Posts Tagged ‘african-american’

Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | Jones, James Earl | Cedric the Entertainer | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Epps, Mike | Roberts, Damani | C.K., Louis | Jenkins, Brandin | Davis Jr., Reginald | Hoffman, Gus | Crockett, Affion | McGee, Robin | Richmond, Werner | Medina, Rich | Ferguson, Ted
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A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.

Talk to Me (2007)

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Annan, Jim | Antoine, Benz | Birman, Matt | Brown, David | Cedric the Entertainer | Cheadle, Don | Dale, J. Miles | Davidx | Ejiofor, Chiwetel | Epps, Mike | Jones, Kamal | Kassel, Jeff | Malmberg, Jim | Peterson, Erick | Rakes, Kwame
Directors: Lemmons, Kasi
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The true life story of Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and “tell it like it is.” With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo’s brother Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey’s voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey’s “The truth just is” style — on - and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.

Always Outnumbered (1998)

Friday, March 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Fishburne, Laurence | Williams, Daniel | Cobbs, Bill | Cole, Natalie | Metcalf, Laurie | Wilder, Alan | Tyson, Cicely | Coulter, Bridgid | Nunn, Bill | Washington, Isaiah | Duke, Bill | Carroll, Kevin | Carter, Jamaal | Toles-Bey, John | Bridges, Brooke Marie
Directors: Apted, Michael
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An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.

Whiteboyz (1999)

Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Hoch, Danny | Mihok, Dash | Webber, Mark | Perabo, Piper | Mueller, Terence | Barnett, Lyndsey | Dr. Dre | Joe, Fat | Quiroga, Eric Rivas | Byrd, Eugene | Komenich, Rich | Mayberry, William N. | Todd, Lisa Jane | Armour, Annabel | Penrod, Shannon
Directors: Levin, Marc
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In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He’s also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about “keeping it real,” he hardly notices real life around him: his father’s been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town’s few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?

Rocky (1976)

Monday, February 16th, 2009
Genres: Action | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Stallone, Sylvester | Shire, Talia | Young, Burt | Weathers, Carl | Burgess Meredith | David, Thayer | Spinell, Joe | Gambina, Jimmy | Baldwin, Bill | Silvani, Al | Memmoli, George | Letizia, Jodi | Lewis, Diana | O'Hanlon, George | Carroll, Larry
Directors: Avildsen, John G.
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The ‘Italian Stallion’, Rocky Balboa, is an aspiring boxer in downtown Philadelphia. His one chance to make a better life for himself is through his boxing and Adrian, a girl who works in the local pet store. Through a publicity stunt, Rocky is set up to fight Apollo Creed, the current heavyweight champion who is already set to win. But Rocky really needs to triumph, against all the odds…

Coach Carter (2005)

Friday, February 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Brown, Rob | Ri'chard, Robert | Gonzalez, Rick | Gbewonyo, Nana | Tanner, Antwon | Tatum, Channing | Ashanti | Battle, Texas | Dowse, Denise | Morgan, Debbi | Winkler, Mel | Laresca, Vincent | Faison, Sidney | Spencer, Octavia
Directors: Carter, Thomas
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In 1999, Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter’s tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. However, when the overconfident team’s behavior begins to stray and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in class, he takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. In the ensuing debate, Carter fights to keep his methods, determined to show the boys that they need to rely on more than sports for their futures and eventually finds he has affected them more profoundly than he ever expected.

Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Friday, February 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hathaway, Anne | DeWitt, Rosemarie | Zickel, Mather | Irwin, Bill | Smith, Anna Deavere | George, Anisa | Adebimpe, Tunde | Winger, Debra | LePage, Jerome | Sia, Beau | Missick, Dorian | Julian, Kyrah | Lewis, Carol Jean | Harrison, Herreast | Joseph, Gonzales
Directors: Demme, Jonathan
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“Rachel Getting Married” is a contemporary “drama with an aggressive sense of humor” about the return of an estranged daughter to the family home for her sister’s wedding. Kym’s reemergence throws a wrench into the family dynamics, forcing long-simmering tensions to surface in ways both hilarious and heartbreaking. “Rachel Getting Married” paints a colorful, nuanced family portrait.

Boomerang (1992)

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Givens, Robin | Berry, Halle | Grier, David Alan | Lawrence, Martin | Jones, Grace | Holder, Geoffrey | Kitt, Eartha | Rock, Chris | Campbell-Martin, Tisha | Rochon, Lela | John Witherspoon | Drake, Bebe | Terrell, John Canada
Directors: Hudlin, Reginald
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Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his work goes badly downhill. But then Jacqueline’s more quietly attractive assistant Angela, who has been dating Marcus’ best friend, shows herself more than a little concerned by his parlous state.

Deliver Us from Eva (2003)

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: LL Cool J | Union, Gabrielle | Martin, Duane | Atkins, Essence | Lee, Robinne | Good, Meagan | Jackson, Mel | Edmonds, Dartanyan | Whitley, Kym | Watkins, Royale | Winston, Matt | Paul, Ruben | Gregory, Dorian | Moore, Kenya | Brown, Yuri
Directors: Hardwick, Gary
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Eva Dandridge is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their husbands. Her in-laws, who are tired of Eva interfering in their lives, decide to set her up with someone so she can leave them alone. They end up paying Ray, the local “playboy,” $5,000 to date her. The plan goes by smoothly, but troubles comes when Ray actually falls in love with Eva.

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

Monday, January 26th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | War
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Luke, Derek | Ealy, Michael | Alonso, Laz | Miller, Omar Benson | Favino, Pierfrancesco | Cervi, Valentina | Sciabordi, Matteo | Turturro, John | Gordon-Levitt, Joseph | Leguizamo, John | Washington, Kerry | Sweeney, D.B. | Burke, Robert John | Hardwick, Omari | Antonutti, Omero
Directors: Lee, Spike
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Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.


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