Movies by Courtney B. Vance

The Groveland Four
July, 1949: four young black men are wrongly accused of rape by a 17-year-old farm wife in rural Lake County, Florida. The case of “The Groveland Four” included a race riot, torture, multiple murders, two trials and a Supreme Court reversal. Though widely covered by the national press, the case has been largely forgotten... even though it helped lay a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.

Naked City: A Killer Christmas
An ambitious reporter gets in the way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who becomes active around Christmas time..

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.

Partners of the Heart
Recounts the extraordinary segregation-era partnership between two surgeons--one black and one white--who defied the medical establishment and changed the course of cardiac surgery.