Bert Williams Movies

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.

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

In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert Williams to star, produce, direct, and write his own films, having full control, the first time a Black-American ever had such control given by a mainstream movie company. The two films made for Biograph were...

Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty. Filmed in 1913, but after considerable footage was shot, the film was abandoned. One hundred years later, the seven reels of...

It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Regular village "cut-ups" are those actor chaps and actresses.

Bert Williams in his film debut, a now lost film.

A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.