Lorenzo Tucker

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audie...

Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer

Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer is one of seven films in the "Were You There" series produced by Carol Lawrence (t...

Black Hollywood

Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, bla...

The Black King

A confident and unscrupulous minister begins a 'back to Africa' movement, proclaiming himself Emperor of the Un...

Wages of Sin

Film producer Winston L. Jaune gives his brother J. Lee a job in his company. J. Lee promptly steals company fu...

Straight to Heaven

Singer Jimmy Williams' father Joe is a chemist who recently lost his job to George Elliott. Since then, Joe has...

Reet, Petite, and Gone

Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying; his last act is a visionary plan for the future ha...

Underworld

A young Southern college student falls for the charms of a female nightclub owner while on summer break in Chic...

Temptation

Helen Ware, an artist's model, known as the Brown Venus is sad, discouraged and unhappy. When her men friends l...

Ten Minutes to Live

A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her....

Easy Street

Con artists try to trick an old man out of his life savings.

Veiled Aristocrats

A young woman plans to marry, but her mother and brother--a lawyer--don't like her prospective husband and sche...

When Men Betray