Spencer Williams Movies

Actor, writer, director and activist Ossie Davis narrates this look at the history of race films, those produced from the 1920s-50s catered to a...

Hitchhiking conmen Bad News Johnson and July Jones arrive in Texas. A group of talented hopefuls vie for a coveted crown in a jitterbug contest.

Musical film with an all-black cast.

During World War II, a young African American is forced to continue his family’s tradition of military service when he's drafted into the Army....

A one-reel comedy short in which a rivalry between two men is played out in a high-stakes game of mini golf.

A wandering cowboy helps the daughter of a former outlaw find the gold her father stole twenty years earlier and return it to its owners.

Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce...

Aspiring small town singer Daisy Mae Walker travels to a big city in pursuit of showbusiness. A kindly cab driver and a troupe of down-and-out...

An exploration of The Amos 'n' Andy Show (1951), the first all-Black series on American television. It only lasted a few years before CBS succumbed...

Wrongfully accused of murder, a cowboy winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He...

A plotless revue in a theatrical setting, offering 19 musical and dance numbers. Dizzy Gillespie and his band perform eight songs, including "Salt...

Housewife Martha dies after her husband Razz's shotgun inadvertently discharges. The congregation gathers at her bedside to pray for her recovery,...

US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the...

After inheriting a manor from a reclusive wealthy doctor, a newlywed couple is surprised to discover a tempestuous ape-man lurking in the cellar.

Cowboys Bob Blake and his sidekick Dusty ride across the countryside in search of adventure. They come across a ranch where it appears a murder has...

Film by Spencer Williams.

After losing their parents in a flood at a young age, two brothers grow up to become a police officer and a lawyer, working alongside a local...

Spencer Williams' comedy feature.

A seductive Harlem nightclub dancer arrives in the Caribbeans to perform. After two American military officers are enticed by her, a series of men...

An uncle discusses the life of Martin de Porres with his niece. de Porres was a late sixteenth-century Peruvian who was elevated to sainthood in 1962...