Four college students are forced to pay for their actions after a startling act of violence in this urban drama. Katrina...
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2000
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Poet Maya Angelou made her feature directorial debut with this African-American family drama, shown theatrically but...
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Annie
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1998
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In this first episode of a two-part story, Tess (Della Reese) pays a visit to the Greene family, the protagonists of the...
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1997
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Rosewood is the true story of an almost unknown incident in a small Florida town, (fictionalized, but faithful to the known...
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1997
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Originally an episode of the Touched by an Angel spinoff Promised Land, this is the conclusion of a two-part story begun on...
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1997
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This documentary explores the accomplishments and inspirations of African-American women and examines some of the issues they...
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1996
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This program examines the history and traditions of the African-American family and takes a look at contemporary family life,...
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1996
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In this comedy, Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) are two former U.S. Presidents who sit on...
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1996
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A young woman at a crossroads in her life finds herself receiving plenty of advice from her older and wiser counterparts in...
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1995
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When an elderly woman dies, she decides to take possession of a stray dog's body so as to keep an eye on her widowed husband...
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1994
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1993
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1992
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In Michael Lessac's lugubrious House of Cards, women's intuition beats out psychology in the battle against autism. The story...
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Adelle
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1992
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1990
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the 25-year relationship...
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Idella
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1989
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Xavier Quinn (Denzel Washington) is police chief of a tiny Caribbean island. Quinn's efforts to straddle the fence between...
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1989
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Raisin in the Sun is a 1989 TV adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 Broadway play (previously filmed in 1962). An...
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Lena Younger
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1989
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1987
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Ann Blyth guest stars as Franchesca Lodge, an old friend of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury). Recently...
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1985
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Directed by William Woodman, this retelling of the classic Shakespearean tragedy not only features traditional period...
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1983
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1982
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A new life with his grandmother in the rural South causes changes in a young boy. ~ Rovi...
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1981
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In this detective movie, a maid finally gets her greatest wish and gets to play detective after one of her bosses is...
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1980
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is based on the writings of African-American poet/playwright Maya Angelou. Though she...
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Momma
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1979
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Assured that the character played by her co-star Jimmie Walker, brash, budding inner-city artist J.J. Evans, had become more...
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1978
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Despite its far-fetched plotline, the made-for-TV Summer of My German Soldier was popular with audiences and critics alike....
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1978
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Season four of Good Times marked the first of the series' significant cast changes -- or, to be more precise, cast deletions....
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1976
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By the time Good Times had begun its third season on CBS, the program had pretty much given up being a realistic (albeit...
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Florida Evans
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1975
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Like so many other Norman Lear-produced efforts, Good Times made its network bow as a mid-season replacement, taking over the...
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1974
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Having posted good, if not spectacular, ratings during its freshman year on CBS, Good Times was moved from Fridays to a more...
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Florida Evans
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1974
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Miss Maybell
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1973
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1973
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This upbeat children's adventure tells the true story of gentle Barney Marcovitz who firmly believes that the world's hope...
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1971
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A landmark independent film, Nothing but a Man is the first dramatic story featuring a largely black cast created for an...
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1964
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