bwcTV May 2021

bwcTV May 2021

Our latest film additions for May 2021.

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bwcTV May 2021
  • Within Our Gates (1920) by Oscar Micheaux

    In this early silent film from pioneering director Oscar Micheaux, kindly Sylvia Landry (Flo Clements) takes a fundraising trip to Boston in hopes of collecting $5,000 to keep a Southern school for impoverished black children open to the public. She then meets the warmhearted Dr. Vivian (William ...

  • Goodbye Uncle Tom 1971

    Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

    Goodbye Uncle Tom (Italian: Addio Zio Tom) is a 1971 Italian film directed by Mondo film documentary directors Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi with music by Riz Ortolani.

    The fi...

  • Treasure of the Ninja (1987)

    William Lee wrote, produced, directed and starred in this film, which concerns a secret agent guiding an adventurous female professor on a search for the Treasure of the Ninja.
    Director: William Lee
    Writer: William Lee

    Stars: John H. Howenstine, Ajay Kumar, William Lee

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  • Capitain Thomas Sankara

  • The Cry of Jazz (1959) Edward O. Bland Sun Ra Groundbreaking Black Independent Film

  • Mark of the Hawk, with Eartha Kitt Sidney Poitier

    After attending school in England, Obam (Sidney Poitier) returns to his African homeland where he is elected to the legislative council. One of the only natives on the council, Obam soon finds himself caught in an impossible battle. On one side are the interests of the British colonists, on the o...

  • Uptight

    Uptight (also known as Up Tight!) is a 1968 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin. It was intended as an updated version of John Ford's 1935 film The Informer, based on the book of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty, but the setting was transposed from Dublin to Cleveland. The soundtrack was...

  • Sapphire (1959) Starring Nigel Patrick and Yvonne Mitchell

    Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film. It focuses on racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies, and explores the "underlying insecurities and fears of ordinary people" about those of another race. The film was directed by Basil Dearden, and stars Nigel Patrick, Earl Cameron an...

  • Finally We Got The News The League of Revolutionary Black Workers