An aspiring pimp faces fierce competition after inheriting an escort service. He discovers that making it big isn't as easy as he thought.
Director: Russ Parr Cast: Kevin Hart, Clifton Powell, Jennifer Titus, Donnell Rawlings, Earthquake, Chris Spencer, Kym Whitley, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Keith David
An ex-con just released from jail, Max Washington (Gregory Hines), is a veteran burglar, but he's also a talented tap dancer. Reuniting with his girlfriend, Amy (Suzzanne Douglas), Max is approached by her father, Little Mo (Sammy Davis Jr.), about a new dance production. Max's criminal past, in the form of his old buddy, Nicky (Joe Morton), also comes knocking, however, and he must decide between embracing dance and lapsing into his delinquent ways.
Usher stars as Darrell, a hot, young New York DJ who has no trouble with the ladies...other than fending them off! He and his partner Busta (Kevin Hart) work the dance floor at night and dream of their future record label by day. But when Darrell saves the life of a Mafia boss (Chazz Palminteri), he meets his match in the boss's sexy, headstrong daughter (Emmanuelle Chriqui), who picks him as her new bodyguard!
When Leta Evans (Melissa De Sousa), who has dreamed for years of being a music video director, becomes an assistant to a famous director, she wants to make a good impression. Her first job will be transporting the cast of a video from New York to Miami. However, due to a tight budget, they will have to travel by bus. The strict Poppa (Malik Yoba) watches out for the crew, but there is still ample opportunity for trouble -- which could end Leta's directing career
In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow. Director Michael Schultz Writer Louis Venosta Stars Taimak Vanity Christopher Murney
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.
The true story of the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader. During the racially charged summer of 1971, Atwater and Ellis come together to co-chair a community summit on the desegregation of schools in Durham, N.C. The ensuing debate and battle soon lead to surprising revelations that change both of their lives forever.
Lackawanna Blues is a 2005 American biographical drama television film directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. It aired on HBO on February 12, 2005. It is based on the play of the same name by Santiago-Hudson. Wolfe had commissioned the stage version.
For her work in the movie, S. Epatha Merkerson won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006.
Synopsis: In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1950s and 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Storyline: In the 1950s and 1960s, Ruben Santiago-Hudson Jr. lives in a lively boardinghouse in the blue-collar town of Lackawanna, New York, with his father after his parents separate. Run by the motherly Nanny Crosby and her taciturn husband, the boardinghouse residents, including The Bandleader, singer Pauline and cabaret owner Dick Barrymore, teach the young boy about life and art.
Premise: Lackawanna Blues is the true story of Ruben Santiago Jr. growing up in Lackawanna, New York. He was raised by his father and mother and the neighborhood boarding house lady known as Rachel "Nanny" Crosby. Ruben was born in 1956 to his Puerto Rican father Ruben Santiago and his African-American mother Alean Hudson. His mother was too mentally unstable to take good care of him; residing in mental hospitals, Alean disappears and reappears throughout Ruben's life. His father stayed at Nanny's boarding house, but he was frequently not around due to working long hours or out looking for work. Nanny more or less took care of Ruben Jr. as a mother figure. The television movie depicts his life growing up there and the diverse characters that he meets during his and their stays at the boarding house.
Taglines: Play it. Sing it. Shout it. Feel it.
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One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart. Director George Tillman Jr. Writer George Tillman Jr. Stars Vanessa Williams Vivica A. Fox Nia Long