#1
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Plays
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1940
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On Strivers Row
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1941
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Natural Man
|
1942
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Starlight
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1943
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Three's a Family
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1943-1944
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South Pacific
|
1944
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Walk Hard
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1944-1946
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Anna Lucasta
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1946
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Jeb
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1946
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Arsenic and Old Lace
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1946
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John Loves Mary
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1948
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A Long Way from Home
|
1949
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The Smile of the World
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1953
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The World of Sholom Aleichem
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1959-1960
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A Raisin in the Sun
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1961-1962
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Purlie Victorious
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1965
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King Lear
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1965
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The Taming of the Shrew
|
1966
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The Birds
|
1966
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Oresteia
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1970-1971
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Boesman and Lena
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1971
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The Imaginary Invalid
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1972-1973
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The Wedding Band
|
1975
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Hamlet
|
1979
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Bus-Stop
|
1979
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Twin-Bit Gardens
|
1988
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Checkmates
|
1989
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The Glass Menagerie
|
1993
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The Disappearance
|
1994
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Flying West
|
1995
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Two Hahs-Hahs and a Homeboy
|
1996
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My One Good Nerve: A Visit with Ruby Dee
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2001
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Saint Lucy's Eyes
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2002
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A Last Dance with Sybil
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2011
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The River Crosses River II
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#2
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Films
|
1946
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That Man of Mine
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1948
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The Fight Never Ends
|
1948
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What a Guy
|
1950
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The Jackie Robinson Story
|
1950
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No Way Out
|
1951
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The Tall Target
|
1954
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Go, Man, Go!
|
1956
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The Great American Pastime
|
1957
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Edge of the City
|
1958
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St. Louis Blues
|
1958
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Virgin Island
|
1959
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Take a Giant Step
|
1961
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A Raisin in the Sun
|
1963
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The Balcony
|
1963
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Gone Are the Days!
|
1967
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The Incident
|
1968
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Uptight
|
1972
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Buck and the Preacher
|
1972
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Black Girl
|
1976
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Cool Red
|
1980
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The Torture of Mothers
|
1982
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Cat People
|
1989
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Do the Right Thing
|
1990
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Love at Large
|
1991
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Jungle Fever
|
1993
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Cop and a Half
|
1995
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Just Cause
|
1997
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A Simple Wish
|
1999
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Baby Geniuses
|
2002
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Baby of the Family
|
2006
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No. 2
|
2006
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The Way Back Home
|
2007
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All About Us
|
2007
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American Gangster
|
2007
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Steam
|
2009
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The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
|
2010
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Dream Street
|
2011
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Video Girl
|
2011
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Politics of Love
|
2011
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Red & Blue Marbles
|
2012
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A Thousand Words
|
2013
|
1982
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#3
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TV Films
|
1946
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The First Year
|
1962
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Seven Times Monday
|
1964
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Of Courtship and Marriage
|
1971
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The Sheriff
|
1972
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To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
|
1973
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Chelsea D.H.O.
|
1974
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It's Good to Be Alive
|
1974
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Wedding Band
|
1979
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
|
1980
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All God's Children
|
1982
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
|
1984
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
|
1987
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Crown Dick
|
1990
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The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
|
1990
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Decoration Day
|
1993
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The Ernest Green Story
|
1993
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The Poetry Hall of Fame
|
1996
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Mr. and Mrs. Loving
|
1996
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Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
|
1996
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Stories from the Edge
|
1998
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The Wall
|
1999
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Passing Glory
|
1999
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
|
1999
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Shelly Fisher
|
2000
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A Storm in Summer
|
2000
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Finding Buck McHenry
|
2001
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The Feast of All Saints
|
2001
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Taking Back Our Town
|
2005
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
|
2009
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America
|
2013
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Betty & Coretta
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#4
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Short Documentaries
|
1947
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Easy to Get
|
1975
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Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama
|
1999
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The Unfinished Journey
|
2009
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The New Neighbors
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#5
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TV Shows
|
1960, 1961
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Play of the Week
|
1961
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The Bitter Cup
|
1962
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The DuPont Show of the Week
|
1963
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The Fugitive
|
1963
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The Doctors and the Nurses
|
1963
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Alcoa Premiere
|
1963
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The Great Adventure
|
1963
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East Side/West Side
|
1963
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To Tell the Truth
|
1965
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The Defenders
|
1966
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Armchair Theatre
|
1967
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Guiding Light
|
1968-1969
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Peyton Place
|
1969
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The Bold Ones: The Protectors
|
1970, 1972
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Soul!
|
1973
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Tenafly
|
1974
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The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People
|
1975
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Police Woman
|
1976
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Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection
|
1978
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Watch Your Mouth
|
1980-1981
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Ossie and Ruby!
|
1982, 1998
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Great Performances
|
1984, 1992
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Reading Rainbow
|
1985, 1990
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American Playhouse
|
1987
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Spenser: For Hire
|
1990
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The Golden Girls
|
1990
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China Beach
|
1992
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Middle Ages
|
1993
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Evening Shade
|
1995
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Street Gear
|
1998
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Promised Land
|
1999
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Cosby
|
1999
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Touched by an Angel
|
1999-2003
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Little Bill
|
2000
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
|
2004
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Fatherhood
|
2004
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Def Poetry
|
2007
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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#6
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Documentary Series
|
1961
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Frontiers of Faith
|
1990
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American Experience
|
1995
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American Masters
|
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#7
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Documentaries
|
1970
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
|
1990
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Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
|
1992
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Color Adjustment
|
1993
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After Goodbye: An AIDS Story
|
1994
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The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery
|
1997
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Domestic Differences
|
1998
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A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
|
2002
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Counting on Democracy: The Untold Story of 175,000 Missing Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election
|
2003
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
|
2006
|
Lockdown, USA
|
2009
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A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
|
2012
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Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary
|
2014
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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|
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#8
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TV Mini-Series
|
1979
|
Roots: The Next Generations
|
1985
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The Atlanta Child Murders
|
1988
|
Windmills of the Gods
|
1988
|
Lincoln
|
1994
|
The Stand
|
|
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#9
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TV Shorts
|
1991
|
Jazztime Tale
|
1994
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Whitewash
|
|
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#10
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Short Films
|
1995
|
Tuesday Morning Ride
|
2001
|
Little Bill: Big Little Bill
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|
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#11
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TV Documentaries
|
1998
|
God's Gonna Trouble the Water
|
2001
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Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore
|
2008
|
Meet Mary Pleasant
|
2010
|
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
|
|
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#12
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Documentary Mini-Series
|
2001
|
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
|
|
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#13
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TV Special
|
2002
|
An Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
|
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#14
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Video Game
|
2003
|
Little Bill Thinks Big!
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