Louis Gossett Jr.
Biography: Louis Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936 - March 29, 2024) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" and as Fiddler in the television miniseries "Roots". He has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spans over five decades.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 27, 1936
Deathday: March 29, 2024
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Iron Eagle III
1992-01-09
Iron Eagle III
Overview: Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-09
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Freeman
1977-12-31
Freeman
Overview: This 1977 drama by Phillip Hayes Dean, deals with the sad division between what a man hopes for and what he achieves. In the title role, Dick Anthony Williams portrays a naïve, ambitious, recklessly optimistic man who is not understood by those closest to him and who finds himself in difficulty because of his unrealistic hopes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-31
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Overview: Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-03
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The Principal
1987-09-18
The Principal
Overview: Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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An Officer and a Gentleman
1982-07-28
An Officer and a Gentleman
Overview: Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-07-28
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Toy Soldiers
1991-04-24
Toy Soldiers
Overview: After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-24
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Momentum
2003-03-26
Momentum
Overview: A trio of men with telekinetic powers led by Adrian Geiger rob an armored car. However the skeptical FBI agents Jordan Ripps and her partner Frank McIntyre do not believe in the testimony of the witnesses about there powerful skills. Meanwhile, the former FBI agent Raymond Addison is chasing Geiger....
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-26
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The Deep
1977-06-17
The Deep
Overview: A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-17
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Iron Eagle
1986-01-17
Iron Eagle
Overview: When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-17
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Finders Keepers
1984-05-18
Finders Keepers
Overview: On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. He gets more than he bargained for from the train and the coffin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-18
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Delgo
2008-12-12
Delgo
Overview: In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry villain.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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Skin Game
1971-09-30
Skin Game
Overview: Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.
Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-30
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Travels with My Aunt
1972-12-17
Travels with My Aunt
Overview: At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-17
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The White Dawn
1974-07-21
The White Dawn
Overview: In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.
Genres: History Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-21
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The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
2000-03-12
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
Overview: Postal inspectors investigate a con man who uses the identities of others to falsify credit card purchases. Stealing credit card offers from mail boxes, he obtains cards in others' names, makes many purchases until the card is maxed out, but is always careful to pay minimum balances. According to the story, it is possible for individuals such as this to run many credit cards at a time without being caught.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-12
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Iron Eagle II
1988-11-11
Iron Eagle II
Overview: Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively sabotaging his mission.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-11
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Enemy Mine
1985-12-12
Enemy Mine
Overview: A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-12
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The Punisher
1989-10-05
The Punisher
Overview: The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. His ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast and became the Punisher, living in the sewers and exacting vigilante violence against mob bosses throughout the city. When the populace is caught in the midst of a gang war that he caused, Castle must again emerge from the shadows and save the innocent.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-05
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Firewalker
1986-11-21
Firewalker
Overview: A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-21
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The New Girl
1960-01-01
The New Girl
Overview: In pursuance of a lucrative government contract, a private company hires its first Black female employee to comply with government regulations concerning equal economic opportunity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Solar Attack
2006-05-25
Solar Attack
Overview: When the sun's increasing expulsions of plasma threaten to ignite methane in our atmosphere, international tensions rise while scientists race for a solution to avoid natural disaster.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-25
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Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995-12-01
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Overview: While Chappy Sinclair is saddled with a bunch of misfits and delinquents for his flight school, he turns to his protégé Doug Masters to assist him in rounding them into shape for an important competition. During their training, they stumble upon a group of subversive air force officers who are dealing in toxic waste as a sideline.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-01
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Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010-04-02
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Overview: Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-02
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I Love Liberty
1982-03-21
I Love Liberty
Overview: An all-star variety special saluting America.
Genres: Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-21
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The Laughing Policeman
1973-12-20
The Laughing Policeman
Overview: When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-20
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A Raisin in the Sun
1961-05-28
A Raisin in the Sun
Overview: Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-28
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009-01-01
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Overview: Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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J.D.'s Revenge
1976-08-25
J.D.'s Revenge
Overview: Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who got him killed.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-25
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Daddy's Little Girls
2007-02-14
Daddy's Little Girls
Overview: Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited... touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-14
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Left Behind: World at War
2005-10-21
Left Behind: World at War
Overview: A year and a half ago the world was hit with the biggest catastrophe it had ever seen. Without warning and without explanation, hundreds of millions of people simply vanished off the face of the earth. The world was in chaos like it had never been before. Yet somehow one man seemed to rise to the challenge. One man had the strength and conviction to unite a shattered world. One man gave the world hope. That man was NICOLAE CARPATHIA. He now rules the entire world.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-21
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The Landlord
1970-05-20
The Landlord
Overview: At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-20
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Y2K
1999-07-01
Y2K
Overview: On the eve of the new millennium, a nervous military leader assembles a team to help him deal with an unforeseen problem, as they are being alerted of a long missing nuclear missile hidden somewhere deep in the jungle which is set to go off in January 2000, due to the millennium bug! It's up to them to race against time to stop it before it is too late and they are doomed!
