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Genre
Year
A Man Called Adam
1966
A Man Called Adam
1966
A Man's Duty
Drama
1919
A Man's Duty
Drama
1919
A Natural Born Gambler
Comedy
1916
A Natural Born Gambler
Comedy
1916
A Raisin in the Sun
Drama
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Drama
1961
A Trip to Tuskegee
Documentary
1909
A Trip to Tuskegee
Documentary
1909
Absent
Drama
1928
Absent
Drama
1928
Am I Guilty?
Noire
1940
Am I Guilty?
Noire
1940
Anna Lucasta
Drama
1958
Anna Lucasta
Drama
1958
Beale Street Mama
Drama
1946
Beale Street Mama
Drama
1946
Behind Every Good Man
Documentary
1967
Behind Every Good Man
Documentary
1967
Big Fat Butterfly
Musical Short
1944
Big Fat Butterfly
Musical Short
1944
Black Chariot
Drama
1971
Black Chariot
Drama
1971
Black Panthers
Documentary
1968
Black Panthers
Documentary
1968
Body and Soul
Drama
1925
Body and Soul
Drama
1925
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
Drama
1942
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
Drama
1942
By Right of Birth
Drama
1921
By Right of Birth
Drama
1921
Cab Calloway Home Movie, Haiti
Home Movie
1951
Cab Calloway Home Movie, Haiti
Home Movie
1951
Cakewalk
Short
1897
Cakewalk
Short
1897
Carmen Jones
Musical
1954
Carmen Jones
Musical
1954
Colored Troops Disembarking
Documentary
1898
Colored Troops Disembarking
Documentary
1898
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Drama
1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Drama
1970
Cow-Cow Boogie
Musical Short
1942
Cow-Cow Boogie
Musical Short
1942
Darktown Jubilee
Comedy
1914
Darktown Jubilee
Comedy
1914
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Drama
1946
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Drama
1946
Gang Smashers
Noire
1938
Gang Smashers
Noire
1938
Georgia Rose
Drama
1930
Georgia Rose
Drama
1930
Gone Are the Days
Drama
1963
Gone Are the Days
Drama
1963
Got a Penny Benny
Musical Short
1946
Got a Penny Benny
Musical Short
1946
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
Harlem Is Heaven
Musical
1932
Harlem Is Heaven
Musical
1932
Harlem on the Prairie
Western
1937
Harlem on the Prairie
Western
1937
Hell-Bound Train
Drama
1930
Hell-Bound Train
Drama
1930
I Am Somebody
Documentary
1970
I Am Somebody
Documentary
1970
In The Heat of The Night
1967
In The Heat of The Night
1967
Integration Report 1
Documentary
1960
Integration Report 1
Documentary
1960
Jeffries–Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest
Documentary
1910
Jeffries–Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest
Documentary
1910
King: A Filmed Record . . . Montgomery to Memphis
Documentary
1970
King: A Filmed Record . . . Montgomery to Memphis
Documentary
1970
La permission (The Story of a Three-Day Pass)
Drama
1968
La permission (The Story of a Three-Day Pass)
Drama
1968
Lilies of The Field
1963
Lilies of The Field
1963
Lime Kiln Club Field Day
Comedy
1913
Lime Kiln Club Field Day
Comedy
1913
Marching On!
Drama
1943
Marching On!
Drama
1943
Minnie the Moocher
Musical Short
1942
Minnie the Moocher
Musical Short
1942
Miracle in Harlem
Drama
1948
Miracle in Harlem
Drama
1948
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
Comedy
1941
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
Comedy
1941
Murder in Harlem
Drama
1935
Murder in Harlem
Drama
1935
Native Son
Drama
1951
Native Son
Drama
1951
Nicholas Brothers Home Movies
Home Movie
1938
Nicholas Brothers Home Movies
Home Movie
1938
No Way Out
Drama
1950
No Way Out
Drama
1950
Nothing but a Man
Drama
1964
Nothing but a Man
Drama
1964
Ocean's 11
1960
Ocean's 11
1960
Our Colored Fighters
Documentary
1918
Our Colored Fighters
Documentary
1918
Portrait of Jason
Documentary
1967
Portrait of Jason
Documentary
1967
Princess Tam Tam
Drama
1935
Princess Tam Tam
Drama
1935
Reform School
Drama
1939
Reform School
Drama
1939
Regeneration
Adventure
1923
Regeneration
Adventure
1923
Rev. S. S. Jones Home Movies
Home Movie
1924
Rev. S. S. Jones Home Movies
Home Movie
1924
Shaft
Action
1971
Shaft
Action
1971
Smiling Hate
Drama
1924
Smiling Hate
Drama
1924
Something Good—Negro Kiss
Short
1898
Something Good—Negro Kiss
Short
1898
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
Drama
1971
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
Drama
1971
Swingin’ on Nothin’
Musical Short
1942
Swingin’ on Nothin’
Musical Short
1942
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Experimental
1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Experimental
1968
Take the “A” Train
Musical Short
1941
Take the “A” Train
Musical Short
1941
That Man of Mine
1946
That Man of Mine
1946
The Betrayal
Drama
1948
The Betrayal
Drama
1948
The Birth of a Race
Drama
1918
The Birth of a Race
Drama
1918
The Blood of Jesus
Drama
1941
The Blood of Jesus
Drama
1941
The Defiant Ones
Drama
1958
The Defiant Ones
Drama
1958
The Duke Is Tops
Drama
1938
The Duke Is Tops
Drama
1938
The Emperor Jones
Drama
1933
The Emperor Jones
Drama
1933
The Exile
Drama
1931
The Exile
Drama
1931
The Flying Ace
Action
1926
The Flying Ace
Action
1926
The Girl from Chicago
Drama
1932
The Girl from Chicago
Drama
1932
The Green-Eyed Monster
Action
1919
The Green-Eyed Monster
Action
1919
The Harlem Globetrotters
Drama
1951
The Harlem Globetrotters
Drama
1951
The Homesteader
Drama
1919
The Homesteader
Drama
1919
The Jackie Robinson Story
Drama
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
Drama
1950
The Joe Louis Story
Drama
1953
The Joe Louis Story
Drama
1953
The Joint Is Jumpin’
Musical Short
1941
The Joint Is Jumpin’
Musical Short
1941
The Learning Tree
Drama
1969
The Learning Tree
Drama
1969
The Lonesome Road
Musical Short
1941
The Lonesome Road
Musical Short
1941
The Railroad Porter
Comedy
1912
The Railroad Porter
Comedy
1912
The Realization of a Negro’s Ambition
Drama
1916
The Realization of a Negro’s Ambition
Drama
1916
The Scar of Shame
Drama
1929
The Scar of Shame
Drama
1929
The Sport of the Gods
Drama
1921
The Sport of the Gods
Drama
1921
The Symbol of the Unconquered
Drama
1920
The Symbol of the Unconquered
Drama
1920
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
Science Fiction
1959
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
Science Fiction
1959
Trooper of Company K
Western
1917
Trooper of Company K
Western
1917
Two Nights of Vaudeville
Comedy
1915
Two Nights of Vaudeville
Comedy
1915
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Drama
1914
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Drama
1914
Uptight
Drama
1968
Uptight
Drama
1968
We’ve Come a Long, Long Way
Documentary
1944
We’ve Come a Long, Long Way
Documentary
1944
Within Our Gates
Drama
1920
Within Our Gates
Drama
1920
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