Henry Carter Hull

Detailing the black experience in mid-twentieth-century America, this candid biography features selections from the works of the late African-American playwright, including play excerpts, autobiographical sketches, poetry, and drawings.

Beginning with his autobiographical sketch, “Memoir and Theatrical Career of Ira Aldridge, The African Roscius” follows Aldridge's journey as a Black man who, "obtained and maintains among Europeans, a reputation whose acquisition demands the highest qualities of the mind and the noblest endowments of the person." Making it a lifetime goal to use his success and influence to speak on the horrors of slavery in America and abroad, this memoir is...

This documentary sheds valuable light on all aspects of Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, including the daunting challenge of securing investment and a venue for this production about a working class Black family, the casting process, artistic debates and finally its public reception. The film features interviews with the play's original cast members, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Glynn Turman, director Lloyd Richards,...

Two Eyes are Better than One is a heart-wrenching drama which transports readers to a small African village where a dangerous disease tears apart the fabric of their community. A heart-wrenching story of an African family, filled with twists and dilemmas. It does not matter if you are infected with a dangerous disease or dying. You are a person and have a soul. A story which would make you cry. It's a story of hope and a story about living with a...

Why Does Society Get to Decide Who I Am Before I'm Even Able to Speak? Completely Naked is a look at people of color in our unnatural (broken) state, in which our brokenness affects our relationships with each other and our ability to live dignified and wealthy lives. It is a look at assisting those of us who are battling demons and traumas with finding our inner voices so we can share our darkness out loud, which can guide us on the road to...

Even at a young age, Vincent's obsession with money and his love of attention were preeminent traits. Because of it, his life would be forever changed and nowhere near mediocre. He recognized he was quite different from his peers and quickly sensed that he was twice as advanced, albeit in streetwise wit. Realizing the possibility of acquiring absolute power and respect in his environment, Vincent confidently set off on a path to triumph, which ironically...

About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases.

A celebration of August Wilson's journey from a child in Pittsburgh to one of America's greatest playwrights. August Wilson (1945-2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who had a particular talent for capturing the authentic, everyday voice of black Americans. As a child, he read off soup cans and cereal boxes, and when his mother brought him to the library, his whole world opened up. After facing intense prejudice at school from...