Director Kasi Lemmons updates Langston Hughes' acclaimed play for the screen in this inspirational musical drama with a...
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2013
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An ex-Special Forces operative and former presidential bodyguard must fight to take back the White House from terrorists who...
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Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs
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2013
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In the wake of seeing their influential husbands Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X assassinated, Coretta Scott King...
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2013
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2012
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Dr. Waller
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2011
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Mrs. Watson
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2011
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Never-before-seen performance footage of late comedian/actor Bernie Mac and interviews with the friends and colleagues who...
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2011
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Halle Berry hosts this eye-opening account of the African-American contribution to the United States military, beginning...
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2010
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Voletta Wallace
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2009
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A tense political drama ripped straight from the headlines, Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth tells the tale of a Washington,...
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Bonnie Benjamin
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2008
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Prolific playwright Tyler Perry adapts his popular stage play of the same name in this family-oriented comedy concerning a...
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Brenda
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2008
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A devoted father struggles to keep his family together after his wife dies in a tragic accident in this family drama...
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2008
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Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, Julia Stiles, and Samuel L. Jackson headline actor-turned-director Giancarlo Esposito's...
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Sarah Malcolm
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2008
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Darryl Littleton's insightful book Black Comedians on Black Comedy: How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh serves as the...
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Narrator
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2008
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An orphan who dreams of someday finding a family to call his own finds his fate taking an unexpected turn when a mysterious...
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Mildred
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2007
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A young girl learns to believe in herself and value her intelligence in this critically-acclaimed, family-friendly drama....
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Tanya
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2006
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Despite its late start in January of 2005 after a hiatus of eight months, the fourth season of Alias more than made up for...
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2005
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Mo Simmons
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2004
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2004
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Enigmatic rock legend Bob Dylan stars as an enigmatic rock legend (talk about a casting coup!) in this purposefully eccentric...
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2003
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Writer and director John Sayles returns with another multi-layered look at an American community, subtly exploring how race,...
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Desiree Perry
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2002
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Independent filmmakers are spotlighted in this anthology series, which concentrates on documentaries, but occasionally...
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2002
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Among the tasks undertaken by the WPA's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s was to transcribe the memories of those former...
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2002
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Our America is the story of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman two inner-city Chicago teenagers who eloquently distilled their...
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Executive Producer
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2002
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Angela Bassett plays the title role in this meticulously detailed biography of pioneering civil rights activist Rosa McCauley...
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Executive Producer, Rosa Parks
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2002
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Three generations of method acting giants unite for this crime thriller written by Kario Salem and directed by Frank Oz....
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Diane
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2001
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Angela Bassett stars in this powerful drama set in the Deep South in the early '60s. Ruby Delacroix (Bassett) operates a...
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2001
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Lena
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2000
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In the early years of the 22nd century, a medical rescue team is traveling the netherworlds of deep space, waiting to answer...
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Kaela Evers
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2000
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Beverly Joubert and Derek Joubert, a husband-and-wife team who've won widespread acclaim (and a certain amount of...
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Groove
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2000
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Janet Williams
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1999
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In the years between 1791 and 1831, with the United States newly independent, the Enlightenment spirit of equality and...
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1998
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Terry McMillan and Ron Bass wrote this screenplay based on McMillan's semi-autobiographical best-selling novel (over...
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Stella
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1998
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Volume Two of this landmark television series covers the period of 1750 to 1805, exploring the experience of...
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1998
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An historical event in itself, this ambitious documentary series from WGBH Boston reexamines the institutions and personal...
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1998
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Experience the frenzied decades leading up to the Civil War (1831-1865) and the bitter fight over slavery. This fourth and...
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1998
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The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway...
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1997
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In addition to promoting reading for children, the Reading Rainbow series frequently addresses contemporary sociological and...
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1995
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Comedian Eddie Murphy tried something different with this 1995 film that he produced and co-wrote, enlisting veteran horror...
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Rita
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1995
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A surprise Hollywood hit, this film is based on the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan and centers on four well-to-do...
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Bernadine Harris
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1995
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Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop...
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Lornette "Mace" Mason
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1995
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This controversial political drama semi-fictionalizes the history of the radical Black Panther Party, an African-American...
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1995
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Tina Turner
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1993
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With his trademark emphasis on character development and dialogue, writer/director John Sayles tells the story of May-Alice...
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1992
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Writer-director Spike Lee's epic portrayal of the life and times of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X begins with the...
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Betty Shabazz
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1992
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An uneven but entertaining blend of graphic horror and black comedy from John Landis, very much in the mode of the director's...
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1992
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A two-part made for TV effort, this special depicts the dysfunctional Jackson family, which has somehow managed to raise its...
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Katherine Jackson
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1992
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A city pulses with racial problems, political corruption, and small-time crime in this ambitious microcosm of urban life,...
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1991
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Director John Singleton's debut chronicles the trials and tribulations of three young African-American males growing up in...
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Reva Styles
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1991
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Sent directly to video, the fourth installment in the Critters series picks up the action with Charlie (Don Keith Opper)...
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Fran
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1991
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When a woman is falsely convicted for selling drugs, she asks her sister to raise her young children in this true story. ~...
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1991
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The whole story is in the title of this made-for-TV heartstopper. Based on a true 1988 incident, the film details the...
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1991
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Corbin Bernsen, fresh out of LA Law, plays a real-life attorney in Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story. As Dees, Bernsen goes...
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1991
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When a self-involved real estate agent is given fifty hours of community service to do by a judge, he becomes the coach for...
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1991
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Complete with real ABC News footage shot in Iraq, this made-for-TV film chronicles the lives of a group of American soldiers...
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Lt. Jeter
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1991
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1990
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The true story of American turncoat John Walker, Jr. is related blow-by-blow in this made-for-TV movie. Powers Boothe stars...
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1990
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Made for television, The Challenger is at once a tribute and a eulogy to the seven courageous souls who perished when the...
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1990
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In the Best Interest of the Child was not based on a true story. That's the official line adopted by producer...
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1990
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In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason represents a former student who is accused of murdering a...
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1990
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For the first time ever, Clair's all-female literary discussion club invites some men to attend. The only one who shows up is...
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1988
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A man who simulates death for a living finds himself unwittingly tied into the real thing in this New York-based suspense...
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1986
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Cliff (Bill Cosby) and Clair (Phylicia Rashad) volunteer their services at the urban community center run by their friend...
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1985
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1985
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