Watch A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story

America's first black singing movie star, Herb Jeffries, was a television actor, western crooner, ladies' man, and accidental activist. But the Bronze Buckaroo's charming, humorous, and thought-provoking career all began with a little white lie.

A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story is a 2008 documentary with a runtime of 45 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.0.