Sonny Jim Gaines Movies
- 1979
Lawman Without a Gun
Lawman Without a Gun01979HD
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a...
- 1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings3.71979HD
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she...
- 1979
Freedom Road
Freedom Road4.81979HD
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 d...
- 1992
Malcolm X
Malcolm X7.51992HD
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...
- 1993
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief6.5931993HD
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
- 1981
Death of a Prophet
Death of a Prophet4.31981HD
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in....
- 1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
Just an Old Sweet Song01976HD
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. E...
- 1972
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band01972HD
Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Gr...
- 1992
The Distinguished Gentleman
The Distinguished Gentleman6.0351992HD
A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his ver...
- 1973
Five on the Black Hand Side
Five on the Black Hand Side71973HD
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values whe...