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Black Film History
United States
Registrace 30. 09. 2011
The Department of Afro-American Research, Arts, and Culture (DAARAC) is a nonprofit research and preservation based organization that was incorporated on April 4th 2019, which focuses on the historical and present aestheticism of Black Cinema. We look to enlighten those in search for information as it pertains to the cultural aspects of Black arts and culture around the world. Our website covers the Race Film Era (Black independent films of the 1920s to mid 1950s), Civil Rights Era, Blaxploitation Era, New Jack/Hip-Hop Era, and Modern Black Cinema.
Freeman (1977, Dick Anthony Williams, Louis Gossett, Chip Fields, Richard Ward, Paulene Myers)
Freeman (Dick Anthony Williams) pretends to be a lawyer, runs for city council, and wants to buy an abandoned building to start a production line company. While his dreams seem sensible, Freeman's reality is that he's broke, living with his parents and pregnant wife, and getting into trouble. His friend Rex (Louis Gossett), a successful businessman, wants to help Freeman but can't support his erratic decision-making.
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Preview Clip: Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944, Lena Horne, Teddy Wilson, Pete Jackson, Albert Ammons)
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"Boogie-Woogie Dream" (1944) is a short musical featuring Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Teddy Wilson, and his Orchestra. Official Films is responsible for the production and distribution of the movie. The film showcases musical talent when Lena sings "Unlucky Woman" and Albert and Pete perform "Boogie Woogie Dreams." Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra provide additional musical numbers w...
The House of Dies Drear (1984, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Shavar Ross, Gloria Foster, Joe Seneca)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2016/07/house-of-dies-drear-1984.html This eerie ghost story with a twist reaches back o the days of slavery and underground railroads. Spooky antics begin when a modern-day black family moves into a historic old house that seems to be haunted by murdered abolitionist Dies Drear. Dramatic special effects help build suspense as Walter Small and his son Thomas seek to discov...
Bustin' Loose (1981, trailer) [Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Robert Christian, Angel Ramirez Jr.]
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www.daaracarchive.org/2010/06/bustin-loose-1981.html Parole officer Donald (Robert Christian) compels his foul-mouthed ex-con charge Joe Braxton (Richard Pryor) to escort a bus full of special education students from Philadelphia to the Pacific Northwest, where their teacher Vivian Perry (Cicely Tyson) plans to set up a new school. But when Braxton's latest attempt at going straight becomes a f...
Preview Clip: Big Fella (1937, Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Roy Emerton, Eldon Gorst)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2012/11/big-fella-1937.html Paul Robeson stars as Joe, a Marseilles dockworker who is asked by police to help find a young boy missing from an ocean liner. When Joe finally discovers the child (Eldon Grant), he learns that the boy escaped of his own will, and takes him to stay with a local cafe singer, Miranda (Elisabeth Welch). Joe and Miranda become surrogate parents to ...
Preview Clip: Getting Over (1981, John Daniels, Gwen Briscoe, Bernice Givens, Mary Hopkins)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2012/08/getting-over-1981.html Mike (John Daniels) has a dream of making it big in the music industry, along with a female singing group -The Heavenly Sisters. Bigot-Mobster Board Chairman of a top music corporation cons Mike into a no-win situation and takes control of all records produced by "Impossible Funky Records" label - Mike's company. Gwen (Gwen Brisco) and Mike f...
Preview Clip: The Kid from Left Field (1979, Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, Gary Collins)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2022/02/the-kid-from-left-field-1979-tv-movie.html Padres owner Fred Walker (Ed McMahon) is seriously considering selling his bottom-ranked team until he hires Jackie Roberson ("JR") Cooper (Coleman) as batboy. Miraculously, the Padres are transformed into a lean, mean, winning machine and the players are convinced they've found their lucky charm. Now the Padres are winnin...
Preview Clip: On the Right Track (1981, Gary Coleman, Bill Russell, Norman Fell, Lisa Eilbacher)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2013/12/on-right-track-1981.html While some people may not view a railroad station as an ideal home, 10-year old orphan Lester (Gary Coleman) finds his Union Station residence more than adequate. It serves as a comfortable refuge from the frantic city life until Lester's extraordinary knack for picking racetrack winners becomes public knowledge. With captivating charm and ...
