Harry Belafonte

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Mar 01, 1927 (98 years old)
Death date
Apr 25, 2023

Harry Belafonte

Known For

Following Harry
1h 35m
Movie 2024

Following Harry

Featuring Harry Belafonte, Aja Monet, Aloe Blacc, and Jesse Williams, Following Harry explores the life and legacy of cultural and civil rights icon Harry Belafonte through the stories of those artists and activists carrying on his life’s work dedicated to social justice.

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
1h 22m
Movie 2023

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from the Jim Crow to Civil Rights eras, from heady days of post-war jazz to hip hop and beyond.

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
3h 59m
Movie 2022

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. This year’s Performer Inductees are Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon. Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis will receive the Musical Excellence Award, Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten the Early Influence Award, and Allen Grubman, Jimmy Iovine, and Sylvia Robinson the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2h 15m
Movie 2022

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

Sidney
1h 52m
Movie 2022

Sidney

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.

Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
0h 52m
Movie 2022

Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice

Harry Belafonte wrote music history. How did the black boy from Harlem manage to become one of the greatest artists of the 20th century in the middle of racist America? The film portrait tells the story of the famous singer, actor, producer and activist.

The One and Only Dick Gregory
1h 53m
Movie 2021

The One and Only Dick Gregory

This revealing portrait of comedian, activist, pop-culture icon and thought leader Dick Gregory documents his many personal reinventions throughout the decades, from celebrity to civil rights hero and beyond, while hearing from the incredible entertainers who have been inspired by his blueprint.

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
1h 15m
Movie 2020

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.

The Man Behind the White Guitar
1h 11m
Movie 2019

The Man Behind the White Guitar

José Neto is one of the guitar world's best kept secrets. Known to a discriminating international fan base and respected by legendary musicians and producers, Neto has flown under the radar in service to the music and not to his own ego. Shot in California, in the UK, and in Brazil, the Man Behind the White Guitar follows José Neto as he revisits the people and places that formed his musical career: Harry Belafonte, Steve Winwood, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, and Brazilian icon Filo Machado. Neto, as he is known to his friends and fans, follows a diverse musical path and faces significant life challenges, through which he maintains equanimity and a positive vision that speak through his compositions and his playing. Everyone he knows will say, "Neto is my good friend."

BlacKkKlansman
2h 16m
Movie 2018

BlacKkKlansman

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

Biography

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in films such as Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), and Uptown Saturday Night (1974). He made his final screen appearance in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018). Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and he was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush and Donald Trump administrations. Belafonte acted as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues. Belafonte won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Belafonte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2024
Following Harry
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Sidney
2022
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
2021
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2019
The Man Behind the White Guitar
2018
BlacKkKlansman
2018
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018
King in the Wilderness
2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
The Madding Crowd
2016
Jackie Robinson
2016
Året var 1966
2015
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2014
Selma
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
2013
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
JFK: The Private President
2012
Hava Nagila: The Movie
2011
Rise Like Lions
2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2009
Anecdotes about Fidel
2006
Bobby
2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
Mo & Me
2005
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2004
Tanner on Tanner
1999
Swing Vote
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
Jazz '34
1994
The World of Jim Henson
1992
The Player
1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1989
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

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