Jess Lee Brooks

A detective, a young woman, and a stage mentalist are among the residents of an all-black Oklahoma community who encounter burglary and murder.

Set in Depression-era Harlem, an up-and-coming gangster will stop at nothing to strip control of the numbers racket from an ailing rival mob boss.

A pair of rival mobsters wrestle for control over Harlem’s increasingly profitable juke joint racket in this noir drama with an all-Black cast.

Set to blues, swing and jazz music, an unpopular band lead leader is killed in a Harlem nightclub.