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(Photo: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks)

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(Photo: United Artists Pictures)

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(Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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DREAMGIRLS (Photo: Dreamworks)

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(Photo: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks)

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Menace II Society (Photo: New Line Cinema)

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(Photo: TriStar Pictures)

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The Color Purple (Photo: Warner Bros.)

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Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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COOLEY HIGH, Corin Rogers, Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, 1975 (Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection)

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(Photo: Universal Pictures)

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Ali (Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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(Photo: New Line Cinema)

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A Soldier's Story (Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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(Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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(Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures)

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The Five HeartBeats (Photo: Twentieth Century FOX)

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(Photo: New Line Cinema) Nia Long Larenz Tate

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(Photo: Universal Pictures)

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(Photo: Formosa Productions)

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Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens and Danny Glover, A Rage in Harlem debuted in theaters exactly 20 years ago today. Based on the Chester Himes novel of the same name, the film follows the story of crime bosses in 1950s Harlem.  (Photo: Miramax Films)

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(Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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(Photo: Universal Pictures)

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What's love got to do with it. Angela Bassett Laurence Fishburne (Photo: Touchtone Pictures)