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Death and the Devil
Ethnologist and adventurer, Count Eric von Rosen was a man of contradictions: interested in the natives of Africa and colonial racism. Nestler embarks on a journey in search of his grandfather.
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Representation is revolution
A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.
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Elvis Mitchell Narrator (voice)
Margaret Avery Self
Harry Belafonte Self
Antonio Fargas Self
Laurence Fishburne Self
Sheila Frazier Self
Whoopi Goldberg Self
Samuel L. Jackson Self
Roscoe Orman Self
Glynn Turman Self
Mario Van Peebles Self
Billy Dee Williams Self
Zendaya Self
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