Janet League Filmes

  • 1984
    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

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    This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works...

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey
  • 1973
    The Spook Who Sat by the Door

    The Spook Who Sat by the Door

    The Spook Who Sat by the Door

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    A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.

    The Spook Who Sat by the Door
  • 1969
    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

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    Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted...

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
  • 1976
    The First Breeze of Summer

    The First Breeze of Summer

    The First Breeze of Summer

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    A portrait of an African American working-class family, this stage production depicts an elderly grandmother's flashbacks to the affairs she had as a...

    The First Breeze of Summer