Robert Townsend Movies

When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he de...

Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of lo...

A fictionalized drama about the first women to enter the U.S. Military Academy in 1976 and the reactions they faced.

Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations, H...

Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City a...

A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.