Movies

Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...

On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a...

A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was...

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and...

At the end of 2005, New York's famed restaurateur, Sirio Maccioni, closed Le Cirque, destination of the rich and famous. During 2006, he and his...

Traces the long and ferocious rivalry between Coke and Pepsi, centered on the “New Coke” debacle of 1985. For almost a hundred years,...

An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.

A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis,...

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...

It's Halloween for Fat Albert and the Junkyard Gang, and everyone's all set for trick-or-treating. While searching for costumes a store clerk kicks...

A comedy classic whodunit with an amazing comedic ensemble group. An hour comedy special in which Bob Hope plays a mad scientist who invents a...

Hosted by Marc Summers of Super Sloppy Double Dare.

A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.

An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights...

This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from...

A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a...

Eighty-nine year old trumpeting legend Clark Terry has mentored jazz wonders like Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but Terry’s most unlikely...

Bill Cosby shares his hilarious new observations on life and family in this comedy special, his first televised concert in 30 years.

In the late 1950s, a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged in sharp contrast to the standard "Take my wife, please" approach. It...

Time passes and things change. So have Scott and Robinson. Scott has become a college professor and Robinson holds a high enough position with the...