Read More »
The Blue Bird (1976) George Cukor, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. Read More »
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) John Korty, Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Drama
Beginning during the racial turmoil of 1960s Louisiana, 110-year-old ex-slave Jane Pittman grants an interview to a persistent journalist and relates the remarkable story of her life. Orphaned early, she toils on a plantation until a chance meeting with a white Union soldier named Brown changes her outlook.
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