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Porgy and Bess

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

NR

6.6

1959 Drama 138 min Play

6.7

The Decks Ran Red

A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.

NR

6.7

1958 Adventure 84 min Play

6.4

Tamango

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.

NR

6.4

1958 Drama 104 min Play

6.3

Island in the Sun

On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having an affair. And then, of course, there's the small matter of a recently murdered aristocrat.

NR

6.3

1957 Drama 119 min Play

6.2

Carmen Jones

The tale of the cigarette-maker Carmen and the Spanish cavalry soldier Don Jose is translated into a modern-day story of a parachute factory worker and a stalwart GI named Joe who is about to go to flying school. Conflict arises when a prize-ring champ captures the heart of Carmen after she has seduced Joe and caused him to go AWOL.

NR

6.2

1954 Drama 105 min Play

6.2

Bright Road

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

NR

6.2

1953 Drama 68 min Play