Search results for "Dorothy Dandridge"
Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones
IMDb: 6.8
105

The tale of the cigarette-maker Carmen and the Spanish cavalry soldier Don Jose is translated into a modern-day story of a parachute factory worker and a stalwart GI named Joe…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Girl 27

Girl 27

Girl 27
IMDb: 7
86

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending…

Genre: Documentary
Lady from Louisiana

Lady from Louisiana

Lady from Louisiana
IMDb: 5.9
82

Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted…

Genre: Drama
Tamango

Tamango

Tamango
IMDb: 6.5
104

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain’s mistress, forcing a showdown.

Genre: Drama, History
Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess
IMDb: 7.1
138

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular…

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Tarzan’s Peril

Tarzan’s Peril

Tarzan’s Peril
IMDb: 5.9
78

Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.

Genre: Action, Adventure
Bright Road

Bright Road

Bright Road
IMDb: 6.6
68

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

Genre: Drama, Music
Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun
IMDb: 6.1
119

On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner’s son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren’t enough, there are…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Decks Ran Red

The Decks Ran Red

The Decks Ran Red
IMDb: 6.1
84

A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.