Oscar Brown Jr. Movies

A documentary that looks at the obstacles African-American males face when building a career. As the narrator states, "this film is about his chances,...

A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police informati...

An animation (long before there were such things) for Oscar Brown Jr’s track “But I Was Cool”, from his 1961 debut album Sin & Soul. Preserved by the...

A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portr...

A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career a...

A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.

Richie Bloom, the only white kid on the block, forms an R&B band with his best friend, Kevin. With the help of their mentor, aging sax legend Percy, t...