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Sparkle

Sparkle (1976) more movies like this

directed by Sam O'Steen
featuring Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice

A trio of musically talented Harlem sisters rise to become major stars of the '50s. Unfortunately, their sudden popularity causes much turmoil in their lives. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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To Sleep with Anger

To Sleep with Anger (1990) more movies like this

directed by Charles Burnett
featuring Danny Glover, Richard Brooks, Paul Butler, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly, Sheryl Lee Ralph

African-American drifter Danny Glover shows up at the LA doorstep of his old pal Paul Butler. In the spirit of auld lang syne, Butler takes Glover in, though his wife (Mary Alice) is not happy with this intrusion. She already has enough on her hands contending with her grown live-in son Richard Brooks and his real-estate agent wife Sheryl Lee ...

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The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story

The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story (1994) more movies like this

The Vernon Johns Story is the inspirational saga of the man who preceded Martin Luther King Jr. as pastor of a Montgomery, Alabama Baptist Church. Described as "one of God's most brilliant preachers," Johns campaigned tirelessly for Civil Rights long before the cudgel was taken up by the "mainstream." Before leaving his post, Johns passed the ...

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The Wishing Tree

The Wishing Tree (2000) more movies like this

directed by Ivan Passer
featuring Helen Shaver, Alfre Woodard, Mary Alice, Blair Underwood

In this family drama, Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) is a lawyer who pays a visit to her hometown in the Georgia farm country when her mother (Mary Alice), a well-regarded local storyteller, dies. Mother's death has brought the family together for the funeral, and when Clara meets with her family and friends, she leans of the legend of "The Magic ...

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Down in the Delta

Down in the Delta (1998) more movies like this

directed by Maya Angelou
featuring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Mary Alice, Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine

Poet Maya Angelou made her feature directorial debut with this African-American family drama, shown theatrically but originally produced for the Showtime cable network. Unemployed single mother Loretta (Alfre Woodward) lives with her mother, Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice), in a Chicago apartment. Drugs and alcohol lead Loretta to neglect her autistic ...

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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2000) more movies like this

directed by Chi Muoi Lo
featuring Paul Winfield, Mary Alice, Chi Muoi Lo, Lauren Tom, Kieu Chinh

In Catfish In Black Bean Sauce, Paul Winfield and Mary Alice play an African-American couple who in the 1970's adopted two Vietnamese children, a brother and sister. 20 years on, the two kids have grown to adulthood; Dwayne (Chi Muoi Lo) has absorbed a great deal of black culture from his adopted parents and is engaged to an attractive African ...

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The Photographer

The Photographer (2000) more movies like this

directed by Jeremy Stein
featuring Reg Rogers, Mary Alice, Marisa Berenson, Rob Campbell, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Several stalwarts of the New York independent film scene make appearances in this tale of a creatively frustrated photographer and his search through the streets of Manhattan for ten mysterious snapshots which may hold the key to continued success. The film opens as Max (Reg Rogers), a former wunderkind in the city's art scene, awaits his eagerly ...

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Heading Home

Heading Home (1995) more movies like this

directed by Maria Heritier
featuring Frankie R. Faison, Margaret Welsh, Mary Alice, Allison Janney, Seth Gilliam

An African-American busdriver befriends a white girl in this sensitive drama set in 1970 during the height of the Vietnam-War protests. Horace Jones, the bus driver, is frustrated that he couldn't keep his son Willie from enlisting in the military. What makes it worse, is that Willie was an excellent student in college, and only went because he ...

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The Sty of the Blind Pig

The Sty of the Blind Pig (1974) more movies like this

directed by Ivan Dixon, Philip Hayes Dean
featuring Mary Alice, Scatman Crothers, Maide Norman

An uprooted African-American family is forced to confront their traditional values and ponder the effect that the emerging civil rights movement will have on their lives after relocating from the deep-south to Chicago in the filmed version of Phillip Hayes Dean's insightful and acclaimed stage play. Mary Alice and Maidie Norman star, and Ivan ...

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