Harry Belafonte Movies

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Tim Robbins

In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anthony Hopkins

Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harry Belafonte

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh

The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis...

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Travolta

On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor McDonald travels to the Deep South of America to get closer to the man who meant so much...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Trevor McDonald

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

Genre: Action

Cast: Sidney Poitier

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Robert Ryan

This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news, and provides an...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Christiane Amanpour

While the Muppets prepare a tribute to the late Jim Henson, they learn about the life and career of the renowned puppeteer/film maker.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Henson

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sidney Poitier

A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.

Genre: Drama

Cast: James Mason

The Ed Sullivan Show ran for more than a thousand episodes, and Sunday Best is packed with some of its greatest moments and performances. There are...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ed Sullivan

Harry Belafonte live at the Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 18 July 1960. Setlist: Did You Hear About Jerry, Gotta Travel On, Suzanne, John Henry, Man...

Genre: Music

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Carmen, a seductive woman, seduces a young soldier, Joe, in order to avoid imprisonment. However, when she leaves Joe for another man, he seeks...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dorothy Dandridge

Kermit and Fozzie take a stroll down Muppet Memory Lane in this rollicking revue which contains both original production and material from the best...

Genre: Music

Cast: Jim Henson

A German documentary about the life of Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Audrey Hepburn

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Max Roach

Scott Noble's film Rise Like Lions takes the people, actions, and words from the camps and streets of Occupy Wall Street and provides a radical,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Parenti

The life and career of one of America's leading cultural figures, told through video clips and rare photos.

Genre: Music

Cast: Nat King Cole

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dorothy Dandridge

Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miriam Makeba

Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

A documentary on the history of the song "Hava Nagila."

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rusty Schwimmer

A recreation of 1934 Kansas City jazz jam session created by Robert Altman.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

A feature documentary about Jackie "Moms" Mabley, an African-American stand-up comic and show-biz pioneer who emerged from the Chitlin' Circuit of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Whoopi Goldberg

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marcello Mastroianni

Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Zero Mostel

The story of how Audrey Hepburn survived World War II, became an award winning actress, and gave back to the world as a humanitarian.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Audrey Hepburn

Harry Belafonte wrote music history. How did the black boy from Harlem manage to become one of the greatest artists of the 20th century in the middle...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sidney Poitier

Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a powerful and magnetic actor, Tony Curtis was the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tony Curtis

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.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elvis Mitchell

Salim Amin, son and only child of Mohamed "Mo" Amin, undertakes a journey of recollection and reflection into the life of the frequently absent,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leul Abate

A newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice must settle a controversial moral and legal dilemma with his tie-breaking decision which may also have...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andy García

Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated book first released in November 1972,...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Marlo Thomas

An inside look at the notorious Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where one of the U.S.’s only in-prison college programs, Hudson Link, offers...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Some marvelous late-fifties memories of the one and only Nat King Cole. Singing (and occasionally playing) all-time Cole classics, like When I Fall...

Genre: Music

Cast: Nat King Cole

On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lionel Richie

The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California....

Genre: Music

Cast: Pat Benatar

There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of...

Genre: Music

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Music was always an integral part of The Muppet Show, and assembled here is a collection of some of the classic music numbers interpreted as only the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Henson

Enjoy the smooth voice and cool rhythms of legendary American recording artist Nat "King" Cole with this music set, which includes popular hits like...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nat King Cole

José Neto is one of the guitar world's best kept secrets. Known to a discriminating international fan base and respected by legendary...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Featuring Harry Belafonte, Aja Monet, Aloe Blacc, and Jesse Williams, Following Harry explores the life and legacy of cultural and civil rights icon...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Henson

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abiodun Oyewole

23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida, Che Guevara's...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gabriel García Márquez

In January 1961, a new generation in the guise of John F. Kennedy moved into the White House. All of a sudden politics were youthful, dynamic and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Theodore Sorensen

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Take an in-depth look at the life and talent of the trailblazing musician who conquered racial barriers to leave an indelible mark on the jazz world.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nat King Cole

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Muhammad Ali

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: LaTanya Richardson Jackson

A young white man goes to a historically black college for the chance to be the starting quarterback. There he encounters considerable resentment and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Caitlyn Jenner

When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jesse Jackson

A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Smothers

Combining rare original archive footage, home movies and authored by 40 intimate interviews with friends and celebrity fans this feature length film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nat King Cole

In 1968 Harry Belafonte and Petula Clark sang together her song On the Path Of Glory for this special on NBC. Not such a remarkable event in itself,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Petula Clark

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover...

Genre: Crime

Cast: John David Washington

Legendary showman Danny Kaye's greatest moments have been handpicked by Kaye's daughter, Dena, in this lighthearted compilation. Highlights ranging...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Danny Kaye

In 1935, 17-year-old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with Paramount Pictures and went on to a flourishing career...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marsha Hunt

For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like the Doozers, Gorgs and most of the Fraggles) have...

Genre: Family

Cast: Jim Henson

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Henson

A review of the most memorable Muppet moments to commemorate Kermit the Frog's 50th anniversary.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Phillip Schofield

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song is a documentary which examines how the song was written, how producer Quincy Jones and songwriters...

Genre: Music

Cast: Jane Fonda

A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sidney Poitier

In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ruby Dee

Dom Salvador & Abolição is a documentary about jazz pianist and composer Dom Salvador, who have been playing for 42 years at The River...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

"A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage.

Genre:

Cast: James Baldwin

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous...

Genre: History

Cast: David Oyelowo

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ellis Haizlip

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson

Documentary about the star-studded pre-inaugural gala that took place on January 19, 1961 to celebrate John F. Kennedy's election.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Phylicia Rashād

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Robeson

This revealing portrait of comedian, activist, pop-culture icon and thought leader Dick Gregory documents his many personal reinventions throughout...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dick Gregory

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jane Alexander

A detailed biography of famed singer, actor, athlete and activist Paul Robeson. Complete with several interviews and footage of concerts and film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte