The best Harry Belafonte’s movies on Apple iTunes

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

01/03/1927 (97 años)
Today we present the best Harry Belafonte’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Harry Belafonte’s movies.
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BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman
7.5/10
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

The Player

The Player
7.5/10
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Selma

Selma
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 25/12/2014
  • Character: self (archive footage)
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

Bobby

Bobby
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/09/2006
  • Character: Nelson
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro
7.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 03/02/2017
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
8/10
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song is a documentary which examines how the song was written, how producer Quincy Jones and songwriters Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie persuaded some of the most popular performers in America to donate their services to the project, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the marathon recording session that produced the single.

Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones
6.8/10
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.

Kansas City

Kansas City
6.3/10
Robert Altman's story is a riff on race, class, and power cross-cuts between the two kidnappings and the background of corrupt politics and virtuoso jazz music. It all takes place in Kansas City in 1934.

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher
6.6/10
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 12/06/1957
  • Character: David Boyeur
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.

Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/07/1974
  • Character: Geechie Dan Beauford
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
7.5/10
Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a powerful and magnetic actor, Tony Curtis was the original movie star.

King in the Wilderness

King in the Wilderness
8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 22/01/2018
  • Character: Himself
A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
8.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 24/03/1970
  • Character: Self
A 1970 American documentary film biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented in the form of newsreel footage and segments of recordings by Dr. King, framed by celebrity narrators, including Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ruby Dee, James Earl Jones, Clarence Williams III, Burt Lancaster, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte, The movie was produced by Richard Kaplan and Ely Landau.

Sing Your Song

Sing Your Song
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 13/01/2012
  • Character: Himself
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
7.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 09/09/2011
  • Character: Self (voice)
Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States during that period and includes the appearances of Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and other activists, artists, and leaders central to the movement.

Moms Mabley

Moms Mabley
7.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 20/04/2013
  • Character: Self
A feature documentary about Jackie "Moms" Mabley, an African-American stand-up comic and show-biz pioneer who emerged from the Chitlin' Circuit of African-American Vaudeville to become a mainstream star. Once billed as "The Funniest Woman in the World," Mabley pushed the boundaries of comedy by tackling topics such as gender, sex, and racism and performed up until her death in 1975. A true passion project for first-time director Whoopi Goldberg, the documentary shows Mabley's historical significance and profound influence as a performer vastly ahead of her time.

Hava Nagila: The Movie

Hava Nagila: The Movie
6.4/10
  • Release: 19/07/2012
  • Character: Self
A documentary on the history of the song "Hava Nagila."

Bright Road

Bright Road
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 17/04/1953
  • Character: Mr. Williams - School Principal
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

JFK: The Private President

JFK: The Private President
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/2013
  • Character: Himself
In January 1961, a new generation in the guise of John F. Kennedy moved into the White House. All of a sudden politics were youthful, dynamic and sexy. During the brief period in which he was in office, the first pop star of politics accompanied America through the darkest days of the Cold War. At the same time, his signal to embark in new directions was eagerly welcomed by younger generations all around the world. Later on, Jackie Kennedy was to compare his presidency with Camelot - the legendary court of King Arthur. Yet, there were also dark sides to this popular president's life.

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