Harlem Renaissance Movies

  • 2004
    Brother to Brother

    Brother to Brother

    Brother to Brother

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    A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless she...

    Brother to Brother
  • 1989
    Looking for Langston

    Looking for Langston

    Looking for Langston

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    A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with...

    Looking for Langston
  • 1966
    The Strolling '20s

    The Strolling '20s

    The Strolling '20s

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    Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical, writt...

    The Strolling '20s
  • 1929
    Black and Tan

    Black and Tan

    Black and Tan

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    Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington,...

    Black and Tan
  • 2005
    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

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    Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious j...

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer
  • 2017
    The Forever Tree

    The Forever Tree

    The Forever Tree

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    In 1920, a young African-American woman sets off to Africa to find a tree that promises eternal life.

    The Forever Tree
  • 2018
    Congo Cabaret

    Congo Cabaret

    Congo Cabaret

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    Harlem, 1926. A “sweetman” Zeddy, living off a woman, brings a country girl he’s trying to impress to a gay-owned cabaret. There he meets a friend, Ja...

    Congo Cabaret
  • 2024
    HARLEM FRAGMENTS

    HARLEM FRAGMENTS

    HARLEM FRAGMENTS

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    Harlem Fragments is an Afro-futurist scrapbook storytelling of a Harlem Black family's beautiful destruction during the 2008 recession. A natural disa...

    HARLEM FRAGMENTS
  • 2009
    Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist

    Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist

    Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist

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    RICHARD WRIGHT was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction that dealt with powerful themes and controversial topics. Much...

    Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist
  • 2004
    The Last of the First

    The Last of the First

    The Last of the First

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    The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band during its sunset years: 87-year-old Al Casey, who had worked closely with Fats Waller throughout the 1930s; guitarist La...

    The Last of the First
  • 2018
    Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam?

    Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam?

    Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam?

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    The story of Noble Sissle Jr., a production company owner, community development expert, and veteran of the Vietnam War. Combining archival footage wi...

    Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam?
  • 2018
    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

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    Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The H...

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
  • 1932
    Harlem Is Heaven

    Harlem Is Heaven

    Harlem Is Heaven

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    Bill "Bojangles" Robinson made his movie acting debut in this 1932 film, featuring Putney Dandridge, James Baskett (Oscar winner for "Song of the Sout...

    Harlem Is Heaven