TCM Schedule for Sunday February 4, 2024 - Black History Weekend Marathon

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(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Solomon Northrup's Odyssey (1984)
2h 0m | Drama | TV-PG
Based on his own writings, the drama follows the life of Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped into slavery in the mid-19th century and spent twelve years as a slave on Louisiana plantations.
Director: Gordon Parks. Cast: Avery Brooks, John Saxon, Mason Adams

8:00 AM Gordon Parks: Moments Without Proper Names (1988)
1h 0m | Documentary | TV-PG
A self-portrait of the life and career of photographer, writer, director and composer Gordon Parks.
Director: Gordon Parks. Cast: Roscoe Lee Browne, Gordon Parks, Joe Seneca

9:00 AM The Learning Tree (1969)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-14
A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography.
Director: Gordon Parks. Cast: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans

11:00 AM Imitation of Life (1934)
1h 46m | Drama | TV-G
A widow and her housekeeper go into business together but almost lose their daughters.
Director: John M. Stahl. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson

1:00 PM The Negro Soldier (1944)
41m | Short | TV-G
Documentary cameras capture the contributions of African-American soldiers during World War II.
Director: Capt. Stuart Heisler. Cast: Pvt. Robert Brooks, Capt. Colin Kelly, Sgt. Meyer Levin

2:00 PM Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
1h 51m | Western | TV-PG
A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges.
Director: John Ford. Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers

4:00 PM Sounder (1972)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
In 1933 Louisiana, a family of African American sharecroppers endure racism and injustice when their father is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp.
Director: Martin Ritt. Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks

6:00 PM Sparkle (1976)
1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG
The three Williams sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s. But their sudden rise to stardom causes problems in their lives.
Director: Sam O'Steen. Cast: Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee

8:00 PM Bird (1988)
2h 41m | Drama | TV-MA
A biography of jazz saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.
Director: Clint Eastwood. Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker

11:00 PM Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
2h 24m | Musical | TV-MA
Billie Holliday fights drug addiction to make a name for herself as a jazz singer.
Director: Sidney J. Furie. Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor

1:30 AM Body and Soul (1925)
1h 26m | Silent | TV-PG
In this film, a corrupt small town minister leads his congregation astray.
Director: Oscar Micheaux. Cast: Paul Robeson, Marshall Rodgers, Lawrence Chenault

3:15 AM Black Girl (1966)
1h | Drama | TV-14
A young Senegalese woman is transplanted to France to work as a maid for a white couple.
Director: Ousmane Sembene. Cast: Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinck, Momar Nar Sene

4:15 AM Alma's Rainbow (1994)
1h 25m | Drama | TV-MA
The ordered life of a sexually-repressed black woman devoted to being the "good mother" is threatened by her teenage daughter's sexual awakening and the arrival of her freespirited sister.
Director: Ayoka Chenzira. Cast: Kim Weston-Moran, Victoria Platt, Mizan Nunes