The mission of The Department of Afro-American Research Arts and Culture to identify the global significance of the creative contributions pioneered by an international diaspora of Blackness
The Department of Afro American Research, Arts, and Culture's Archive is a subdivision of DAARAC that digitally preserves Afro American films. On this website, you may browse our archive that consists of film posters, screenshots, and movie synopsis. All information provided here is for research and reference purposes. We do not host full-length films on this website.

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Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Straight to Heaven (1939)









































Starring:
Lucky John is head of a syndicate that is distributing rotten canned food to unsuspecting Negroes in Harlem. Joe Williams is sent to jail for murder and placed on trial for his life. Williams' wife plays a big part in clearing her husband of murder charges engineered by Lucky John.

Monday, July 12, 2021

Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra (1936)



















Starring:
A typical sepia band, with a ritzy aggregation of hot-cha instrument men. The band does several numbers with different members doing their specialty with great gusto and zip. Also, there are te The Brown Jacks, lively steppers, and Mya Johnson doing a hit song number.