TCM Schedule for Monday January 21 - Denzel Washington
For Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Denzel Washington takes the prime time spotlight.
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM SWING! ( 1938)
A seamstress tries to stop her husband from gambling and philandering. Dir: Oscar Micheaux Cast: Cora Green , Larry Seymour , Hazel Diaz . BW- 69 mins,
7:30 AM WITHIN OUR GATES ( 1920)
In this silent film, a black schoolteacher finds the battle against racism is everywhere when she goes North to raise money for better schools. Dir: Oscar Micheaux Cast: Evelyn Preer , Flo Clements , James D. Ruffin . BW- 74 mins,
9:00 AM LOSING GROUND ( 1982)
A philosophy professor responds to her husband's philandering by pursuing fulfillment on her own. Dir: Kathleen Collins Cast: Seret Scott , Bill Gunn , Duane Jones . C- 86 mins,
10:30 AM WARM DECEMBER, A ( 1972)
A doctor visiting London falls for a mysterious woman. Dir: Sidney Poitier Cast: Sidney Poitier , Yvette Curtis , Esther Anderson . C- 101 mins, CC,
12:30 PM EDGE OF THE CITY ( 1957)
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official. Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: John Cassavetes , Sidney Poitier , Jack Warden . BW- 85 mins, CC,
2:00 PM PATCH OF BLUE, A ( 1965)
A blind white girl falls in love with a black man. Dir: Guy Green Cast: Sidney Poitier , Shelley Winters , Elizabeth Hartman . BW- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 PM LEARNING TREE, THE ( 1969)
A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography. Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Kyle Johnson , Alex Clarke , Estelle Evans . C- 107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 PM DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST ( 1991)
Three generations of Gullah women reunite in 1902 before the family emigrates to the North. Dir: Julie Dash Cast: Cora Lee Day , Alva Rogers , Barbara O . C- 112 mins,
8:00 PM GLORY ( 1989)
A young, white army officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War. Dir: Edward Zwick Cast: Matthew Broderick , Cary Elwes , Morgan Freeman . C- 122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:15 PM PHILADELPHIA ( 1993)
A lawyer sues his firm for firing him because he has AIDS. Dir: Jonathan Demme Cast: Tom Hanks , Denzel Washington , Antonio Banderas . BW- 125 mins, CC,
12:30 AM SOLDIER'S STORY, A ( 1984)
During World War II, an African-American officer investigates a murder that may have been racially motivated. Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Howard E Rollins , Adolph Caesar , Denzel Washington . C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:30 AM DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS ( 1995)
It's 1948 and Los Angeles is booming, but Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins has seen better days. Dir: Carl Franklin Cast: Denzel Washington , Tom Sizemore , Don Cheadle . C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:30 AM JACKIE ROBINSON STORY, THE ( 1950)
Jackie Robinson plays himself in this true story of the man who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Jackie Robinson , Ruby Dee , Minor Watson . BW- 77 mins, CC,