Joel Fluellen
6 titles
Filmography
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Monster from Green Hell
(1957)Wasps shot into space by American Cold War scientists land in the African jungle as giant mutant killing machines with a hunger for human flesh.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
(1974)At 110 years old, a Louisiana woman born into slavery recounts her experience from the Civil War through her involvement in the civil rights movement.

Sitting Bull
(1954)An officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting with Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant, but threats derail the peace talks.

Man Friday
(1975)When Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked in the Pacific, he befriends a black islander, but his 17th century prejudices turn his one ally against him.
The Learning Tree
(1969)A bittersweet and idyllic story about a year in the life of a 14-year-old boy, born into a poor black family in Kansas during the 1920s, who learns about hate and love, immorality and honor. Based on the true life story of its director, the great Gordon Parks, Emmy-winning director of "Shaft," "Superfly" and TV's "Martin," who earlier gained prominence as a Life Magazine photojournalist and as founder of Essence Magazine. This "brilliantly photographed" (Leonard Maltin) tale was honored in 1989 as an American classic by the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Thomasine & Bushrod
(1974)Set in New Mexico during the years 1912-1915, a fictional black "Bonnie and Clyde"-type race through the Southwest in their ancient jalopies, shooting lawmen and sharing the riches with poor blacks, whites, and Native Americans alike. One avenging sheriff, determined to bring the pair in, pursues them relentlessly.