Brock Peters Movies

This promotional short film for "Soylent Green" (1973) begins by showing clips of films that depicted what the future might be like beyond Earth. The...

Residents of a black Missouri community experience a long and eventful day of reckoning.

A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby...

From Hanna-Barbera's animated series depicting the tales of the bible, "Samson and Delilah" tells the story of the warrior Samson and the deception...

The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man. However, with the help of his loving wife Becky,...

In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied...

Jack Johnson is a 1970 documentary film directed by Jim Jacobs about the boxer Jack Johnson.

A man combs Los Angeles for his missing daughter, and discovers she belongs to a gang dealing in crack.

An independent filmmaker has left his profession and keeps it a secret. Years later, his niece finds his old films in a locked trunk and discovers...

An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.

A military school graduation ceremony is interrupted when a student's dope-smuggling father is killed in the gym.

Mostly on account of a pride struggle, Mike Dunmore has lived his whole life keeping a secret which he believed would only cause shame if it came to...

Slick amoral con man Mickey is out to fleece attractive women. But three of them join forces to bring him to justice.

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...

In this alleged retelling of Lincoln's early life, the President-to-be is rescued by Henry, a Black man and freed slave who has lost his papers....

Mahalia Jackson was the greatest gospel singer in the world. Shortly before her death in 1972, she embarked on a triumphant European tour, and this...

The true story of Jim Brock, coach of the nationally-ranked Arizona State Sun Devil Baseball Team and how a man who has known the pressure of...