Fredi Washington
Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an American stage and film actress, performer, and writer. She gained recognition for film and stage work in the 1920s and 1930s.
Imitation of Life (1934)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way. (more)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way. (more)
The Letter (1929)
A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened. (more)
A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened. (more)
One Mile From Heaven (1937)
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds. (more)
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds. (more)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience. (more)
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience. (more)
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
(1934)
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. (more)
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. (more)
Black and Tan
(1929)
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, from working with heart trouble even though it means work for his band. Sure enough, she collapses on stage... (more)
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, from working with heart trouble even though it means work for his band. Sure enough, she collapses on stage... (more)
Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1933)
The Emperor Jones
(1933)
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island. (more)
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island. (more)
Ouanga (1935)
In Haiti, a black female plantation owner enacts a voodoo curse, and revives zombies for revenge on a white male neighbor, who has chosen a white woman over her for marriage. (more)
In Haiti, a black female plantation owner enacts a voodoo curse, and revives zombies for revenge on a white male neighbor, who has chosen a white woman over her for marriage. (more)