List of the best Gordon Parks movies: Leadbelly(1975), The Learning Tree(1969), The Super Cops(1974), Shaft(1971), Aaron Loves Angela(1975) ... ...
7.1/10
Biography
USA
1975
126 Minutes
Director
Roger E. Mosley Paul Benjamin Madge Sinclair Alan Manson Albert P. Hall Art Evans James Brodhead John Henry Faulk Vivian Bonnell Dana Manno Timothy Pickard
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The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the... See full summary »
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1969
107 Minutes
Director
Kyle Johnson Alex Clarke Estelle Evans Dana Elcar Mira Waters Joel Fluellen Malcolm Atterbury Richard Ward Russ Thorson Peggy Rea Kevin Hagen
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The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Adventure, Action
USA
1974
95 Minutes
Director
Ron Leibman David Selby Sheila Frazier Pat Hingle Dan Frazer Joe Sirola Arny Freeman Bernard Kates Alex Colon Charles Turner Ralph Wilcox
The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1971
100 Minutes
Director
Richard Roundtree Moses Gunn Christopher St. John Charles Cioffi Gwenn Mitchell Lawrence Pressman Victor Arnold Sherri Brewer
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Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
5.8/10
Romance
USA
1975
98 Minutes
Director
Kevin Hooks Irene Cara Moses Gunn Robert Hooks Ernestine Jackson Jose Feliciano
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In New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.
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