Check out TCM's, the classic movie cable channel's 13-movie lineup scheduled for January 16, 2012; aka Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
I've seen 11 of the 13 film; the 2 I haven't seen are Intruders In The Dust (1949) and Lost Boundaries (also 1949). Both are on DVD, so I'll be picking up copies.
How about you?
The above still is from the first film on the list which follows below (on first glance, I can say that several of them are available on Netflix to be streamed, so if you're not familiar with any of them, you don't have to wait until January 16; you can watch them now):
16 Monday |
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6:00 AM |
WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL, THE (1959) |
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One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster. Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer . BW-95 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format |
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7:45 AM |
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1952) |
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A South African minister travels to Johannesburg to find his missing son. Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: Canada Lee , Sidney Poitier , Charles Carson . BW-108 mins, TV-14, CC, |
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9:30 AM |
PRESSURE POINT (1962) |
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A black psychiatrist tries to help a racist convict deal with his mental demons. Dir: Hubert Cornfield Cast: Sidney Poitier , Bobby Darin , Peter Falk . BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
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11:00 AM |
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959) |
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Desperate losers plan a bank robbery with unexpected results. Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Harry Belafonte , Robert Ryan , Shelley Winters . BW-96 mins, TV-PG, |
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12:45 PM |
LOST BOUNDARIES (1949) |
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A black family tries to build a new life by passing as white. Dir: Alfred L. Werker Cast: Beatrice Pearson , Mel Ferrer , Susan Douglas . BW-99 mins, TV-14, CC, |
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2:30 PM |
INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949) |
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Only a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob. Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: David Brian , Claude Jarman Jr. , Juano Hernandez . BW-87 mins, TV-G, |
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4:00 PM |
RAISIN IN THE SUN, A (1961) |
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A black woman uses her late husband's life insurance to build a better world for her children. Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier , Claudia McNeil , Ruby Dee . BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
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6:15 PM |
DEFIANT ONES, THE (1958) |
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Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other. Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Tony Curtis , Sidney Poitier , Theodore Bikel . BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
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8:00 PM |
MY BROTHER'S WEDDING (1983) |
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Estranged brothers reconcile when one agrees to be the other's best man. Dir: Charles Burnett Cast: Everett Silas , Jessie Holmes , Ronald E Bell . C-81 mins, TV-14, |
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9:30 PM |
LEARNING TREE, THE (1969) |
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A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography. Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Kyle Johnson , Alex Clarke , Estelle Evans . C-107 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format |
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11:30 PM |
BLACK GIRL (1972) |
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A dramatic tale about three generations of women in a black family. Dir: Ossie Davis Cast: Brock Peters , Claudia McNeil , Leslie Uggams . C-97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format |
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1:30 AM |
STIR CRAZY (1980) |
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Two innocents go to prison after being framed for a bank robbery. Dir: Sidney Poitier Cast: Gene Wilder , Richard Pryor , Georg Stanford Brown . C-111 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format |
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3:30 AM |
WATERMELON MAN (1970) |
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A bigoted man comes to see the many sides of racism. Dir: Melvin Van Peebles Cast: Godfrey Cambridge , Estelle Parsons , Howard Caine . C-100 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format |
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