Harry Belafonte rose to fame in the 1950s as a singer and actor, bringing the Caribbean sounds of calypso music to the charts...
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2012
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Miriam Makeba was the first South African musician to become an international star; singing in several African dialects as...
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2011
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Soundtrack for a Revolution takes a look at the American civil rights movement, focusing on the role that music -- spirituals...
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2010
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2010
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During the second half of the 20th century, William Kunstler was one of the most admired attorneys in America -- and one of...
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2009
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Celebrated newsman Tom Brokaw headlines this feature-length, eponymous documentary portrait of the life of revered civil...
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2008
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Twenty-two people become unwitting participants in a tragic and defining moment of the 1960s in this period drama from actor...
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Nelson
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2006
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Academy Award-nominated director Spike Lee (the guiding force behind the critically acclaimed documentary 4 Little Girls)...
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2006
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2005
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Experience the true personification of courage as Russell Simmons' Higher Self Series brings home the tales of...
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2005
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A pair of pacifist-minded documentarians reach out to dozens of their generation's greatest thinkers in a bid to ensure a...
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2004
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This documentary from filmmaker Geoffrey Dunn explores the history of calypso music in Trinidad and Tobago. Featuring...
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2003
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Fidel Castro is one of the world's best known and most recognizable political leaders, but he is also among the most...
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2002
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With their blend of folk singing and stand-up comedy, Tom and Dick Smothers became a popular nightclub attraction in the...
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2002
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Quincy Jones has worn many hats during his fifty-plus years in the music business -- sideman, soloist, bandleader,...
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2002
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In 1962, Jamaica won its independence from the United Kingdom, and the island nation, which had long struggled with poverty,...
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Featured Music
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2001
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David Crosby hosts this history of social activism by musicians. Stand and Be Counted: Concerts and Causes was originally...
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2000
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Scandalize My Name provides a searing examination of how "Red Scare" politics were used to hinder America's civil rights...
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2000
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In this courtroom drama set in the near future, the U.S. Supreme Court has recently overturned the Roe vs. Wade decision and...
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Justice Will Dunn
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1999
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Oliver Stone is the executive producer of this political documentary recalling the idealism, struggles, and turmoil of 1968...
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1998
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Harry Belafonte presents a tour through his musical career and varied influences in this concert video, in which the...
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1997
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In this first tape of the three-tape documentary Roots of Rhythm, host Harry Belafonte traces the roots of the musical form...
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Host
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1997
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In this final volume of the three-tape documentary Roots of Rhythm, host Harry Belafonte chronicles the rise to fame and...
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Host
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1997
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In the second tape of the three-tape documentary Roots of Rhythm, host Harry Belafonte leads the viewer on a tour of the...
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1997
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This cool and tuneful documentary centers on a band of modern musicians in period garb playing a dozen authentic pieces from...
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1996
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The jazz world of 1930s Kansas City serves as the backdrop for an offbeat story of kidnapping, political corruption, and...
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Seldom Seen
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1996
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Jack and the Beanstalk is a classic story that transcends ethnic boundaries. After all, foolishness knows no color. Happily...
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1995
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From director-writer Desmond Nakano comes this unusual role-reversal picture examining racism from a different perspective....
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Thaddeus Thomas
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1995
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The wife of a British army officer falls in love with an African American G.I. in this made-for-cable World War II drama....
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Executive Producer
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1995
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Ted Hawkins was often called the world's greatest street singer. Abandoned by his parents as a boy and enduring a childhood...
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1995
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This large, sprawling comedy directed by Robert Altman concerns a variety of romantic and personal intrigues that intersect...
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1994
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Robert Altman takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics in the 1990s (or the lack thereof) in his acidic satire The Player, adapted...
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1992
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One of the best and most popular musicians of the 1950s and '60s, Nat "King" Cole was the first African-American entertainer...
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1991
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Afro-Cuban music throughout the world is profiled in this video tracing its path from African and Spain into the Caribbean,...
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1990
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Nat King Cole is best remembered as the world-renowned crooner who captivated audiences with his airy songs. Unforgettable...
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1989
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1989
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We Shall Overcome tells the story of the song that became a Civil Rights anthem. In the 19th century, many African-Americans...
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1989
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Thanks to the carelessness of a cute little dog, newlyweds Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin are killed in a freak auto accident....
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Featured Music
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1988
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Wembley Stadium has seen its share of stars, benefits and concerts, but none quite like this. Some of England's biggest and...
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1988
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Zimbabwe was host to a Belafonte concert. ~ Rovi...
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1988
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A political video based on speeches made by Rep. Ron Dellumsm in his appeal for less defense spending. ~ Rovi...
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1986
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Join in the fun with Kermit and Fozzie Bear when they tell of their favorite moments from "The Muppet Show." ~ Rovi...
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1985
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1985
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Jon Chardiet plays a Puerto Rican youth who targets subway walls for his graffiti renderings. For a while, it looks as though...
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Composer (Music Score), Producer
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1984
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In 1981 an exhibition of modern Cuban art toured San Francisco and New York, sparking an interest in the topic and the...
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1984
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There was a large, Woodstock-style peace concert held in Hamburg in 1983, and this documentary records the performances and...
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1983
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During a 1980 concert tour in Cuba, singer Harry Belafonte was filmed both in performance, and in a long interview amounting...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1982
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In this animated feature, a collection of exciting tales has been assembled, including "The Hand," with Harry Belafonte,...
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1982
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Produced by Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner, Grambling's White Tiger stars Jenner as real-life quarterback Jim Gregory. The film...
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1981
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Harry Belafonte performs "Turn the World Around" flocked by Muppets in African garb. "Day-O" is given a classic twist in the...
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1979
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Geechie Dan Beauford
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1974
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Marlo Thomas served as both producer and star for this landmark 1974 television special, which, through songs, stories, and...
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1974
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Sidney Poitier makes his directorial debut with the 1972 Western Buck and the Preacher, set during the end of the Civil War....
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Producer, The Preacher
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1972
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Having tackled every known film subject in his long career, from musicals to murder mysteries, Sidney Lumet tries his hand at...
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1970
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Bernard Malamud seldom saw his works faithfully transferred to the screen (take a look at The Natural sometime), but he...
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Alexander Levine, the Angel
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1970
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1968
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Harry Belafonte was both producer and star of this hard-edged film noir crime drama. Dave Burke (Ed Begley, Sr.) is an ex-cop...
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Johnny Ingram
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1959
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Pennsylvania miner Harry Belafonte emerges from a cave-in to discover the coal field, and indeed all of Pennsylvania,...
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Ralph Burton
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1959
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Political intrigue and romantic gamesmanship send an already torrid Caribbean community to the boiling point in this drama....
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Songwriter
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1957
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Joe
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1954
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Bright Road was a real rarity in 1953: a major-studio production with an all-black cast. Based on an award-winning short...
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School Principal
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1953
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Part of the Biogrpahy television series from A&E, this documentary revies the career and personal life of Academy Award...
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