Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Starring:

• Moses Gunn
• Rosalind Cash
• Bernie Casey
• Madge Sinclair
• Jamaal Wilkes
• Thalmus Rasulala 
• Antonio Fargas 
• Laurence Fishburne
• Stack Pierce 
• Tierre Turner 
• Bill Henderson 
• Randy Martin 

Storyline
Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton was the black urban dream and a hero to youngsters Wilford Robinson and Earl Carter. Shortly before he would have become the first man from his community to go to college, he demonstrates his scholarship-winning running ability to his friends and admirers in the neighborhood. At the same time, the police are on a manhunt for an armed rapist. They mistake Cornbread for the rapist and shoot him dead in the street. In the aftermath of the community's shattered dream, and in the face of an intimidating police cover-up, Wilford is determined not to betray the memory of his hero.

Link to soundtrack review
The Blackbyrds - Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Trick Baby (1972)

Starring:

• Mel Stewart
• Kiel Martin 
• Dallas Edward Hayes 
• Vernee Watson 

Storyline
Trick Baby is the gritty story of the relationship between two Philly con men, Johnny "Folks" O'Brien, a white man, and "Blue" Howard, a black man. From an early age, Blue raised Folks as his own son and treated him as if he was black. However, Blue passed on more than his heritage when he taught him the ways of the street and the art of the con. Folks was a natural, and in no time they were using their skill and their color to play on people's prejudices and fears. Then, on one hellish day, things begin to unravel when they get in over their heads with a crooked cop and some shady investors. Now the heat is on, friends are scarce and they must rely on each other. But when the chips are down, can people of different races really trust each other? In the next 24 hours, Blue and Folks will learn the disturbing truth about themselves and the world they prey on.