Movies: James Earl Jones

Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King are chopping down trees and clogging up rivers to build the Hakuna Matata Lakeside Village. Simba comes to them and explains how their actions are harmful to nature....

James Earl Jones narrates this examination of the historical relationship between American Indians and African-Americans, who often merged their cultures to work and live together while mainstream white society shunned them. Through illuminating anec...

An abridged dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", performed live at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, and based on Dickens's own adaptation for his dramatic readings....

When everything about you falls one man decides that theatre is the key, and the way to begin to unify a people. A film about the life and times of The Space theatre (a.k.a. 'The Space', 'Die Ruimte' in Afrikaans, and 'Indawo' in Xhosa)....

In the summer of 1968, a group of people assembled in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They were making a film of John Barth's 1958 novel The End of the Road....

A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in the subway who introduces him to the music world in N.Y.C....

Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North America—is profiled in this documentary that neither sanctifies nor vilifies him. He brought us free Shakesp...

Major events in the life of Robeson are recounted in this solo performance....

When Young Phillip is separated form his mother and found by a black man named Timothy and his cat Stewcat, Phillip becomes blind and they all end up on an island. Will they survive or will they die?...

Moving documentary looks back on the remarkable life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and combines the tragedy of his untimely death with the rememberances of those who knew him best and those who knew him not at all. James Earl Jones reviews the brief lif...

Enter the imaginative world of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, in this animated adaptation of his classic The Hunting of the Snark. In this colorful adventure narrated by James Earl Jones, a high-masted ship sets sail to roam the seas l...

In how many wonderful ways are we different from each other' What if the world were to rejoice in our differences' Cara and her lovable Grandfather (Hume Cronyn) embark on a journey of imagination that brings them face to face with the wonderful vari...

Complex, introspective children in low-income neighborhoods of New York City tell their stories....

As seen through the eyes of true baseball enthusiasts, this award-winning documentary tells the story of America's favorite pastime from the Depression to the 1950s, using footage shot from the movie cameras of fans and players. From the first color ...

Chronicles the history of Negro Leagues baseball by using rare historical footage and interviews with black baseball greats....

The trio become slaves in Egypt with the Israelites then witnesses the ten plagues and follow Moses through the parting of the Red Sea to freedom....

Re-enactments illustrate the details of the three principle stages of the battle of Antietam, fought November 17th, 1862. Also features animated tactical maps, dramatic readings of personal papers, and expert narrative commentary....

A documentary exploring the historical concept of the narrative of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb." This short documentary compares the film with the actual events concerning the Cold...

Adapted from a Masai folktale about a rabbit who can't get into her house because the Long One, who "eats trees and tramples on elephants, " is hiding inside. This animated production is presented as a play performed by Masai actors wearing animal ma...

Host/narrator James Earl Jones explores the island of Cuba, introduces the viewer to the Cuban people and discusses the uncertainty of the country's future....