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Amen (1986)

Summary: Rev. Rueben Gregory, finds dealing with the headstrong, opinionated, and unethical Deacon Ernest Frye--who works as a lawyer when not tending to church business--won't make his job easy.
Release Date: September 27, 1986
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Carson Productions, Stein & Illes Production
Country: United States
Language: English
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Good Times (1974)

Summary: A poor African-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.
Release Date: February 08, 1974
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Tandem Productions
Country: United States
Language: English
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Sanford and Son (1972)

Summary: The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
Release Date: January 14, 1972
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Tandem Productions
Country: United States
Language: English
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That's My Mama (1974)

Summary: Clifton enjoys being a barber in Washington, DC.
Release Date: September 04, 1974
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Blye-Bearde Productions, Pollock/Davis Productions, Columbia Pictures Television
Country: United States
Language: English
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227 (1985)

Summary: This series took place in an apartment building numbered 227. The cast would frequently be sitting outside on a large set of stone stairs, involved in some discussion that would unfold into the weekly plotline.
Release Date: September 14, 1985
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Embassy Television, Embassy Communications, ELP Communications
Country: United States
Language: English
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Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Summary: The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
Release Date: February 18, 1979
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
Production: David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
Country: United States
Language: English
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What's Happening!! (1976)

Summary: A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city.
Release Date: August 05, 1976
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 24 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Bud Yorkin Productions, Turteltaub-Orenstein-Yorkin Productions (TOY)
Country: United States
Language: English
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Generations (1989)

Summary: Soap opera about two families, one black and one white.
Release Date: March 06, 1989
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Country: United States
Language: English
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Hammer (1972)

Summary: A Los Angeles dock worker becomes a boxer but his crooked manager is involved in various rackets and he's working for the mob.
Release Date: September 22, 1972
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Director: Bruce D. Clark
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Writer: Charles Eric Johnson
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Runtime: 1 h 32 min
MPAA: R
Production: Essaness Pictures
Distributor: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel
Country: United States
Language: English
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Made in America (1993)

Summary: A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
Release Date: May 28, 1993
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
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Writers: Marcia Brandwynne
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White Female
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, Nadine Schiff
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Nadine Schiff ethnicity
White Female
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, Holly Goldberg Sloan
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White Female
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Runtime: 1 h 51 min
MPAA: PG-13
Production: Canal+, New Regency Productions, Alcor Films, Stonebridge Entertainment, Kalola Productions
Distributor: Warner Bros., National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video
Countries: France, United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 22,000,000
Domestic: $ 44,942,695
International: $ 60,000,000
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In the Heat of the Night (1988)

Summary: The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.
Release Date: March 06, 1988
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Fred Silverman Productions, JADDA Productions, Juanita Bartlett Production
Country: United States
Language: English
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All in the Family (1971)

Summary: A working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
Release Date: January 12, 1971
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Tandem Productions
Country: United States
Language: English
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The Golden Girls (1985)

Summary: Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.
Release Date: September 14, 1985
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Touchstone Television, Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions
Country: United States
Language: English
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Nothing But a Man (1964)

Summary: A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Release Date: January 12, 1966
Genres: Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Roemer
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White Male
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Writers: Michael Roemer
Michael RoemerWriter
Michael Roemer ethnicity
White Male
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, Robert M. Young
Robert M. YoungWriter
Robert M. Young ethnicity
White Male
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Runtime: 1 h 35 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: DuArt Film and Video, Nothing But a Man Company
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 300,000
Domestic: $ 13,063
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Harry O (1973)

Summary: After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach house.
Release Date: March 11, 1973
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: Warner Bros. Television
Country: United States
Language: English
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The Landlord (1970)

Summary: Naïve 29-year-old Elgar Enders buys a building in a black Brooklyn ghetto to evict the tenants and upgrade it. But instead, he grows fond of the tenants and falls in love with a mixed-race girl while his wealthy parents disapprove.
Release Date: May 20, 1970
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Hal Ashby
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White Male
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Writers: Bill Gunn
Bill GunnWriter
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Black Male
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, Kristin Hunter
Kristin HunterWriter
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White Female
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Runtime: 1 h 52 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Cartier Productions, The Mirisch Corporation
Distributor: United Artists, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MGM Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 1,950,000
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

Summary: This particular series combines several "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC: ABC This Morning/The Dick Cavett Show ABC Daytime March 1968 - January 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Primetime May 1969 - September 1969 The Dick Cavett Show A...
Release Date: March 04, 1968
Genres: Music, Talk-Show
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-G
Production: Rollins-Joffe Productions, ABC Television Network
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Benson (1979)

Summary: Jessica Tate's sharp-tongued former butler, Benson DuBois, moves up in the world, becoming first the governor's "director of household affairs," then the state's budget director, then lieutenant governor and candidate for the exec...
Release Date: September 13, 1979
Genres: Comedy, Family
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-G
Production: Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions
Country: United States
Language: English
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Dead Heat (1988)

Summary: A cop is killed investigating a strange case of resurrected corpses. His partner and a pathologist resurrect him, but he only has a limited time before he starts to decompose, and he uses it to chase down the diabolical man who ki...
Release Date: June 08, 2020
Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror
Director: Mark Goldblatt
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Writer: Terry Black
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White Female
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Runtime: 1 h 24 min
MPAA: 13+
Production: New World Pictures, Helpern / Meltzer
Distributor: Image Entertainment, New World Video, Home Box Office (HBO), Starmaker Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television Distribution, Lakeshore International, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Vinegar Syndrome
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 5,000,000
Domestic: $ 3,588,626
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)

Summary: Ken Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and the...
Release Date: January 22, 1982
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: John Badham
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White Male
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Writers: Brian Clark
Brian ClarkWriter
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White Male
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, Reginald Rose
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White Male
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, John Badham
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White Male
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Runtime: 1 h 59 min
MPAA: R
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), SLM Production Group
Distributor: WGN
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 13,000,000
Domestic: $ 8,206,145