By Vlad Zakh · September 1, 2026
Lorenzo Tucker, often billed as the Black Valentino, was one of the leading stars of Oscar Micheaux’s independent race-film productions. Veiled Aristocrats and The Black King are early films, Temptation entangles a woman in wealth and manipulation, Underworld draws a minister’s son into Harlem’s criminal world, and Reet, Petite, and Gone stages a musical revue to save a nightclub. Ten Minutes to Live rounds out the list.
01 Lorenzo Tucker appears in this all-Black musical where a talent scout stages a revue to save a struggling nightclub and launch a young singer's career.
Directed by William Forest Crouch · 1h 07m
Stream: fuboTV, FlixFling · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: FlixFling · Rent or buy: FlixFling
02 Lorenzo Tucker is in this all-Black crime drama about a former minister's son who is drawn into Harlem's criminal underworld after a wrongful expulsion from college.
Directed by Oscar Micheaux · 1h 16m
Stream: Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
03 Lorenzo Tucker is in this drama about a woman whose desire for wealth and status leads her into a dangerous entanglement with a manipulative suitor.
Directed by Oscar Micheaux · 1h 38m
04 Lorenzo Tucker appears in this all-Black drama about a charismatic con man who builds a following as a self-proclaimed prophet promising his people a return to Africa.
Directed by Bud Pollard · 1h 12m
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
05 Lorenzo Tucker appears in this Oscar Micheaux drama about a light-skinned Black woman who must choose between passing as white for social advantage or embracing her true identity.
Directed by Oscar Micheaux · 0h 48m
Stream: Criterion Channel
Stream: Criterion Channel
06 Lorenzo Tucker appears in this all-Black thriller about a nightclub dancer who receives a chilling note warning that she has only ten minutes left to live.
Directed by Oscar Micheaux · 0h 58m
Stream: Criterion Channel, Night Flight Plus
Stream: Criterion Channel
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