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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Double Deal (1980's)
























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When Mary leaves her husband behind to go on a vacation with her friend, she unintentionally sets in motion a series of tragic events after she has a brief romantic encounter with a young man called Andrew.

Andrew, madly in love with Mary, hires an assassin to take care of her husband, but things go terribly wrong and Andrew is left alone at the end, grief stricken with the knowledge that after his actions, Mary will never be his.

Monday, February 19, 2018

Ol' King Cotton (1930)










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George is a shiftless father and husband, who lets his wife and old mother in law do all the work at his tumbledown farm, preferring to sleep under a tree. His wife finally threatens him into finding a job moving cartons in a warehouse. 

Friday, February 16, 2018

Rufus Jones for President (1933)






















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A musical short film about a young African-American boy dreaming about becoming President. Debuting Sammy Davis Jr. in his first film. 

Friday, February 9, 2018

Oscar Micheaux Filmography


Here is a comprehensive list of films from African American pioneer filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux.

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