William Greaves

William Greaves

William Greaves (October 8, 1926 – August 25, 2014) was a documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of African-American filmmaking. He produced more than two hundred documentary films, and wrote and directed more than half of these. Greaves garnered many accolades for his work, including four Emmy nominations, one of which he won for his work as executive producer on the African-American news program Black Journal. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Greaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: William Greaves
  • Popularity: 1.661
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1926-10-08
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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William Greaves Movies

  • 2017
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    The Man Who Built Cambodia

    The Man Who Built Cambodia

    1 2017 HD

    An architect whose iconic buildings defined a newly independent Cambodia struggles to come to terms with the reckless development that threatens his...

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  • 1948
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    Miracle in Harlem

    Miracle in Harlem

    6.2 1948 HD

    A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.

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  • 1948
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    The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

    1 1948 HD

    Joe Louis, portraying himself, is a good influence on a group of Harlem youths who are tempted to "go bad" by a gangster known as Caper, an older...

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  • 2005
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½

    6 2005 HD

    A movie about making movies about making movies. In 1968, William Greaves shot several pairs of actors in a scene in which a woman confronts her...

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  • 1968
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    7.2 1968 HD

    In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation...

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  • 2006
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    Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

    1 2006 HD

    A documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair...

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  • 1949
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    Souls of Sin

    Souls of Sin

    6 1949 HD

    Unsuccessful gambler 'Dollar Bill' Burton lives in a crummy New York basement room with old friend Bob and a new roommate, friendly blues singer...

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  • 1949
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    Lost Boundaries

    Lost Boundaries

    6.5 1949 HD

    A light-skinned African-American family are "passing" in an all-white New England town. When the truth comes out, the more prejudiced neighbors...

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  • 1966
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    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    7 1966 HD

    Official film of the festival, a gathering that laid crucial groundwork for pan-Africanist thinking. Directed by William Greaves, the prolific...

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  • 1989
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    That's Black Entertainment

    That's Black Entertainment

    1 1989 HD

    This documentary presents clips from black films from 1929 through 1957.

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  • 2007
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    Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

    Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

    1 2007 HD

    A retrospective look at the career of Paul Robeson and his legacy as both an American and a citizen of the world.

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  • 1986
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    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    6 1986 HD

    The film questions whether the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the Black community, and American society more widely, and...

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  • 1979
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    Where Dreams Come True

    Where Dreams Come True

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Marijuana Affair

    The Marijuana Affair

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1968
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    7.2 1968 HD

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  • 2005
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½

    6 2005 HD

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  • 1970
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    Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane

    Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Marijuana Affair

    The Marijuana Affair

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Marijuana Affair

    The Marijuana Affair

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Marijuana Affair

    The Marijuana Affair

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1968
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    Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1959
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    Emergency Ward

    Emergency Ward

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1981
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    Space For Women

    Space For Women

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Space For Women

    Space For Women

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Space For Women

    Space For Women

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1984
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    Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

    Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

    Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

    Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1958
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    Blood and Fire

    Blood and Fire

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    Emergency Ward

    Emergency Ward

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1966
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    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Dikes

    The Dikes

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1966
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    Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1974
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    From These Roots

    From These Roots

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1972
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    Nationtime

    Nationtime

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Nationtime

    Nationtime

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Nationtime

    Nationtime

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1968
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    Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1986
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    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1975
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    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1989
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    Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

    Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1971
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    Voice of La Raza

    Voice of La Raza

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Voice of La Raza

    Voice of La Raza

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Voice of La Raza

    Voice of La Raza

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Voice of La Raza

    Voice of La Raza

    1 1971 HD

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  • 2001
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    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    1 2001 HD

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  • 1958
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    Smoke and Weather

    Smoke and Weather

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Smoke and Weather

    Smoke and Weather

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    High Arctic

    High Arctic

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    High Arctic

    High Arctic

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    Four Religions

    Four Religions

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1960
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    Four Religions

    Four Religions

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1958
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    Trans Canada Summer

    Trans Canada Summer

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    Bush Doctor

    Bush Doctor

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1966
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    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1982
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    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Fighters

    The Fighters

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1989
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    That's Black Entertainment

    That's Black Entertainment

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2001
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    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    1 2001 HD

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  • 1975
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    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    1 1975 HD

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  • 2005
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½

    6 2005 HD

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  • 1971
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    Voice of La Raza

    Voice of La Raza

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1958
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    Trans Canada Summer

    Trans Canada Summer

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1968
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    7.2 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    7.2 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    7.2 1968 HD

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  • 2005
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    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½

    6 2005 HD

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  • 1969
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    In the Company of Men

    In the Company of Men

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1958
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    Islands of the Frozen Sea

    Islands of the Frozen Sea

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1972
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    Nationtime

    Nationtime

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1957
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    Profile of a Problem Drinker

    Profile of a Problem Drinker

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1981
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    Bustin' Loose

    Bustin' Loose

    6 1981 HD

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  • 1974
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    Every Nigger Is a Star

    Every Nigger Is a Star

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1966
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    Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1985
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    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1972
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    Nationtime

    Nationtime

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1970
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    Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

    Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1989
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    Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

    Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

    Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1974
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    Whose Standard English?

    Whose Standard English?

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1972
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    On Merit

    On Merit

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1957
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    Putting It Straight

    Putting It Straight

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1958
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    Smoke and Weather

    Smoke and Weather

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Smoke and Weather

    Smoke and Weather

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1960
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    Four Religions

    Four Religions

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Best of Black Journal

    The Best of Black Journal

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1986
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    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1976
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    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1986
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    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    6 1986 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Fight

    The Fight

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    A news magazine series which features stories related to the African-American experience, examining some of the contemporary issues facing the black...

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