That Mourning Feeling…

Oct 24, 2018

The Cosby Prison Sentence: Working While Black by Yasmin Shiraz | Black TV Film Crew Today I heard a colleague rejoice, celebrate, pump her fists, give a high five, do everything but dance in the end zone when she heard that Bill Cosby had been sentenced to three to...

Breaking Barriers (2014)

Apr 29, 2014

Director: Steven J. Boettcher Writer(s): Michael J. Trinklein Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Jimmy Walker, Margaret Cho, Diahann Carroll, Bill Cosby, Edward James Olmos, George Takei, Whoopi Goldberg, Betty White, Leslie Uggams, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Georg Stanford Brown,...

Keep on Keepin’ On (2014)

Apr 19, 2014

 Director: Alan Hicks Writer(s): Davis Coombe, Alan Hicks Starring: Clark Terry, Justin Kauflin, Quincy Jones, Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock, Frank Kauflin, Sandi McCree, Mulgrew Miller, Dianne Reeves, Arturo Sandoval, Quincy Carvers, Phylis Kauflin, Gwen Terry, Candy,...

Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin’ to Tell You (2013)

Apr 20, 2013

Director: Whoopi Goldberg Writer(s): N/A Starring: Debbie Allen, Kaye Ballard, Harry Belafonte, Dick Cavett, Ellen Sebastian Chang, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Griffin, Bambi Haggins, Arsenio Hall, Quincy Jones, Robert Klein, Moms Mabley, Anne Meara, Norma...

500 Years Later (2005)

Feb 24, 2005

Director:  Owen Alik Shahadah Writer(s): M.K. Asante Stars: Kolfi Adu, Sona Jobarteh, Hunter Adams III, Hakim Adi, Toyin Agbetu, Mukasa Afrika, Ras Kumasi, Adisa Alkebulan, Molefi Kete Asante, Afrar Afriyea, M.K. Asante, Sister Aya, Amiri Baraka, David Commissiong,...

Lightning in a Bottle (2004)

Aug 5, 2004

 Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Buddy Guy, Solomon Burke, India Arie, James “Blood” Ulmer, Ruth Brown, Natalie Cole, Shemekia Copeland, Bill Cosby, Robert Cray, Chuck D., David “Honeyboy” Edwards,...

Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (2002)

Feb 1, 2002

Director: Wendy Miller, Shirley Neal Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Debbie Allen, Maya Angelou, Neema Barnette, Fred Berry, Steven Bochco, Donald Bogle, Julian Bond, Wayne Brady, LeVar Burton, Reuben Cannon, Diahann Carroll, Nell Carter, Thomas Carter, Nat ‘King’ Cole,...

4 Little Girls (1997)

Jul 9, 1997

 Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): N/A Starring: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn, Arthur Hanes Jr., Howell Raines, Harold McNair, Carole C. Smitherman, Wamo Reed Robertson, Dianne Braddock, Carolyn Lee Brown, Alpha Robertson, Wyatt Tee Walker, Fred...

Sammy Davis Jr.: Mr. Entertainment (1995)

Feb 1, 1995

Director: N. Brice Shipley Writer(s): Bob Waldman Starring: Bill Cosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Elvera Davis, Eydie Gormé, Buz Kohan, Steve Lawrence, Chita Rivera, Larry Robinson, Nipsey Russell, George Schlatter, David Steinberg Synopsis: Explores the life and career of...

The Meteor Man (1993)

Aug 6, 1993

Director: Robert Townsend Writer(s): Robert Townsend Starring: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Roy Fegan, Cynthia Belgrave, Marilyn Coleman, Don Cheadle, Bobby McGee, Bill Cosby, Big Daddy Kane, Frank Gorshin, Sinbad,...

Malcolm X (1992)

Nov 18, 1992

Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Alex Haley and Malcolm X (book), Arnold Perl and Spike Lee (screenplay) Starring: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, Lonette McKee, Tommy Hollis, James...

Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)

May 26, 1976

Director: Peter Yates Writer(s): Stephen Manes, Tom Mankiewicz Starring: Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, Bill Henderson, Arnold Williams, Tim Reid, Karole Selmon Synopsis: Los Angeles: A new law says that the first ambulance that arrives at an...

Man and Boy (1971)

Jan 28, 1976

Director: E.W. Swackhamer Writer(s): Harry Essex, Oscar Saul Starring: Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Erickson, George Spell, Douglas Turner Ward, Yaphet Kotto, Shelley Morrison, Jason Clark, Jack Owens Synopsis: After the Civil War, a black ex-union soldier, his...