Preview Clip: Safe in Hell (1931, Nina Mae McKinney)
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Nina Mae McKinney sings in the film, "Safe in Hell" (1931). www.daarac.ngo www.daaracarchive.org
Preview Clip: No Time For Romance (1948, Joel Fluellen, Austin McCoy, Shirley Haven, Eunice Wilson)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2021/12/no-time-for-romance-1948.html A talented young Black songwriter gets his big break in a New York Musical. His adversary tried to prevent him from auditioning for J.D. Richards, the renowned New York musical agent.
Preview Clip: Tall, Tan, & Terrific (1946, Mantan Moreland, Monte Hawley, Francine Everett)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2013/03/tall-tan-terrific-1946.html Professional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club and his contract with his lead singer and girlfriend Tall, Tan, and Terrific (Francine Everett). This leads to a murder that is solved by club comic Mantan Moreland and club photogra...
Preview Clip: Broken Strings (1940, Clarence Muse, Sybil Lewis, William Washington, Tommie Moore)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2016/12/broken-strings-1940.html The gifted hands of a world-renowned musician are crippled in a car crash. Reduced to giving lessons to children on the instrument he once mastered, violinist Arthur Williams (Clarence Muse) has become an embittered malcontent. Frustrated by the apparent lack of discipline in his students (one of them, his own son), and despairing of the de...
Soundie: Paper Doll (1942, The Mills Brothers, Dorothy Dandridge, Juanita Moore)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2021/12/paper-doll-1942-soundie.html The Mills Brothers perform "Paper Doll" featuring Dorothy Dandridge dancing. Juanita Moore is one of the girls sitting on one of the Mills Brothers' lap.
Preview Clip: Ebony Parade (1947, The Jubalaires, Mantan Moreland, Mable Lee)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2018/08/ebony-parade-1947-lost-film.html Mantan Moreland host a series of filmed footage of musical variety type from the period.
Soundie: I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem (1941, Delta Rhythm Boys)
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www.daaracarchive.org/2021/12/i-dreamt-i-dwelt-in-harlem-1941-soundie.html The Delta Rhythm Boys perform "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem" (1941).
Preview Clip: Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977, LeVar Burton, Ossie Davis, Tina Andrews)
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Preview Clip: Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977, LeVar Burton, Ossie Davis, Tina Andrews)
Preview Clip: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978, Morgan Freeman, Claudia McNeil, Janet MacLachlan)
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Preview Clip: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978, Morgan Freeman, Claudia McNeil, Janet MacLachlan)
Preview Clip: Klash (1995, Jasmine Guy, Giancarlo Esposito, Stafford Ashani, Carl Bradshaw)
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Preview Clip: Klash (1995, Jasmine Guy, Giancarlo Esposito, Stafford Ashani, Carl Bradshaw)
Klash (1995, trailer) [Jasmine Guy, Giancarlo Esposito, Stafford Ashani, Carl Bradshaw]
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Klash (1995, trailer) [Jasmine Guy, Giancarlo Esposito, Stafford Ashani, Carl Bradshaw]
Preview Clip: Song of Freedom (1936, Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, Robert Adams)
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Preview Clip: Song of Freedom (1936, Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, Robert Adams)
Soundie: Just a Sittin' and a Rockin' (1945, Delta Rhythm Boys)
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Soundie: Just a Sittin' and a Rockin' (1945, Delta Rhythm Boys)
Soundie: Low Down Dog (1944, Meade Lux Lewis)
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Soundie: Low Down Dog (1944, Meade Lux Lewis)
Blaxploitation Clip: Velvet Smooth (1976, Johnnie Hill, Owen Watson, René Van Clief, Elsie Roman)
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Blaxploitation Clip: Velvet Smooth (1976, Johnnie Hill, Owen Watson, René Van Clief, Elsie Roman)
Blaxploitation Clip: Right on! (1970, Felipe Luciano, Gylan Kain, David Nelson)
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Blaxploitation Clip: Right on! (1970, Felipe Luciano, Gylan Kain, David Nelson)
Preview Clip: Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra (1936, The Three Brown Jacks)
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Preview Clip: Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra (1936, The Three Brown Jacks)
Soundie: Caravan (1942, The Mills Brothers)
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Soundie: Caravan (1942, The Mills Brothers)
Soundie: Sandin' Joe (1945, Dallas Bartley & His Band)
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Soundie: Sandin' Joe (1945, Dallas Bartley & His Band)
Preview Clip: That's the Spirit (1933, Cora La Redd, Noble Sissle and his Band)
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Preview Clip: That's the Spirit (1933, Cora La Redd, Noble Sissle and his Band)
Preview Clip: Smash Your Baggage (1932, Small's Paradise Entertainers)
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Preview Clip: Smash Your Baggage (1932, Small's Paradise Entertainers)
Crime Partners (trailer, 2003) [Tyrin Turner, John 'B.J.' Bryant, Clifton Powell, Jeanette Branch]
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Crime Partners (trailer, 2003) [Tyrin Turner, John 'B.J.' Bryant, Clifton Powell, Jeanette Branch]
I feel him...
