Alfre Woodard Movies

  • 2006
    King Leopold's Ghost

    King Leopold's Ghost

    King Leopold's Ghost

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    The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King...

    King Leopold's Ghost
  • 1996
    A Step Toward Tomorrow

    A Step Toward Tomorrow

    A Step Toward Tomorrow

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    A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.

    A Step Toward Tomorrow
  • 2015
    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

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    Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring...

    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
  • 1982
    The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

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    An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims...

    The Ambush Murders
  • 2015
    Knucklehead

    Knucklehead

    Knucklehead

    72015HD

    When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now...

    Knucklehead
  • 1982
    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

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    The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning...

    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
  • 2008
    Medal of Honor

    Medal of Honor

    Medal of Honor

    6.52008HD

    The story of the Medal of Honor - the highest U.S. award for valor in combat - is told through personal accounts of bravery and daring

    Medal of Honor
  • 2008
    Reach for Me

    Reach for Me

    Reach for Me

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    Old and bitter, Alvin just wants some peace and quiet in his last days. His wish, however, is not granted when a young, vibrant and ironically full...

    Reach for Me
  • 1984
    The Killing Floor

    The Killing Floor

    The Killing Floor

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    During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the...

    The Killing Floor
  • 2000
    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

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    Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
  • 1997
    The Member of the Wedding

    The Member of the Wedding

    The Member of the Wedding

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    In the last days leading up to her older brother's marriage, a young girl is forced to face realities and grow up quickly. A tender adaptation of...

    The Member of the Wedding
  • 2021
    Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

    Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

    Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

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    Alma W. Thomas lived a life of firsts: the first Fine Arts graduate of Howard University (1924), the first Black woman to mount a retrospective at...

    Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
  • 1994
    Aliens for Breakfast

    Aliens for Breakfast

    Aliens for Breakfast

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    Sinbad plays Ari, an alien who comes to Earth in a cereal box in order to warn a kid about an imminent alien invasion.

    Aliens for Breakfast
  • 1997
    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

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    Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
  • 1997
    Follow Me Home

    Follow Me Home

    Follow Me Home

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    Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with...

    Follow Me Home
  • 2000
    Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt

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    Eleanor Roosevelt struggled to overcome an unhappy childhood, betrayal in her marriage, a controlling mother-in-law, and gripping depressions —...

    Eleanor Roosevelt
  • 2000
    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

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    An intimate look at the life and career of Gordon Parks a true Renaissance man who has excelled as a photographer, novelist, journalist, poet,...

    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
  • 1985
    Puss in Boots

    Puss in Boots

    Puss in Boots

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    A young man (Gregory Hines) journeys from rags-to-riches thanks to his talented Puss in Boots (Ben Vereen). Starring Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines, Alfre...

    Puss in Boots
  • 1994
    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

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    Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood,...

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain
  • 2014
    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

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    This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from...

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn