A poignant character study, Rich finds the title character forced to confront the obstacles that face him, beginning with his own family, on the day of his graduation from high school. The evocative cinematography is by Dark Exodus’ Iverson White.

Shipley Street is a coming-of-age story about a young girl whose working-class parents, hoping to better her future, send her to a strict, predominantly white parochial school where she comes face to face with unthinking racism.

Conflicted by duty and fear, George heads off to the war in Vietnam, still unresolved over the larger question of whether African Americans should be fighting for justice at home or abroad.

This early film by Alile Sharon Larkin masterfully presents a child’s perspective on poverty, class and social inequality.