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-01
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Club Soda
2006-09-22
Club Soda
Overview: A young man's dream to become a successful actor is threatened by the poor decisions he makes until a spiritual guide steps in and sets his conscience in motion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-22
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The Least Among You
2009-01-12
The Least Among You
Overview: Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of crimes committed during the 1965 Watts riots. Facing bigotry on all sides, he's close to cracking until he meets an elderly custodian who helps him navigate the trials of racism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-12
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Jaws 3-D
1983-07-22
Jaws 3-D
Overview: A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-22
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Miracle in East Texas
2020-02-07
Miracle in East Texas
Overview: Two creative con men romance widows to invest in their worthless oil well during the Great Depression. Hilarity ensues when they accidentally make the biggest oil strike in the world, pitting them against jilted lovers, angry investors and a no-nonsense judge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-07
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The Choirboys
1977-12-23
The Choirboys
Overview: A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-23
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All In
2006-03-14
All In
Overview: Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-14
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Diggstown
1992-08-14
Diggstown
Overview: Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is that man that, at 48, many say he is too old.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-14
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Dog Jack
2011-12-02
Dog Jack
Overview: "Dog Jack" is the story of a slave boy and his dog who escape the master's plantation, join the union army, and have to face their former master on the battlefield. The story is inspired by the historical true-life adventures of the beloved mascot of the Pennsylvania 102nd, who was so prized by his regiment for his skills in battle that he was twice exchanged for a Confederate prisoner of war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-02
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El Diablo
1990-07-22
El Diablo
Overview: When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a speedy gunslinger (Joe Pantoliano) and a no-nonsense cowboy (Louis Gossett Jr.) to help. Now, Smith may just have a chance at capturing his man: the merciless bandit El Diablo (Robert Beltran).
Genres: Western Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-22
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Cover
2007-05-08
Cover
Overview: When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of many years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keep her going as the revelation of her husband's betrayal threatens to destroy all that they have known.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-08
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Three Months
2022-02-23
Three Months
Overview: Caleb, a South Florida teen, loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, Caleb finds love in the most unlikely of places.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-23
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Managua
1996-04-09
Managua
Overview: When a fellow Vietnam veteran is alleged to have thrown his lot in with the cocaine cartels, special commando Paul Gleason is dispatched to Nicaragua to sort out the mess.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-09
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The Perfect Game
2009-11-09
The Perfect Game
Overview: Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-09
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The River Niger
1976-04-14
The River Niger
Overview: An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-14
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A Gathering of Old Men
1987-05-10
A Gathering of Old Men
Overview: A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-10
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Smitty
2012-04-10
Smitty
Overview: SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a lovable mutt. With help from the unlikely canine companion, Ben learns the importance of friendship, family and responsibility.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-10
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Cover-Up
1991-02-22
Cover-Up
Overview: Mike Anderson, a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of political intrigue that threatens the lives of thousands. Dispatched to investigate a mysterious and fatal attack on an overseas US naval base, Anderson, a leading investigative journalist and ex-US marine, finds himself back on familiar ground. Instinct makes him question the official CIA explanation that cites an unknown terrorist group called Black October. Alone, and armed only with his combat training and determination to uncover the truth, he sets out to expose a complex and dangerous political web.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-22
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The Josephine Baker Story
1991-03-16
The Josephine Baker Story
Overview: Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-16
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Roots: The Gift
1988-12-11
Roots: The Gift
Overview: On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-11
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Gridiron Gang
Gridiron Gang
Overview: A documentary focusing on a juvenile detention center that encourages sports as a form of correction for troubled teens.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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Deceived
2002-03-26
Deceived
Overview: In a remote space observatory perched high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a needle frantically scratches erratic lines on a strip chart recorder confirming an extraterrestrial signal. Emmett Shaw, the powerful, charismatic billionaire who owns the observatory, rushes to the station, hungry to expose the discovery. This is the biggest moment in human history and he is the man responsible for it all. With the goal of immediately sharing the signal with the entire world, he brings along two leading journalists--Kara Walsh, an extremely attractive, top-notch investigative reporter who begrudgingly owes her career to Shaw, and Reverend Fletcher, a new age visionary with the hottest radio show in the country. Also accompanying Shaw is Jack Jones, a scruffy but brilliant computer technician whose pessimistic and often sarcastic attitude ruffles many feathers in the group--especially Smitty's, the program director, who happens to be Jack's ex-girlfriend and the only Christian in the group.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2002-03-26
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Monolith
1993-09-16
Monolith
Overview: Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become involved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't want them to stick their noses into this
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-16
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The Color Purple
2023-12-25
The Color Purple
Overview: A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-25
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The Lazarus Syndrome
1978-01-01
The Lazarus Syndrome
Overview: An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taking place at the hospital where both are residing.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Little Ladies of the Night
1977-01-16
Little Ladies of the Night
Overview: The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Russ Garfield to clear the streets of underage girls working in prostitution. Pretty, young runaway Hailey Atkins has been turned out. Down deep she wants to go straight but has had great difficulty escaping her pimp and doesn't even have a place to go. York and Garfield go out on a limb to try and help.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-16
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Carolina Skeletons
1991-09-30
Carolina Skeletons
Overview: After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for that, but there are some people in the town who will stop at nothing to hide the secrets of their past...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-30
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Black Bart
1975-01-01
Black Bart
Overview: A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's original title). It featured Lou Gossett, Jr. as Bart and Steve Landesberg as his drunkard sidekick, a former Confederate officer named "Reb Jordan". The Humour was much more toned down than it's feature film predecessor Other cast members included Millie Slavin and Noble Willingham. Bergman is listed as the sole creator. CBS aired the pilot once on April 4, 1975 as a CBS Special Presentation. The pilot featured guest appearances by Gerrit Graham and Brooke Adams and was written by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis. Elias and Eutis later created and executive produced the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986-1991).
