By the 1920s, “race films,” movies starring largely Black casts, marketed to Black audiences and often produced by white-owned companies, were arising outside of Hollywood. Among these companies was Richard E. Norman’s Jacksonville, Fla.-based Norman Studios, which produced “The Flying Ace.”

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Now that he rules the comedy roost, Louis C.K. is finally releasing his unseen, black-and-white movie from 1998 that features young stars-in-the-making in J.B. Smoove, Steve Carrell, Amy Poehler, and Wanda Sykes. The star of FX's Louie took to The Tonight ...