Oscar Brown Jr. Movies

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

Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's short story, 'Sonny's Blues.'

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...

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

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

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