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Director
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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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Darryl Littleton's insightful book Black Comedians on Black Comedy: How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh serves as the...
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Director, Producer
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2008
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Cinematic heavyweight Ving Rhames steps into the boxing ring as controversial pugilist Sonny Liston in this sports biopic...
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Director, Executive Producer
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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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Producer, Holden Cole
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2008
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Robin Harris was one of the best-respected African-American comedians of his day; after making his way up the ladder the hard...
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2005
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Robert Townsend directs, writes, and stars in the thriller Black Listed. He plays a lawyer who becomes enraged at the number...
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Director, Screenwriter, Alan Chambers
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2003
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Subtitled "The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs", Book of Love is a mockumentary following the lives of three L.A....
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2002
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In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and...
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Director
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2002
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A high-schooler sells his soul to the devil in this made-for-cable comedy from writer/director Thom Eberhardt (Captain Ron)....
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Mr. Five
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2001
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Previously, and brilliantly, adapted as an opera by Georges Bizet, the Prosper Merimee novel Carmen served as the inspiration...
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Director
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2001
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In this drama with comic touches directed by Robert Townsend, a middle-aged drag queen (Ving Rhames) still dealing with the...
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Director
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2000
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Vocal artist Natalie Cole comments on her own life, beginning with her acclaimed father's singing career and descending into...
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Director
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2000
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Director
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2000
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Like most teenagers, 14-year-old Scott Marshall (Michael J. Pagan) feels like a misfit "freak" within his own family. In this...
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Director, Jim (Bronze Eagle)
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2000
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Tailing a Brooklyn tax evader, tax investigator Al Benjamin (Joe Pantoliano) uncovers several murders. Ignoring the police...
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1999
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1999
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Soul diva Jackie Washington is determined to hit the comeback trail but seems to be having trouble finding the on-ramp in the...
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Director
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1999
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Louis Gossett Jr. and Robert Townsend take turns directing each other in this multi-part film about the many facets of love...
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Director
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1999
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Director
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1997
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Robert Townsend stars as a businessman in this soldier-for-hire story. Look for lots of bad guys, racist thugs, and femme...
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1997
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1995
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Robert Townsend's superhero action comedy underwent much tinkering during post-production, employing four editors to whip the...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Jefferson Reed
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1993
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Loosely based on the life and times of several R&B artists (The Dells, The Temptations, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke and others)...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Duck
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1991
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From comedian and filmmaker Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) comes this collection of comedy sketches starring some of the...
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1991
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Actor, director, writer, and producer Robert Townsend presents this second volume of his classic HBO variety show Robert...
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Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter
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1991
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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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Maubee
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1989
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Fans of movie industry satire will want to see That's Adequate, an all-star production which spoofs the popular series of...
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1989
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A group of comedians, including Arsenio Hall and Chris Rock, are featured in this entertaining stand-up comedy special. ~...
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1989
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Filmed in front of a packed New York City crowd, the concert film Eddie Murphy: Raw presents the comedian (near the height of...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1987
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This satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between Hollywood power brokers and African-American performers marked the...
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Book Author, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Bobby Taylor,Jasper,Sam Ace,Speed
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1987
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This drama follows an unlikely "ratboy" (S.L. Baird) after he is discovered living in a makeshift shelter in a garbage dump....
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Manny
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1986
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When a quintet of college classmates take summer jobs, their adventures lead to comic consequences. Max (Paul Reiser) gets a...
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Dwight
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1986
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1986
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It takes a fierce three-day bicycle race up in the mountains to reunite two formerly feuding brothers in this film written by...
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1985
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1984
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More like a series of MTV sequences than a long-term narration, this super-thin story line focuses on a kidnapped singer...
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1984
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Jack Bender directed this made-for-TV romance about an attorney (John Ritter) who falls for his firm's latest hire, a woman...
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1982
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Charles (David Ogden Stiers) and Hawkeye (Alan Alda) are out to prove the old adage that one can never go broke...
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1982
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The final made-for-TV movie of the calendar year 1981 (it was originally telecast on December 30), Senior Trip combines...
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1981
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1980
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Women at West Point is a close-order-drill soap opera inspired by the Point's first women cadets, who entered the school as...
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1979
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Michael Schultz directed this deeply felt recollection of adolescent life on Chicago's near North Side in 1964. Like...
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1975
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