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	Nat King Cole Story »rank: 50370 starring: Nat King Cole		Mandela: Town Meeting »rank: 55502 starring: ABC News
	Lesson Before Dying »rank: 21842 starring: Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall, Brent Jennings directed by: Joseph Sargent : essential video:0n a bright sunny day in 1948, Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) sets off down the road to go catch some fish; by the end of the movie's opening sequence, he is the one who's been caught, and wrongly accused of the murder of a white shopkeeper. Racial inequality, at the time, is so pervasive in Louisiana that the white defense lawyer's argument at Jefferson's trial is that his client is not worthy of conviction: 'You might just as soon put a hog ...		Black Eye »rank: 14518 starring: Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth, Teresa Graves, Floy Dean, Richard Anderson directed by: Jack Arnold :Description:Action-mystery involving a black private detective who investigates murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, CA.
	Martin Luther King Jr: Legacy of a Dream »rank: 40000 directed by: Ralph Bakshi :Description:Action-mystery involving a black private detective who investigates murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, CA.		Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 3 »rank: 42232 starring: Def Comedy Jam :Description:Action-mystery involving a black private detective who investigates murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, CA.
	Sarah Vaughn: The Divine One »rank: 43260 starring: Sarah Vaughan :Description:Action-mystery involving a black private detective who investigates murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, CA.		The American Experience - John Brown's Holy War »rank: 39687 starring: Marion Ross directed by: Matthew Collins (III), Rocky Collins :Description:He led a righteous crusade against the evils of slavery yet used horrifying violence to carry out his mission. Martyr, madman, and murderer, John Brown was an extremist who was as controversial and misunderstood in the mid-1800s as he is today. His execution at Harper's Ferry sparked a chain of events that led to the Civil War. Hear his story and gain fresh insight into a unique figure in American history. :Staring out from those ancient tintypes, John Brown's eyes still show a ...
	Boxing's Best: Sugar Ray Robinson »rank: 39230 starring: Boxing's Best: Sugar Ray Robinson :Description:He led a righteous crusade against the evils of slavery yet used horrifying violence to carry out his mission. Martyr, madman, and murderer, John Brown was an extremist who was as controversial and misunderstood in the mid-1800s as he is today. His execution at Harper's Ferry sparked a chain of events that led to the Civil War. Hear his story and gain fresh insight into a unique figure in American history. :Staring out from those ancient tintypes, John Brown's eyes still show a ...		Hell Up in Harlem »rank: 51317 starring: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery, D'Urville Martin directed by: Larry Cohen : :Fred Williamson returns as Tommy Gibbs, the self-styled Godfather of Harlem in Larry Cohen's quickly made sequel to the low-budget Black Caesar. The film opens with a different perspective on the finale from the earlier film, this time with Gibbs surviving an assassination attempt with the help of his estranged father (Julius Harris), who becomes Tommy's new chief lieutenant in his rebuilt organization. Tommy takes his revenge on those who set him up but faces a new threat from within as the corrupt ...