The life and times of controversial African-American politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. is chronicled in this made-for-cable biopic. Constructed in Citizen Kane fashion, the film begins as the aging Powell (Harry J. Lennix) recalls his career to an inquiring reporter. From humble beginnings as a pastor at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, Powell ...
Our America is the story of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman two inner-city Chicago teenagers who eloquently distilled their lives on the Mean Streets into an award-winning Public Radio documentary (and later, a book) titled Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago. When a local NPR broadcaster conducts a search for "two young, ...
Produced for cable's BET network, Incognito can be described as an African-American variation of the sort of TV-movie fare that had previously been the exclusive province of such Caucasian actresses as Victoria Principal and Cheryl Ladd. Wealthy, gorgeous female executive Erin Courtland (Allison Dean) is raped by a lowlife named Derek Scanlon ...
The thriller Playing With Fire starts with Camille (Tangi Miller) stealing an African artifact, with the help of her boyfriend. As government officers from across the globe try to track her down, she turns to the only person she can trust: her sister Riana (Vanessa Williams). ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Bernard Rose followed his moody fantasy-thriller Paperhouse (1988) with this modern horror tale, based on Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden". Compiling a thesis on urban legends, University of Illinois in Chicago graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) becomes aware of the prevalent superstition surrounding the legend of "Candyman" ...
Robert Townsend directs, writes, and stars in the thriller Black Listed. He plays a lawyer who becomes enraged at the number of dangerous criminals who have managed to utilize legal loopholes in order to beat the system and escape prison time. He convinces some friends to join him on a quest to clean up the streets, but their vigilante ways soon ...
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