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  Portrait of Jason

  Portrait of Jason

  Directed by Shirley Clarke • 1967 • United States
  Starring Jason Holliday

  On the night of December 2, 1966, Shirley Clarke and a tiny crew convened in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea to make a film. For twelve straight hours, they filmed the one-and-only Jason Holliday as he spun tales, sang,...

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  Nationtime

  Nationtime

  Directed by William Greaves • 1972 • United States

  Best known for his avant-garde meta-documentary SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM, William Greaves was also the director of over one hundred documentary films, the majority focused on African American history, politics, and culture. NATIONTIME is a report o...

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  Sounder

  Sounder

  Directed by Martin Ritt • 1972 • United States
  Starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks

  Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield received Academy Award nominations for their powerful performances as the heads of a Black sharecropping family whose fierce love keeps them afloat as they struggle to ...