Movies and TvShows featuring "race-film" theme.

An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.

A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the headliner in a revue at the Paradise Hotel. She quickly attracts the attention of several men.

In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.

Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns Gerald escaped of his own will and takes him to stay with a local singer, who offers a refuge from his repressed white parents.

A veteran World War I fighter pilot returns home a war hero and immediately regains his former job as a railroad company detective. His first case: recover a stolen satchel filled with $25,000 of company payroll, locate a missing employee, and capture a gang of railroad thieves.

A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

Bob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob learns from Betty Jackson that her brother, Joe, is missing. Bob investigates and learns that there is gold on the Jackson ranch, and the neighboring rancher has kidnapped Joe in order to get his land.

A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.

Stepin Fetchit in the Educational Pictures short "Slow Poke," doing the shtick that made him a millionaire in the 1930s.

A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Motherland is a powerful documentary that delves into the lives of mothers in Africa, highlighting their struggles with poverty, HIV, and the impact of race. It also explores the rich history of Africa, including ancient Egyptian civilization, and examines the role of international organizations like the IMF in shaping the continent.

A chauffeur falls in love with the daughter of his employer.

This is a story of Harlem - birthplace of Boogie Woogie, jive music and jitterbugs. From Harlem's famous places of amusement have come the greatest tales of stage, screen, and radio. This is the story of one entertainers rise to fame.