Duke Ellington Movies

  • 2019
    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

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    In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
  • 1959
    Anatomy of a Murder

    Anatomy of a Murder

    Anatomy of a Murder

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    Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her....

    Anatomy of a Murder
  • 1961
    Paris Blues

    Paris Blues

    Paris Blues

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    During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and...

    Paris Blues
  • 1966
    Assault on a Queen

    Assault on a Queen

    Assault on a Queen

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    A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the...

    Assault on a Queen
  • 1977
    The Turning Point

    The Turning Point

    The Turning Point

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    As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an...

    The Turning Point
  • 1934
    Murder at the Vanities

    Murder at the Vanities

    Murder at the Vanities

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    Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading...

    Murder at the Vanities
  • 1943
    Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

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    When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for...

    Cabin in the Sky
  • 2024
    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

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    In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
  • 1934
    Belle of the Nineties

    Belle of the Nineties

    Belle of the Nineties

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    Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.

    Belle of the Nineties
  • 1953
    Daybreak Express

    Daybreak Express

    Daybreak Express

    7.31953HD

    Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway...

    Daybreak Express
  • 1945
    The Vampire

    The Vampire

    The Vampire

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    After a look at some strange creatures, the narrator and camera take us to the Chaco forest, on the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where...

    The Vampire
  • 2003
    Piano Blues

    Piano Blues

    Piano Blues

    6.52003HD

    Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical...

    Piano Blues
  • 2019
    The Apollo

    The Apollo

    The Apollo

    6.42019HD

    The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

    The Apollo
  • 1930
    Check and Double Check

    Check and Double Check

    Check and Double Check

    5.31930HD

    Amos and Andy trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a...

    Check and Double Check
  • 2018
    The Jazz Ambassadors

    The Jazz Ambassadors

    The Jazz Ambassadors

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    The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...

    The Jazz Ambassadors
  • 1929
    Black and Tan

    Black and Tan

    Black and Tan

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    Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington,...

    Black and Tan
  • 1941
    Birth of the Blues

    Birth of the Blues

    Birth of the Blues

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    Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots,...

    Birth of the Blues
  • 2002
    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

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    A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

    It's Black Entertainment
  • 1943
    Reveille with Beverly

    Reveille with Beverly

    Reveille with Beverly

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    Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a...

    Reveille with Beverly
  • 2022
    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    6.82022HD

    In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...

    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs