Movies: Bessie Smith

In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers....

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform....

In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greatest blues performers to gather in a studio in Toronto, recording together and individually in sessions that lasted three days. The result was originally televised as part of the CBC "Festiv...

The memories of a woman, condensed into four periods....

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists fe...

A distressed detective feels an overwhelming guilt after letting a killer get away....