Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

A seductive Harlem nightclub dancer arrives in the Caribbeans to perform. After two American military officers are enticed by her, a series of men soon find themselves attracted to her too.

The Harlem Gospel Singers & Band - Live at the Palladium

Harlem Roots: Volume 1 - The Big Bands

Travel back to the 1940s and hear the lively sound of Big Band music from the greats: Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Basie and Lucky Millinder. With rarely seen film footage and show-stopping performances, this coll

A Sense of Pride: Hamilton Heights in Harlem

Monica J. Freeman's serene portrait of Hamilton Heights at the peak of its brownstone revival is a testament to the cohesion and spirit of an African-American middle class fighting hard for its place in a depressed city,

Harlem Roots: Vol. 1: The Big Bands

Originally produced for special jukebox machines called Panorams, "soundies" were short musical programs made in the 1940s. This collection features performance footage showcasing four of the greatest big band leaders of

Uptown with Scooby-Doo and The Harlem Globetrotters

Two of the Harlem Globetrotters teach you how to perform some tricks while clips from the various Globetrotter episodes of Scooby-Doo play.

Hellfighters: Harlem’s Heroes of World War One

African American soldiers in World War One had more than one enemy to overcome.

City Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, Via the Subway Route

Casey enters a subway station nearby City Hall and walks down the tunnel. He lights a fuse to set off a blast and runs away. Thinking the fuse has gone out, he creeps cautiously up to it, when it suddenly goes off, Casey

Jig Show: Leon Claxton's Harlem in Havana

Brown skin showgirls, whites-only audiences, and the brave African American showman who left an extraordinary entertainment legacy despite the insurmountable odds against him and his dreams.

My Childhood Part 2: James Baldwin’s Harlem

James Baldwin narrates how his early years in Harlem made him alive to the forces at work in the city and American society to manage the black population. Describing the economic and visual disparity of New York’s famed

Queen Esther Marrow with the Harlem Gospel Singers & Band: Let the Good Times Roll

In concerts performed the world over, the Harlem Gospel Singers have bowled over audiences with their powerful singing and professional musical accompaniment. This live performance -- with Queen Esther Marrow front and c

Tar

When small-time crook Curtis jacks a police car, he discovers the lady cop is a former lover, and soon the two form an unlikely alliance to bust a revolution-minded urban gang who kidnap, tar and feather rich executives.

Harlémská tragedie

A comedy about two women and two marriages. A young woman lives in a Harlem apartment with a fire escape and is beaten by her husband. However, she is happy because she always gets a gift from him. Her neighbor envies he

Mixed Blood

On the mean streets of New York City, a dog-eat-dog mentality reigns among the destitute citizens. In one of the many abandoned buildings in the neighborhood of Alphabet City lives the Brazilian Rita La Punta, along with

Czarodziej z Harlemu

The Stal sports club from Tczew has acquired a new player. He is a black basketball player. Unfortunately, the plane with Abraham lands in Gdańsk, not in Warsaw, where he is expected. The boy tries to get to Tczew on his

Life Goes On

The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant lawyer, while Henry decides that a

Hit Man

Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high

Coonskin

A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated tale of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem b

Swing Fever

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

Voodoo Macbeth

In 1936 Harlem, the first all-Black cast to perform Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', directed by a young and arrogant Orson Welles, battles to make it to opening night.