TCM Schedule for Monday January 16 - Civil Rights Documentaries

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King day features a full lineup of African-American themed films, topped off in Prime time by some notable documentaries about the civil rights movement.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM PRINCESS TAM TAM (1935)
A French novelist passes off a Tunisian shepherdess as royalty to get back at his cheating wife. Dir: Max Montagu Cast: Josephine Baker , Albert Prejean , Germaine Aussey . BW-77 mins,

7:30 AM SOUNDER (1972)
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education. Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Cicely Tyson , Paul Winfield , Kevin Hooks . C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:30 AM BRIGHT ROAD (1953)
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child. Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge , Philip Hepburn , Harry Belafonte . BW-68 mins, CC,

11:00 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,

12:30 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

2:30 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

4:30 PM CABIN IN THE SKY (1943)
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler. Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Ethel Waters , Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , Lena Horne . BW-99 mins, CC,

6:30 PM STORMY WEATHER (1943)
A relationship blossoms between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress. Dir: Andrew Stone Cast: Lena Horne , Bill Robinson , Cab Calloway . BW-78 mins, CC,

8:00 PM YOU GOT TO MOVE - STORIES OF CHANGE IN THE SOUTH (1985)
Filmmakers trace the role of the Highlander Folk School in fighting to desegregate the South. Dir: Lucy Massie Phenix C-86 mins,

10:00 PM FREEDOM ON MY MIND (1994)
Interviews and archival footage tell the story of the drive to register African-American voters in 1960s Mississippi. Dir: Connie Field Cast: Steve Most , Victoria Gray , Bob Moses . C-109 mins,

12:00 AM CRISIS (1963)
After years of segregation, the University of Alabama becomes the last U.S. college to open its doors to black students. Dir: Robert Drew BW-53 mins,

1:15 AM ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO (1964)
A white divorcee's marriage to a black man could cost her custody of her daughter. Dir: Larry Peerce Cast: Barbara Barrie , Bernie Hamilton , Richard Mulligan . BW-92 mins,

3:00 AM GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor. Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Sidney Poitier , Katharine Hepburn . C-108 mins, CC,

5:00 AM AMERICAN IN SOPHIATOWN, AN (2007)
Interwoven with clips from the original film "Come Back Africa", independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin tells the story of how he penetrated Sophiatown, Johannesburg during the iron rule of the apartheid regime. Dir: Earl Lloyd Ross BW-52 mins, CC,