Moms Mabley Movies

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his...

A feature documentary about Jackie "Moms" Mabley, an African-American stand-up comic and show-biz pioneer who emerged from the Chitlin' Circuit of...

An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.

A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the...

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a...

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers...

"Laughumentary" about black comedians in Hollywood.

Highlights of a concert filmed at Yankee Stadium in New York City on June 21, 1969.

In order to save their home, tenants of a boarding house put on a show.