Janet League
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 01, 1940
Deathday: N/A
Popularity:
Known For
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
1973-09-21
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Overview: A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.
Genres: Action Drama Crime War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-21
Popularity:
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
1984-12-10
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Overview: This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-10
Popularity:
The First Breeze of Summer
1976-01-28
The First Breeze of Summer
Overview: A portrait of an African American working-class family, this stage production depicts an elderly grandmother's flashbacks to the affairs she had as a young woman and a hard-working father's current conflict with his two unhappy sons.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-28
Popularity:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1969-03-02
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
Overview: Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted by Robert Nemiroff, Hansberry's widower, and directed by Gene Frankel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-02
Popularity: