Cicely Tyson Movies

Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll,...

Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South....

The cast and crew of Roots (1977) recall its phenomenal success on its 25th anniversary.

A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.

A bored suburban housewife embarks upon a series of affairs seemingly triggered by escapism and fantasy.

Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and...

American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind...

The Irish-willed eighty-year-old Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick and her only friend in life, seventy-year-old Celine Snow disagree on just about everything....

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally...

The hard-working but struggling crew of a shrimp boat discover a sunken treasure. Trouble ensues in this dramatic black-cast production.

Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with...

The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics.

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal...

Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome...

A family falls victim to a scientific institute that removes memories and transfers them to a computer.

In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.

Three travelers find themselves in a strange world after their plane crashes in an isolated valley. They encounter a hidden city whose occupants are...

Tells the story of an African American youth named Jimmy who encounters racial discrimination in his search for employment. Although the boy's father...