White chocolate n!ggress..Degradation of black existence in those days. At least she could pass...
This reminds me..... YOU CAN'T HIDE JACK!! LL$
This is a beautiful movie ❤
Watched this so many times
I never seen this movie but I know her from Willie Dynamite and Foxy Brown...she's sexy but she had thee most annoying loud wailing cry I probably ever heard
Wow, what a superb actor! He had some acting chops, that's for sure.
Herbert Whitey*
Thulsa Doom was so sexy!
Hip hop ers
Makes it seem like Cornbread ran three blocks but really just to the next corner.
Ghost’s Real Daddy From Power 😂!
Sheila Frazier 😍😍😍😍!
Good movie
Love Her ❤
One time for Ashley. She has me here too❤️❤️
All the comments except mine are bullshit! Go away!Get the hell out of here!
All the comments except mine are bullshit! Get your big balls out!
What the hell is this shit you uploaded! What the hell is Ali! What the hell is the shit except mine! Fuck off! You guys don't know shit!
All the comments except mine are bullshit! Go away!
除了我以外的评论都是什么狗屁烂玩意儿呀!滚你们的大蛋去呀!
Ali is such a jerk! He still has the nerve to stay here! Get out!
Jim Brown. !Actorazo¡....
I truly enjoyed the entire play. Start to finish. Exceptional indeed 👏 🎉
Freeman was all over the place, too many bright ideas… not enough leg work/consistency. Man was acting like a 16 year old.
this is probably my favourite movie
Eddie Griffin "Undercover Brother"
The Cinema Snob sent me here.
Sergent walters remind of my supervisor on my job he also sound like gino jennings
Phylicia Rashad is my top 5 perfect looking woman of the 80s 90s tv and beyond.
Carl Scott was FAR more superior compared to guys like Jim Kelly and Chuck Norris who got a lot of press time. He's definitely the one who got away but I'm glad the Chinese saw something in him and captured it on film.
If only if GUNNS and ROSES Welcome to the jungle was the national anthem These old school movies would be made today
Love, Sergeant Waters
Very very touching
Soundtrack…stuck…in my….head….
"Keep The Change"
He should have worked the job went to college part time to get his degree and ask his doctor friend did he know anybody that would train him to be a notary or paralegal
Jada Pinkett-Smith and Andy Barclay Sleeping Night (Day)
Finished watching it It’s 50 years old Director William A. Graham makes a blaxploitation era flick about injustice in the streets Music is by Barry White himself which adds to the 1970s vibe There’s a very suspenseful scene involving sneaking into a police precinct that’s pretty effective I like how this gang works as a unit to get to the root of the problem This is also one of the rare films from the 1970s to focus on LGBTQIA characters When it reaches the middle of the story there’s a very harsh scene explaining why this perpetrator did what he did to the officer, it’s almost very heartbreaking The score is pretty effective too especially the climax when it gets quite intense The important thing for anybody is to stay together gang related or not This manages to be a worthy flick of this era of filmmaking really laying thick the difficult tensions of the time It’s a scary world when certain communities only have the power of each other when everyone else is against them or forgets them entirely but there’s still unification in dyer strains
Sang ✨ Dawn Lewis
Beautiful 🤩 black women ♀️. Now these are sistas beautiful and talented
What a name lmfao
All of these “ fakin Jamaicans “ We need a real Rasta man 🦹🏽 🇯🇲
GianCarlo is an underrated actor
This was a great 👍🏾 film 🎥. Thanks for posting
I Know Joseph C Philips On The Cosby Show he played Martin Kendall Denise’s Husband and He had a Daughter Olivia Kendall
Malcolm warned us about these people!
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, they sure don’t make em like them anymore. Thanks for sharing The Sheriff.
RIP ANTWAN,LOVE U LIL CUZ..SEE U WHEN I GET THERE🥲🙏🏿
"I trust you" 👉🏾 ..... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