Harry Belafonte
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
Is That Black Enough for You?!? is a 2022 documentary film and film essay written and directed by Elvis Mitchell. It examines the history, craft and legacy of African-American cinema—with a focus on the films released in the 1970s—and makes use of film excerpts, personal history, and recent interviews with artists such as Margaret Avery, Harry Bela...
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•Joan Fontaine•Stephen Boyd•Shelley Winters•Pearl Bailey•Ruby Dee•Zero Mostel
Sing Your Song (2012)
Sing Your Song is a 2011 documentary that tells the story of Harry Belafonte. The film recounts his life and legacy, not only as a great entertainer, but as an important activist in the Civil Rights Movement.
Starring: Suzanne De Passe
Bobby (2006)
Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Laurence Fishburne, Spencer Garrett, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Shar...
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•Barbara Randolph•Joan Collins•Stephen Boyd•Inger Stevens•Martin Sheen•Anthony Hopkins•Ida Kamińska•Margaret Avery•Laurence Fishburne
Kansas City (1996)
Kansas City is a 1996 American crime film directed by Robert Altman, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy and Steve Buscemi. The musical score of Kansas City is integrated into the film, with modern-day musicians recreating the Kansas City jazz of 1930s.
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•William H. Macy•Sharon Stone•Jennifer Jason Leigh
White Man's Burden (1995)
White Man's Burden is a 1995 American drama film about racism, set in an alternative America where the social and economic positions of Black people and White people are reversed. The film was written and directed by Desmond Nakano. The film revolves around Louis Pinnock, a white factory worker, who kidnaps Thaddeus Thomas, a black factory owner fo...
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•Emilio Estevez
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Buck and the Preacher is a 1972 American Western film released by Columbia Pictures, written by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Sidney Poitier. Poitier also stars in the film alongside Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg•Helen Hunt•Suzanne De Passe
The Angel Levine (1970)
The Angel Levine is a 1970 American drama film directed by Ján Kadár and starring Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kamińska, Milo O'Shea, and Gloria Foster. It is based on a short story by Bernard Malamud about Morris Mishkin, an elderly, impoverished New York City tailor who becomes unable to work due to health problems. His wife has also been se...
Starring: Miranda Richardson•Suzanne De Passe•Samuel L. Jackson
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 film noir produced and directed by Robert Wise and starring Harry Belafonte. Belafonte selected Abraham Polonsky to write the script, which is based on a novel of the same name by William P. McGivern. Blacklisted in those years, Polonsky had to use a front and John O. Killens was credited. Polonsky's screenwriting cr...
Starring: Charles Burnett•Suzanne De Passe
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 American science fiction doomsday film written and directed by Ranald MacDougall. The film stars Harry Belafonte, who was then at the peak of his film career. The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world with very few human survivors. It is based on two sources: the 1901 novel The Purple Cloud by M. P. Sh...
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•James Mason
Island in the Sun (1957)
Island in the Sun is a 1957 drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Robert Rossen. It features an ensemble cast including James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Justin, Diana Wynyard, John Williams, and Basil Sydney. The film is about race rela...
Starring: Joan Fontaine•Dorothy Dandridge•Stephen Boyd•Suzanne De Passe•Barbara Randolph•Joan Collins
Bright Road (1954)
Bright Road is a 1953 low-budget film adapted from the Christopher Award-winning short story "See How They Run" by Mary Elizabeth Vroman. Directed by Gerald Mayer and featuring a nearly all-black cast, the film stars Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic first-year elementary school teacher trying to reach out to a problem student. The movie is also n...
Starring: Stephen Boyd•Suzanne De Passe•Inger Stevens
Carmen Jones (1954)
Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film featuring an all-black cast starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, and Pearl Bailey and produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Harry Kleiner is based on the lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, from the 1943 stage musical of the same name, set to the music of Georges Bizet's...
Starring: Stephen Boyd•Pearl Bailey•Suzanne De Passe
Bright Road (1953)
Bright Road is a 1953 low-budget film adapted from the Christopher Award-winning short story "See How They Run" by Mary Elizabeth Vroman. Directed by Gerald Mayer and featuring a nearly all-black cast, the film stars Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic first-year elementary school teacher trying to reach out to a problem student. The movie is also n...
Starring: Stephen Boyd•Suzanne De Passe