Yaphet Kotto Movies

Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.

In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff...

A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a "dead badge" - a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many...

A military drama set on a Texas base focuses on the ups and downs of young paratroopers, who, while they're gearing up for possible combat...

An embittered ex-cop, on a quest for justice, teams up with a hard-boiled bounty hunter to go after the suspected killer of her brother in a robbery.

On October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave...

A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.

Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his brother.

A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...

Detective goes after drug-dealers in Manhattan.

Duell McCall finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud in a small mining town. Framed for the murder of Sheriff John Whaley, McCall is forced to...

Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market...

Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police...

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's...

A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as...

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.