Space Is The Place (1974)

Starring:

• Sun Ra
• Christopher Brooks
• Raymond Johnson
• Barbara Deloney
• Erika Leder
• La Shaa Stallings
• Sinthia Ayala
• Clarence Brewer
• June Tyson
• Tiny Parker
• Sam Bankhead
• John Gilmore
• Marshall Allen

Storyline

Sun Ra the space-age prophet lands his spaceship in Oakland, having been presumed lost in space for a few years. During his return, he attempts to rescue the Black race from the earth and take them to a planet free of oppression.

In The Heat Of The Night (1967)

Starring:

• Sidney Poitier 
• Rod Steiger
• Warren Oates
• Lee Grant
• Larry Gates
• James Patterson
• William Schallert
• Beah Richards

Storyline
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

Bucktown (1975)

Starring:

• Fred Williamson
• Pam Grier
• Thalmus Rasulala
• Tony King
• Bernie Hamilton
• Art Lund
• Tierre Turner
• Morgan Upton
• Carl Weathers
• Jim Bohan
• Robert Burton
• Gene Simms

Storyline
Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.

Link to soundtrack review.
Johnny Pate - Bucktown (1975)