Bessie Smith Movies

  • 1929
    St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues

    5.21929HD

    In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and...

    St. Louis Blues
  • 2024
    STAIN

    STAIN

    STAIN

    02024HD

    A distressed detective feels an overwhelming guilt after letting a killer get away.

    STAIN
  • 2001
    A Huey P. Newton Story

    A Huey P. Newton Story

    A Huey P. Newton Story

    5.22001HD

    The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

    A Huey P. Newton Story
  • 2002
    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

    82002HD

    A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

    It's Black Entertainment
  • 1999
    Blues Masters

    Blues Masters

    Blues Masters

    61999HD

    In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greatest blues performers to gather in a studio in Toronto, recording together and...

    Blues Masters
  • 1989
    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

    01989HD

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this...

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues