Ella Fitzgerald - Something to Live For (Documentary)
Initial release: 1999 Director: Charlotte Zwerin Nominations: Grammy Award for Best Music Film Narrated by Tony Bennett
SBK Friday Night Picture Show Presents: STYLE WARS (1983 Documentary)
Quintessentially the most REVOLUTIONARY form of visual art is graffiti. Nothing says "F**k The System" Like covering the status quo in...


*DOCUMENTARY* Gil Scott Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (VIDEO)
From the BBC: Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary, Gil...
Opera Soprano Abbie Mitchell Sings "Summertime" - Porgy and Bess (1935)
"Porgy and Bess" was the first AMERICAN opera ever made! It also featured an all Black cast that didn't wear Black Face. Opera singer...
SBK Picture Show: "Boarding House Blues", 1948
Boarding House Blues is a 1948 American race film directed by Josh Binney. It was the penultimate feature film of All-American News, a...
AUDIO: Chick Webb and his Orchestra Performing "Harlem Congo" 1937
Born William Henry Webb, know as Chick Webb was and American jazz ad swing music drummer. Born in Baltimore, he suffered from...
SBK Cinema: "Carib Gold" ,1956
Carib Gold (1956) is a maritime themed B-movie, written and filmed almost entirely in Key West, Florida, with locally-cast musicians and...


Celebrating the Life of Geoffrey Holder
Most know the incomparable Mr. Holder from his hilarious performance as the lasciviously,lusty creative director, Nelson in the smash...
Aretha Franklin Covers Adele's "Rolling In The Deep."
The Queen on Soul is back and showing the world that her title as Queen still reigns supreme! Aretha Franklin, 72, will release an album...
Hazel Scott "Black & White" Full Performance
Hazel Scott, Legendary Pianist and Vocalist sings "Black & White is Beautiful" where she shows off her skills on not one, but TWO grand...