S. Pearl Sharp

Minstrel Man

William A. Graham

Glynn Turman, Ted Ross

Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.

Do You Remember Love

Jeff Bleckner

Joanne Woodward, Richard Kiley

Barbara Wyatt-Hollis is an English professor who begins to experience the effects of Alzheimer's. The film documents her decline and the emotional turmoil it causes for her. It also shows how the changes impact her husband, George, and their children. The film also looks at the process by which families can be educated and supported to deal with the impact of the disease, as well as what is done for those afflicted.

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

Gilbert Moses

Jimmie Walker, James Earl Jones

Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.

Hollow Image

Marvin J. Chomsky

Robert Hooks, S. Pearl Sharp

A black New York career girl, who has made it big in the fashion world, is torn between her new life "downtown" and her roots in Harlem with an old boyfriend still living there.

Night Cries

Richard Lang

Susan Saint James, Michael Parks

A young woman whose baby died in childbirth refuses to believe it and has dreams that her child is still alive and in danger. A scientist who is conducting experiments about dreams tries to help her.

Back Inside Herself

S. Pearl Sharp

A visual poem on identity. Crafted from one of S. Pearl’s poems, it encourages women to reject imposed beauty standards and invent their own identity. Featuring actress Barbara-O. The version has an audio remix with vocals by Sharp and Dwight Trible. 1984 & 2009 4 min.

Picking Tribes

S. Pearl Sharp

A girl growing up in the 1940’s makes humorous and heartfelt attempts to be “more than ordinary” as she struggles to find an identity between her Black American and Native American heritages. Semi-animated with vintage photographs it features original water color and animation cell art by Carlos Spivey.