 | Stormy Weather
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $7.79 One of the few all-Black cast movies to be made in the 1940s. Contains the famous Nicholas Brothers dance scene at the end. A great film for the whole family to see.
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 | Cabin in the Sky
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $4.35 Another rare 1940s all-Black cast Hollywood movie starring Ethel Waters, Eddie Anderson and Lena Horne. Duke Ellington and his orchestra have a showcase number in this film.
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 | Hallelujah
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $4.15 This was the first all-Black cast feature film to be made by a major Hollywood studio. A story about temptation and redemption.
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 | Carmen Jones
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.65 Dorothy Dandridge's best movie performance! She was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in this movie. Also stars Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters and Diahann Carroll.
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 | The Green Pastures
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $13.76 Another rare All Black cast feature film made in the 1930s. Old Testament stories are told from an African-American perspective. Over 25 traditional African-American spirituals are sung in this film.
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 | Anna Lucasta
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.15 Stars Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frederick O'Neal - a group of talented performers rarely seen in movies. Anna Lucasta was based on a stage play that was a huge success in the 1950s.
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 | Imitation Of Life (Two-Movie Special Edition) (Universal Legacy Series)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $17.95 This DVD contains both the 1934 and 1959 versions of this movie. Louise Beavers stars in the 1934 version and many people at the time felt that she deserved an Academy Award nomination for her role in this film.
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 | Island in the Sun
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.42 A somewhat steamy 1950s film starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. This movie was controversial at the time it was released because it depicts interracial romance.
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 | Lilies of the Field
Buy used from: $9.35 Sidney Poitier was his Best Actor Academy Award for his role in this movie.
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 | The Jackie Robinson Story
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.25 Jackie Robinson plays himself in this movie about his life. Ruby Dee co-stars as his wife and Louise Beavers is his mom.
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 | Nothing But a Man
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $3.99 Probably the best portrayal of an African-American man in a 1960s movie. Ivan Dixon is superb!
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 | A Raisin in the Sun
Buy new: $21.49 / Used from: $14.43 The original classic with Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands and a young Louis Gossett Jr. This was Louis Gossett Jr.'s first major movie role.
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