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- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsHenry G. SandersKaycee MooreCharles BracySet in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsEverett SilasJessie HolmesGaye Shannon-BurnettA man who has struggled personally has conflicts with his upwardly mobile lawyer brother and well to-do fiancee and is reluctantly to be the best man at their wedding.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsDanny GloverPaul ButlerDeVaughn NixonA charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsMichael BoatmanLori PettyErich AndersonTwo cops become compelled to act against corruption and discrimination within their police precinct.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsBeau BridgesCarl LumblyBill CobbsFacing a life of servitude in the Antebellum South, a young slave named Sarny meets Nightjohn. He teaches her to read and write, and together they set to free other slaves - until one planned escape is discovered.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsAyuko BabuDamien BallDavid BallPart fiction, part documentary, Charles Burnett presents an unflinching look at homelessness in Los Angeles with empathy and concern.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsHalle BerryEric ThalLynn WhitfieldIn 1950s Massachusetts, a wealthy black woman engaged to a poor white beatnik learns about her family history. The stories revolve around the racial and class complexities of interracial and class-based marriages.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsLynn RedgraveJames Earl JonesMargot KidderAfter years of living alone, an eccentric black and white couple find real companionship and romance.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsOssie DavisRuby DeeErnie BanksWhen an 11 year old boy (Michael Schiffman) gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team. He persuades a school custodian (Ossie Davis) to be the coach. As the new coach starts working with the team, his knowledge leads the boy to suspect that the man is really an ex-Negro League legend who disappeared from sight years ago. The kid sets out to find out the truth about the man's background. Ossie Davis' real-life wife also appears in the film as his wife. Former Chicago Cubs' star, Ernie Banks, also appears as a Negro league star.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsHerbert ApthekerAyuko BabuCharles BurnettThe story and legacy of the enigmatic leader of the notorious 1831 homicidal slave revolt in Virginia, along with reviews of works about him, are explored; twentieth century civil rights discussed and cultural relativism mentioned.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsMaria AbnerPaulina AkweneRod AlexanderThe fight for Namibias liberation after the colonialisation and the genocide commited by Germany and Britain.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsEriq La SalleCicely TysonMichael MicheleAfter the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsMartin DornbaumDanny GloverDocumentary about how Medicare was formed as a way to desegregate American hospitals and enforce civil rights.