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Gertrude Jeannette

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Known for: Acting

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Gertrude Jeannette

Biography

Movie Credits

Nothing But a Man
3.7

Nothing But a Man

1964-12-27

A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
3.9

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998-01-01

A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by

The Legend of Nigger Charley
3.2

The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972-03-16

A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.

Shaft
3.2

Shaft

1971-06-25

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daught

To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

1969-03-02

Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and

Black Girl
3

Black Girl

1972-11-09

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.