Lead Belly (1976)
The early days of country/blues singer Huddie Ledbetter, from leaving home to playing in night spots through his several incarcerations to his “discovery” by John Lomax.
Up From Slavery (2011)
The dark story of slavery in America, from its arrival in Virginia in the 7th Century, through the Civil War, & also of Abolitionists who fought it.
The Comey Rule (2020)
The story of FBI Director James Comey’s relationship to President Trump during the investigations into the Clinton emails & that of the Trump organizations ties with Russia.
Greyhound (2020)
A US Capt. at the beginning of WW 2 heads 4 destroyers charged to protect a convoy carrying supplies to England faces a Nazi pack of U-boats.
Return to Me (2000)
Widower Bob Rueland falls in love with Grace, but both are unaware that her transplanted heart came from his deceased wife.
Self Made: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker (2020)
This 4-part Neflix series chronicles the rise of Madame C.J. Walker from laundress to sales woman to the head of a national cosmetics business.
The Last Full Measure (2019)
After over 30 years of trying to get the Cong. Medal of Honor for a medic in Vietnam who gave his life for them, they succeed in getting a Pentagon lawyer to take up the cause, but there are obstacles.
Harriett (2019)
The story of escaped slave Harriet Tubman who went back several times to rescue her family and other slaves.
The Post (2017)
Freedom of the press is upheld when Washington Post Publisher Kay Graham & Editor Ben Bradlee risk jail by publishing Daniel Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers that reveal that the US Presidents have been waging a war that they believe is unwinnable.
LBJ (2017)
Interspersed with scenes of the murder of JFK in Dallas are scenes of LBJ as V-P & then as President determined to get JFK’s Civil Rights Bill passed through Congress