Fredi Washington Movies
- 1933
The Emperor Jones
The Emperor Jones5.71933HD
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbea...
- 1934
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life6.9941934HD
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face fami...
- 1929
Black and Tan
Black and Tan6.21929HD
Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington,...
- 1937
One Mile from Heaven
One Mile from Heaven6.71937HD
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
- 1930
Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers6.8891930HD
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of in...
- 1922
Square Joe
Square Joe01922HD
A well-respected boxer is framed by his enemies in the death of a policeman during a raid on a local gambling establishment. He is convicted and sente...
- 1935
Ouanga
Ouanga51935HD
In Haiti, a black female plantation owner enacts a voodoo curse, and revives zombies for revenge on a white male neighbor, who has chosen a white woma...
- 1929
The Letter
The Letter5.5291929HD
A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
- 1933
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Mills Blue Rhythm Band11933HD
In this short film, musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party".
- 1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen01975HD
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
- 1934
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho6.61934HD
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington) o...