Henry Flipper is the first black West Point graduate. Assigned to serve at Fort Davis in Texas, Flipper becomes the object of a conspiracy by his fellow cadets to rid the base of its only black graduate.
Booker tells the true story of Booker T. Washington, who, as a young slave, dreams of learning to read and write. After the Civil War frees him, Booker is forced to work long hours in a salt furnace to help his family survive. But with hard work and persistence, Booker finds a way to learn and gain...
Comedy icon Dave Chappelle makes his triumphant return to the screen with a pair of blistering, fresh stand-up specials. Filmed at The Palladium in Los Angeles, California, in March 2016.
Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930s, this 15-year-old's problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. "Almos' A Man", yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity....
Chappelle's Home Team - Donnell Rawlings: A New Day
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Donnell Rawlings riffs on toxic relationships, getting older, visiting New Zealand and his secret to co-parenting a young son in this stand-up special.
From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940's. James, the boy in question, has a raging toothache that necessitates a trip to...
DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller and Chico Bean bring their famous podcast to the stage to create a unique comedy special where nothing and no one is safe from their jokes.
Presented by HBO and recorded live at the American Palace Theatre in New York, 'Hazelle!' a one-woman show consisting of a series of interconnected vignettes involving a host of Hazelle Goodman's well-crafted and distinct characters, which center on a NY York neighborhood. Often hilarious,...
Fasten your seatbelts as Luenell sounds off on bad seatmates, first-class feuds, sockless babies and more travel mishaps in this brash stand-up special.
Ex-con turned poet/performer Lemon Andersen fights for an exit from generations of poverty by bringing his life's secrets to the New York stage. But revisiting his troubled past has more in store than he bargained for, as he is confronted by his demons time and again.
Presents selections from the major works of choreographer Alvin Ailey as performed by his City Center Dance Theater to background music ranging from modern blues to classical music to traditional spirituals. The choreography is a reflection of the many varied influences in Alvin Ailey's life,...
In this intimate portrait—produced for a segment of National Education Television's "Black Journal" television program—legendary jazz musician Alice Coltrane plays the harp and discusses her thoughts on music, spirituality, family, and the legacy of her late husband, John Coltrane.
In the prime of his career, Mikhail Baryshnikov performs solo and also shares the stage with prima ballerinas such as Gelsey Kirkland and Marianna Tcherkassky. Performances include "Don Quixote," "Coppelia," "Le Spectre de la Rose" and "Vestris."
