In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.

Up the Down Staircase

1967

English

7.3

♡ 2

78%

69%

based on novel or book

teacher student relationship

Robert Mulligan Director

Florence Stanley as Ella Friedenberg

Eileen Heckart as Henrietta Pastorfield

Roy Poole as Mr. McHabe

Jean Stapleton as Sadie Finch

Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.

Sometimes a Great Notion

1971

English

6.9

♡ 2

mouth to mouth resuscitation

Paul Newman Director

Roy Poole as Draeger

Roy Jenson as Elwood

Paul Newman as Hank

Michael Sarrazin as Leeland

Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.

A Stranger Is Watching

1982

English

5.4

♡ 2

20%

Sean S. Cunningham Director

Read Morgan as Galloway

Vincent Spano as Gas Thief

James Naughton as Steve Peterson

Roy Poole as Walter Kurner

A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.

Mandingo

1975

English

6.5

♡ 8

25%

interracial relationship

Romance

slave owner

slavery

Richard Fleischer Director

Roy Poole as Doc Redfield

Perry King as Hammond Maxwell

Irene Tedrow as Mrs. Redfield

Duane Allen as Topaz

Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.

1776

1972

English

7.6

♡ 12

68%

84%

18th century

Action

based on play or musical

philadelphia, pennsylvania

Peter H. Hunt Director

Howard Caine as Lewis Morris

James Noble as Rev. John Witherspoon

Roy Poole as Stephen Hopkins

William Bassett as Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.

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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Up the Down Staircase

Sometimes a Great Notion

A Stranger Is Watching

Mandingo

1776