The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

Starring:

• Cicely Tyson
• Eric Brown
• Richard Dysart

Storyline
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended, a long walk toward freedom, marriage to Joe Pittman, her adopted son Ned's work as an educator, helping to raise Jimmy, who returns as a civil rights worker, and her own decision to become involved in contemporary issues. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.

I'm Bout It (1997)

Starring:

• Master P
• Anthony Boswell
• Cassandra Cheatam

IMDB.com
I'm Bout It is a rare black film, that's so bad it's good. The acting is horrible, camera angles and cinematography are all done with a home camera and the script doesn't flow. I mean you can't help but laugh when a man is tied up and sweaty, replies to his captors by saying f**k you, like he's gonna do something. Watch this film with boys, I guarantee it'll cheer you up.

Island In The Sun (1957)

Starring:

• Harry Belafonte
• Dorothy Dandridge 
• James Mason 
• Joan Fontaine 
• Joan Collins 
• Michael Rennie 
• Diana Wynyard 
• John Williams 
• Stephen Boyd 
• Patricia Owens 
• Basil Sydney

Storyline
It's 1957 on the tropical island of Santa Marta, where a charismatic new black leader (Harry Belafonte) threatens to unseat British rule. No less than four scandalous love affairs intertwine to affect his wealthy, ambitious rival, Maxwell Fleury (James Mason). Filled with murderous rage over his wife's infidelity, Fleury also possesses a secret heritage that could make or break his political career. Meanwhile, his equally opportunistic sister (Joan Collins) attempts to entrap an English lord (Stephen Boyd) into marriage.