Margaret Avery

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.

Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

In this third entry in the Superfly films, Priest returns to New York from Paris to find who is responsible for his friend’s murder. With a couple of new friends, he attempts to ...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie’s abusive father ...