(1947) A struggling band leader's pursuit of fame has many obstacles. With Billy Daniels and Shelia Guyse.

(1936) Also known as "Bronze Venus." Lena Horne plays a nightclub singer who gets a chance at Broadway.

(1974) A Black undercover operative uses street smarts, revealing outfits, and kung-fu to investigate the drug dealers in Los Angeles.

(1975) Lady Cocoa (Lola Falana) is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.

(1974) A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong. Starring Jeannie Bell.

(1976) A female detective is hired by a crime lord to figure out who's taking his action. Starring Johnnie Hill.

(1974) A Black biker gang avenges the racist murder of the younger brother of one of their members. Featuring "Mean" Joe Green, Mercury Morris, Ben Davidson, Gene Washington, Carl Eller, and Willie Lanier.

(1974) Also known as "Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes." In 1956 Ohio, the head of a lucrative numbers games is pursued by both the mob and the local police.

(1956) Early rock and roll film starring Tuesday Weld. Featuring performances by Black singers and groups: Chuck Berry, La Vern Baker, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, The Flamingos, and The Moonglows.

(1976) Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, while struggling to support his cancer stricken wife. With James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Louis Gossett Jr.

(1948) In this award winning documentary, a quiet, neglected Harlem boy's wall of silence masks his drift into criminal behavior.

(1976) Fred Williamson as a ex-GI who mixes it up with the mob.

(1953) Coley Wallace stars in the biography of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis. With Ossie Davis.

(1950) Jackie Robinson stars in his own biography as the first Black player in major league baseball.

(1957) Obam (Sydney Poitier), struggles against colonialism in Africa.

(1975) Also known as "Bogarde." To make money, a Los Angeles street fighter goes to work for gangsters. With Richard Lawson and Phillip Michael Thomas.

(1974) To protect his criminal enterprise, J.J. must fight the leader of a heroin cartel. Featuring Rod Perry in the title role.