Brenda Sykes
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Biography: Brenda Sykes (born June 25, 1949) is an American actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Sykes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Birthday: June 25, 1949
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Skin Game
Overview: Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.
Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-30
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Cleopatra Jones
Overview: After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-13
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Mandingo
Overview: Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-06
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Pretty Maids All in a Row
Overview: At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile students, and an awkward male is frustrated by the plethora of uninhibited freewheeling young girls.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-28
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Black Gunn
Overview: A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-20
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Honky
Overview: Black girl from rich family loves white boy from poor family.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-26
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The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Overview: A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-18
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The Baby Maker
Overview: Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-01
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Drum
Overview: A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
Genres: History Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-30
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Getting Straight
Overview: Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-13
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The Sheriff
Overview: A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-30
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