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Harry Belafonte
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Filmography
Harry Belafonte - what members say
review by from London
Fantastic stuff (in my personal top 10) 23 September 2005
review by GLEN from Witney Oxfordshire
Sobering and moving account (review for 1 and 2) 10 October 2007
review by Bribaba from London
Bet on this 26 June 2009
Harry Belafonte - filmography
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Mama Africa
(2011)
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Leopoldo Fleming
Director: Mika Kaurismaki
Certificate: 
Miriam Makeba was the first South African musician to become an international star; singing in several African dialects as well as English, Makeba was a gifted singer and a charismatic performer whose nightclub and concert engagements made her a global sensation in the 1950s. However, Makeba's ..read more »
 
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from 2 members
Due for release on 12th March 2012
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Soundtrack For A Revolution
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: The Roots, John Legend, Wyclef Jean
Director: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Certificate: 
Soundtrack For A Revolution tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music - the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. The film features new performances of the freedom songs by ..read more »
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from 19 members
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Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell
(2007)
Starring: Harry Belafonte
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Tracklisting: "Introduction", "We Are The Wave", "Turn The World Around", "Island In The Sun", "Skin To Skin", "Kwela (Listen To The Man)", "Matilda Matilda", "Dangerous Times", "Try To Remember", "Paradise In Gazankulu", "Jamaica Farewell", "Banana Boat Song (Day-O)", "Hoping For The Sun (..read more »
63%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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Bobby
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Sharon Stone, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Emilio Estevez
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 6th, 1968, which centers around 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where he was killed.
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from 28,281 members
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Fidel - The Untold Story
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Fidel Castro, Muhammad Ali, Harry Belafonte
Director: Fidel, Estela Bravo
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Fidel Castro led the revolution that overthrew President Batista's military regime in Cuba in 1959 and was sworn in as Prime Minister shortly afterwards. Over the ensuing 48 years he has become one of the most iconic leaders on the world stage, regardes as a dictator by his opponents and as a ..read more »
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from 212 members
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Swing Vote
(1999)
Starring: Andy Garcia, Harry Belafonte
Director: David Anspaugh
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It's justice Joseph Kirkland's first day on the U.S supreme court and his first case involves a young woman who has had an abortion and has been convicted for the murder of her unborn child. Kirkland with his talent for careful consideration for both sides of a case, keeps an ambiguous silence as ..read more »
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from 12 members
Currently unavailable
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Harry Belafonte Live In Concert
(1997)
Director: Harry Belafonte
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One of the most successful Jamaican musicians in history, recorded live 1997. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s.
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from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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White Man's Burden
(1995)
Starring: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch
Director: Desmond Nakano
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The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, ..read more »
51%
from 49 members
Currently unavailable
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Pret A Porter
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger
Director: Robert Altman
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Robert Altman delivers another sprawling satire with READY TO WEAR, this time focusing his lens on the tightly knit, pretentious fashion industry. After a popular fashion leader dies during the most important industry gathering of the year in Paris, the question that it might have been murder ..read more »
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from 1,570 member
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Uptown Saturday Night
(1988)
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte
Director: Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby team up in this hilarious misadventure as buddies Steve and Wardell, who head uptown to a swanky nightclub. Unfortunately, thieves hit the club and steal Steve's wallet-which happens to hold a winning lottery ticket.
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from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Buck And The Preacher
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell
Director: Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier directs and stars in this all-black western about an ex-Union Army cavalry soldier leading a group of recently-freed slaves to the western frontier in post-Civil War America. Tagging along with Buck are his wife Ruth (Ruby Dee) and a con man disguised as a preacher (Harry Belafonte, ..read more »
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from 158 members
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Odds Against Tomorrow
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Richard Bright, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame
Director: Robert Wise
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A classic noir thriller, produced and directed by ROBERT WISE (West Side Story), ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW stars HARRY BELAFONTE (Carmen Jones), ED BEGLEY (Sweet Bird of Youth) and ROBERT RYAN (The Dirty Dozen).
Dave Burke (BEGLEY ) is an embittered ex – policeman whose career was shattered when he ..read more »
69%
from 131 members
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Carmen Jones
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Olga James
Director: Otto Preminger
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In 1943, Oscar Hammerstein Jr. took Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, rewrote the lyrics, changed the characters from 19th century Spaniards to World War II-era African-Americans, switched the locale to a Southern military base, and the result was Carmen Jones. Dorothy Dandridge stars as Carmen Jones, ..read more »
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from 694 members
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Harry Belafonte facts
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...m is lush; Dorothy Bainbridge (aka "heatwave") oozes sexuality from every pore; Harry Belafonte is just drop-dead gorgous; and anyone into 50s fashions will spend the whole ti...
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