Salt-N-Pepa will tell the story of nursing students Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandra "Pepa" Denton, who fell into the world of rap and hip hop, after recording for a friend's school project. Director Mario Van Peebles Writer Abdul Williams Stars Mario Van Peebles Jermel Howard Marie Ward
Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for Blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated with President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Christopher Wallace parlays his gift for storytelling into a career as a rap artist. Eventually dubbing himself Biggie Smalls, then later, the Notorious B.I.G., Wallace's tales about violent street life take him to the top of the rap charts. The subject he so often raps about catches up with him in March 1997, when he is shot to death after leaving a party.
A former African prince bitten by the original Dracula stalks the streets of modern Los Angeles. Appalled by contemporary customs and morals, he begins putting the bite on drug dealers and homosexual antique dealers to help clean things up. Picture was billed as the first black horror film.
Hoodlum" recounts the uneasy alliance between the Italian and Jewish mafias who banded together to declare war on the black gangsters of New York's Harlem in the 1920s. Focusing on the relationship between the three rival leaders, "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne, "Fled"), Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth, "Vincent & Theo"), and Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia, "Just The Ticket"), "Hoodlum," directed by Bill Duke ("A Rage in Harlem") and co-starring Vanessa Williams ("Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man"), Cicely Tyson ("King"), Queen Latifah ("Beauty Shop"), Richard Bradford ("The Mean Season") and William Atherton ("Bio-Dome"), is a compelling tale of gangland violence.
Soldier Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate) returns to his Bronx home after a nightmarish tour of duty in Vietnam. But the nightmare continues for Anthony and his friends as they suffer the indignities of trying to find steady work and provide for their families in a flagging economy. As desperation takes hold, Anthony teams up with Skip (Chris Tucker), a drug addict, and Kirby (Keith David), a small-time crook, to pull off a bank heist that will give them all a chance for a better life.
Miles "Foolish" Waise (Eddie Griffin) is trying to get his career as a stand-up comic off the ground, while his older brother, Quentin (Master P), better known as the criminal "Fifty Dollah," has his own problems. The siblings receive maternal advice from their caring grandma (Marla Gibbs) and try to improve their lives, but they conflict with each other when the lovely Desiree (Amy Petersen) appears on the scene, and they are both hopelessly attracted to her.
Fall in love with an all-star cast - including Taye Diggs and Terrence Howard - as they get together to celebrate a wedding and confront the wild secrets from their college days.
During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs. Director Jack Starrett Writers Max Julien(screenplay by) Sheldon Keller(screenplay by) Stars Tamara Dobson Bernie Casey Brenda Sykes