Bernie Hamilton

Hammer -- Brought into the fight game from the docks by a crime syndicate, a boxer (Fred Williamson) mist choose between a title bout promoted by the mob--and the affections of the woman he loves.

The Swimmer -- Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the Summer. He reappears at a friends pool. As they talk, someone notices that there are pools spanning the entire valley. He decided to jog from pool to pool to swim the whole valley. As he stops in each pool his interactions tell his life story.

Redneck police force lords over a middle American community, regularly terrorizing and assaulting black citizens. Fred Williamson arrives in town to bury his brother (a victim of police brutality) and stays to try and right the injustice.

One of the most remarkable biopics of all time, this inspiring film tells the story of Jackie Robinson, the famous black baseball player of the 1940s who broke racial barriers while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows Robinson’s career, starting with his college days as a track star at both Pasadena College and UCLA. After graduating, Robinson tries to find work as a coach, but is turned away due to his race, leading him to join the army and later, play in the Negro Baseball League. Robinson’s extraordinary skills on the field attract the attention of the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey. Thus begins the remarkable career of a truly inspirational black athlete whose dreams of overcoming the stereotypes around him helped him to ignore the racial prejudices of the time and become one of the greatest baseball players that has ever lived.

Sidney Poitier, in his third and final appearance as San Francisco homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (from In the Heat of the Night and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!), comes to the aid of a student vigilante group that raided a furniture factory…which was really a front for heroin trafficking. When the manager is murdered, the group admits to Tibbs that they stole $5 million in dope to keep it off the streets, but didn't kill anyone. Based on the character created by John Ball.

After traveling to a small Southern town for his murdered brother's funeral, Duke (Fred Williamson) and his girlfriend, Aretha (Pam Grier), decide to reopen the dead man's nightclub. Problems arise, however, when the crooked local cops try to shake the pair down for money. Duke then calls in his crew of street toughs from the city to fend off the police, setting the stage for this blaxploitation thriller's violent conclusion.

When a voodoo high priestess croaks, her ambitious son assumes he'll be promoted to leader of the cult. But after being passed over, the vengeful son reincarnates Blacula. Together, they infiltrate (and contaminate) the voodoo cult.

Brought into the fight game from the docks by a crime syndicate, a boxer (Fred Williamson) mist choose between a title bout promoted by the mob--and the affections of the woman he loves.

Brought into the fight game from the docks by a crime syndicate, a boxer (Fred Williamson) mist choose between a title bout promoted by the mob--and the affections of the woman he loves.

Sidney Poitier, in his third and final appearance as San Francisco homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (from IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT and THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS!), comes to the aid of a student vigilante group that raided a furniture factory...which was really a front for heroin trafficking. When the manager is murdered, the group admits to Tibbs that they stole $5 million in dope to keep it off the streets, but didn't kill anyone. Based on the character created by John Ball.

Sidney Poitier, in his third and final appearance as San Francisco homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (from IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT and THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS!), comes to the aid of a student vigilante group that raided a furniture factory...which was really a front for heroin trafficking. When the manager is murdered, the group admits to Tibbs that they stole $5 million in dope to keep it off the streets, but didn't kill anyone. Based on the character created by John Ball.

An adman decides to swim home via his neighbors' pools.