Soundtrack: Curtis Mayfield

Direction Robert M. Young

Cast Bruce Davison · José Pérez · Nathan George · Don Blakely

Plot A child molester sent to prison finds that criminals exact harsher justice than society.

Direction John Berry

Cast Diahann Carroll · James Earl Jones · Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs · Tamu Blackwell

Plot Claudine tries to provide for her six children in Harlem while on welfare. She has a romance with Roop, a cheerful garbageman she meets while working on the side as...

Direction Gordon Parks Jr.

Cast Ron O'Neal · Carl Lee · Sheila Frazier · Julius Harris

Plot Youngblood Priest is an African-American drug dealer who specializes in selling cocaine and enjoys a luxurious lifestyle in Harlem. But he begins to realize that his life will soon end...

Direction Sidney Poitier

Cast Sidney Poitier · Bill Cosby · Calvin Lockhart · John Amos

Plot Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However,...

Direction Run Wrake

Plot Street life, it’s the only life I know. In this uptempo party piece, xerox, paint and found-sound montage in with Curtis Mayfield, moving on up into fragmented experience.

Direction Sam O'Steen

Cast Philip Michael Thomas · Irene Cara · Lonette McKee · Dwan Smith

Plot A girl group experiences turmoil after one of their members turns to drugs and another achieves their desired fame all by herself.

Direction Sidney Poitier

Cast Sidney Poitier · Bill Cosby · James Earl Jones · Denise Nicholas

Plot Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby are two slick con men who are talked into helping out a group of troubled teens at a community center. James Earl Jones is the...