Films and TV series directed by Bill Duke

Partners of the Heart

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2002 IMDB Rating: 8

Recounts the extraordinary segregation-era partnership between two surgeons--one black and one white--who defied the medical establishment and changed the course of cardiac surgery.

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Dark Girls

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark-skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.

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Light Girls

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.5

From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories...

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Prince Among Slaves

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Abdul Rahman, an African prince who was sold into slavery, spent four decades in servitude before an amazing coincidence took him to the White House to meet President John Quincy Adams, where he was g...

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The Killing Floor

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.3

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 organized labor movement.

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Deacons for Defense

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 7

Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citiz...

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Deep Cover

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up fr...

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Hoodlum

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.3

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes ove...

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