Co-founder of the Free Southern Theater, a black theater group which toured the South during the 1960's; forced to leave the group due to death threats and internal arrests
1974
Directed first feature, "Willie Dynamite"
1977
TV debut, directed episode of the acclaimed miniseries, "Roots"
1977
First TV-movie as director, "The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened"
1979
Second and final feature, "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh"
