Do the Right Thing (1989)
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyones hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence
Steam (2007)
Steam tells the stories of three women, linked only by the steam room at the local gym The women seem stuck in life, until eachfinds a new, fulfilling relationship
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family
The Sheriff (1971)
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student
America (2009)
In America, Dr Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi racial boy named America Through their sessions, Dr Brennan helps
Cop & ½ (1993)
After witnessing a murder, a young boy named Devon refuses to testify unless he is given the chance to be a policeman
Decoration Day (1990)
A grumpy man must rejoin his community when his godchild gets in trouble and a childhood friend refuses to accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
A wagon master and a con man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap labor agents out West
Uptight (1968)
In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their own Based on the 1935 classic The Informer
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009)
For a seventy year period, when America cared little about the education of African Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia An incubator for black pride and intellect, it tau
Color Adjustment (1992)
Analyzes the evolution of televisions earlier, unflattering portrayal of blacks from 1948 until 1988, when they are depicted as prosperous and as having achieved the American dream, a portrayal that is inconsistent with reality
Video Girl (2011)
After a knee injury, an aspiring ballerina ends up with a new career as a video girl, but soon figures out that fame is not all that it is cracked up to be
Naming Number Two (2006)
A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor