Movies: Moms Mabley

  • 2021
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

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    During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 y...

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • 1933
    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones (1933)

    The Emperor Jones

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

    The Emperor Jones
  • 2019
    I Am Richard Pryor

    I Am Richard Pryor (2019)

    I Am Richard Pryor

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

    I Am Richard Pryor
  • 1974
    Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace (1974)

    Amazing Grace

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    A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts....

    Amazing Grace
  • 1948
    Boarding House Blues

    Boarding House Blues (1948)

    Boarding House Blues

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

    Boarding House Blues
  • 2013
    Moms Mabley

    Moms Mabley (2013)

    Moms Mabley

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    A feature documentary about Jackie "Moms" Mabley, an African-American stand-up comic and show-biz pioneer who emerged from the Chitlin' Circuit of African-American Vaudeville to become a mainstream star. Once billed as "The Funniest Woman in the Worl...

    Moms Mabley
  • 2016
    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) (2016)

    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

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    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers from across the 20th century: from Jackie “Moms” Mabley to Eartha Kitt, Whoopi Goldberg, Whitney Hous...

    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
  • 1948
    Killer Diller

    Killer Diller (1948)

    Killer Diller

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

    Killer Diller
  • 2017
    All Jokes Aside

    All Jokes Aside (2017)

    All Jokes Aside

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    "Laughumentary" about black comedians in Hollywood....

    All Jokes Aside
  • 1970
    It's Your Thing

    It's Your Thing (1970)

    It's Your Thing

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

    It's Your Thing