William Henry "Bill" Duke, Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director with over 30 years of experience. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke's work frequently dwells within the action/crime and drama genres but also includes comedy.
In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the Blaxploitation movement, a short-lived but highly influe ...
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The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made. ...
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A man and a woman who have pledged never to fall in love again meet in a gay bar. ...
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From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then considered the ...
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Fictional meeting between Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in Harlem in the early '60's. ...
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