Fredi Washington Movies

  • 1933
    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    5.71933HD

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

    The Emperor Jones
  • 1934
    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    6.9941934HD

    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...

    Imitation of Life
  • 1929
    Black and Tan

    Black and Tan

    Black and Tan

    6.21929HD

    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,...

    Black and Tan
  • 1937
    One Mile from Heaven

    One Mile from Heaven

    One Mile from Heaven

    6.71937HD

    A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

    One Mile from Heaven
  • 1930
    Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers

    6.8891930HD

    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...

    Animal Crackers
  • 1922
    Square Joe

    Square Joe

    Square Joe

    01922HD

    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...

    Square Joe
  • 1935
    Ouanga

    Ouanga

    Ouanga

    51935HD

    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...

    Ouanga
  • 1929
    The Letter

    The Letter

    The Letter

    5.5291929HD

    A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.

    The Letter
  • 1933
    Mills Blue Rhythm Band

    Mills Blue Rhythm Band

    Mills Blue Rhythm Band

    11933HD

    In this short film, musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party".

    Mills Blue Rhythm Band
  • 1975
    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    01975HD

    Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
  • 1934
    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    6.61934HD

    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...

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho