
Harry Belafonte
Acting
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in films such as Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), and Uptown Saturday Night (1974). He made his final screen appearance in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018). Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and he was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush and Donald Trump administrations. Belafonte acted as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues. Belafonte won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Belafonte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

CIRILO, A Legacy Untold

Following Harry
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Jim Henson Idea Man
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The Greatest Night in Pop
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?
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Sidney
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Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
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The One and Only Dick Gregory
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Dom Salvador & The Abolition
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
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Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
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The Man Behind the White Guitar
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BlacKkKlansman
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Mr. SOUL!
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Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
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King in the Wilderness
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
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The Madding Crowd
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Året var 1966
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Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
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Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
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JFK: The Private President
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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Hava Nagila: The Movie
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Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
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Sing Your Song
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Rise Like Lions
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Mama Africa
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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The University of Sing Sing
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Motherland
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American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
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Mo & Me

Best Ever Muppet Moments
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The Peace!
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Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
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Muppet Music Moments
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The Legendary Nat King Cole
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
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The World of Nat King Cole
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Altman on His Own Terms
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Swing Vote
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
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Jazz '34
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Kansas City
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White Man's Burden
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Prêt-à-Porter
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The World of Jim Henson
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The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
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The Player
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The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
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We Shall Overcome
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The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
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The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
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The Muppet Revue
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
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Night of 100 Stars
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Grambling's White Tiger
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The Royal Variety Performance 1977
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The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
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Uptown Saturday Night
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Free to Be… You and Me
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Nationtime
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Buck and the Preacher
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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Petula
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The Strolling '20s
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The Day of the Oath
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Harry Belafonte in Concert
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Odds Against Tomorrow
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The World, the Flesh and the Devil
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Island in the Sun
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Carmen Jones
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Bright Road
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