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Black Like Me (1964)
Character: Thomas Newcomb
Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.
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For Pete's Sake (1966)
Character: Harvey
"For Pete's Sake" is the heartfelt and inspiring story of a man (Robert Sampson) struggling to come to terms with his wife's (Pippa Scott) untimely death, while raising their young son (Johnny Jenson). Sam Groom portrays the family's pastor and Terri Garr debuts as a wayward young woman in this entertaining and thought-provoking comedy-drama.
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A Fable (1971)
Character: The Leader
A black radical's ex-wife and children establish a new family unit with a Caucasian man, but he eventually returns to violently besiege them inside their home.
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My Sweet Charlie (1970)
Character: Charles Roberts
A pregnant white Southern girl and a black New York lawyer, both on the run in rural Texas, meet up in a boarded-up, abandoned house and realize they both need each other in order to survive.
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Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Character: Narrator (voice)
"Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice" documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells' memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards. (Note: Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS documentary series "American Experience" (1989). The program has circulated widely as an independent documentary through educational distributors and library catalogs, supporting its treatment as a standalone film listing.)
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Sniper's Ridge (1961)
Character: Medic Gwathney
A combat unit under Capt. Tombol's command undertakes a perilous final patrol amidst heightened tensions, despite an imminent Korean War treaty. Tragically, Tombol steps on a "Bouncing Betty" landmine.
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The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (1970)
Character: N/A
A BBC-produced docudrama reconstructing the trial of the Chicago Eight, using courtroom transcripts as its primary source. Directed by Christopher Burstall, the film dramatizes the prosecution of anti–Vietnam War protesters charged with conspiracy and incitement, presenting the proceedings as a precise trial reenactment grounded in documented testimony rather than fictionalized narrative.
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Seven Hours to Judgment (1988)
Character: Danny Larwin
A distraught husband kidnaps the judge who freed his wife's killers on insufficient evidence. He gives him seven hours to find evidence that will put them away, or he'll kill his wife.
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Down in the Delta (1998)
Character: Earl Sinclair
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.
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The Troublemaker (1964)
Character: Intern
A naive chicken farmer from New Jersey moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee house.
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The Lost Man (1969)
Character: Dennis Lawrence
A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."
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Perry Mason Returns (1985)
Character: Lt. Cooper
When his former secretary is accused of a murder, Perry Mason gives up a judgeship to defend her.
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Dutchman (1966)
Character: Clay
A young conservative black man, minding his own business, rides a nearly empty subway car. The only other passenger, a blonde vixen looking for trouble, sizes him up. Sexual tension, racial bigotry and righteous fury collide in a razor's edge confrontation between this unlikely pair.
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Boy Meets Girl (1993)
Character: Curtis
Sean, a twenty-something burned-out baseball player, returns home in an attempt to keep his parents' marriage together. He unexpectedly falls in love with Lena, a waitress at his parents' restaurant, the eve before her wedding. He convinces everyone he's about to make it big, prompting her to question her impending marriage.
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Ensign Pulver (1964)
Character: Taru
1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work from his crew, without granting them any freedom or favors - ignoring that they're thousand of miles away from the front. In one word: he drives his crew crazy. They are near mutiny, but no-one dares to do the first step. Until Ensign Pulver plays a prank on the captain that triggers fatal consequences...
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This Rebel Breed (1960)
Character: Satchel
To combat the problem of drug-dealing juvenile delinquents operating in racial gangs, two recent police academy graduates are sent to a local high school, posing as students. [Initially released in theaters in 1960 as "This Rebel Breed", it was re-released as "The Black Rebels" five years later, re-edited with the addition of a handful of dialogue-free scenes of youths making out in a bedroom, with partial female nudity.]
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Malcolm X (1992)
Character: Elijah Muhammad
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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The Detective (1968)
Character: Robbie Loughlin
Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.
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Torpedo Run (1958)
Character: Sam Baker
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.
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Castle Keep (1969)
Character: Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.
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The Broken Mask (1958)
Character: George
A young white collegian and a fellow black student struggling for understanding come to realize that living together harmoniously is a two-way street.
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Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Character: Howard
An Irishman and his daughter arrive in the American South with a stolen pot of gold, hoping to make their fortune. Pursued by a leprechaun desperate to recover his treasure, they become entangled in a battle over land, love, and prejudice in Rainbow Valley—where the gold’s magic turns wishes, and lives, upside down.
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