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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It's Good to Be Alive
1974-02-22
It's Good to Be Alive
Overview: This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-22
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Sudie and Simpson
1990-09-11
Sudie and Simpson
Overview: A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 1940s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-11
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Lackawanna Blues
2005-02-12
Lackawanna Blues
Overview: 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 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-12
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In His Father's Shoes
1997-06-05
In His Father's Shoes
Overview: A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby and his fifteen-year-old son Clay, who is the healthful, youthful image of his father, are spending an afternoon enjoying the atmosphere of Venice Beach. They enter Oddities, a store where the gypsy woman owner gives them a pair of special wingtip shoes. Later that night in the hospital where Frank lay dying, he shares with Clay his memory of a postcard image: a golf course where people are playing and are leisurely sipping tea. Frank dies and leaves behind a distraught family: Clay, his little sister Maggie, and their mother Janice. Clay wistfully goes to his father's closet and finds the wingtips from earlier in the day. Putting them on, he is transported back in time and becomes his father as a child. He discovers he can travel back and forth in time just by putting on or taking off the shoes. Clay learns a great deal about his father's early years and is eager to learn more.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-05
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Legend of the Mummy
1998-03-30
Legend of the Mummy
Overview: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Karn, and Amy Locane star in this supernatural horror tale about a mummy with a heart that bears a power beyond that of our world. When the mummy attacks archaeologist Dr. Trelawny, his colleagues have to trace the source of the ghoul's power and find a way to stop it.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-30
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Flashfire
1994-09-15
Flashfire
Overview: Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a corrupt partner, but now he has a new problem to deal with. Another officer has been murdered in a hotel room, where he was with a prostitute named Lisa, who managed to escape with her life. Flinder has to track down Lisa to find out what happened, but the answer proves the corruption in his department runs much deeper than he had initially believed.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-15
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The Bushbaby
1969-09-01
The Bushbaby
Overview: The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet Bushbaby. Fearing what the future holds she decides to set the pet free but while doing so misses the boat back to England. After meeting up with a friendly native they try to resolve the situation together. Things take a turn for the worse when it is falsely reported that the native has kidnapped her, thus putting a price on his head
Genres: History Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-01
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IF
2024-05-08
IF
Overview: After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their kids.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-08
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Curse of the Starving Class
1994-09-13
Curse of the Starving Class
Overview: Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-13
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Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
1996-06-16
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
Overview: The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprinter in the world. From a setback in Seoul that nearly costs her the use of her feet to her excruciating battle with the crippling illness to victories in Barcelona and Atlanta, Gail proves she's got the heart of a champion in this inspirational original biography. Louis Gossett Jr., Jeffrey Sams, Tina Lifford, Robert Guillaume and Paula Kelly costar.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-16
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993-04-19
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Overview: An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bonds are strained as the father battles to keep his son free from the lures of street life.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-19
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A Father for Charlie
1995-01-01
A Father for Charlie
Overview: Set in the heart of America in the 1930s. Walter Osgood (Louis Gosset Jr) is the only black man left in the town of High Lonesome that has been cleared by the overwhelming white supremacist beliefs. Having lost his entire family to them and not knowing where his young Son is or whether he is alive is what sets this movie apart from others
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000-03-19
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Overview: Georgia Potter, an old-fashioned widow who lives in a small Southern town, whose life changes drastically when her estranged daughter and the son-in-law she never met die in a car crash. When she visits her granddaughter Jacey in the hospital, she’s shocked to discover that she’s half black, but conceals her misgivings and decides to raise her by herself.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-19
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Sidekicks
1974-03-21
Sidekicks
Overview: Travelling through the West right after the Civil War, two con men hatch a scheme to try to collect the fifteen thousand dollar bounty offered for the capture of an outlaw.
Genres: Comedy Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-21
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The Guardian
1984-10-20
The Guardian
Overview: The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgulary. They decide to hire a security expert to patrol the building, but he seem a little over-committed to his work.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-20
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I Forgive
2021-10-01
I Forgive
Overview: Shot five times by a Los Angeles gang, leaving ten bullet holes through his body, Tony died for thirty minutes and had an out-of-body experience, where he talks with God and makes a choice to forgive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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The Father Clements Story
1987-12-13
The Father Clements Story
Overview: In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catholic church during his fight to adopt a troubled teen and save him from life on the streets.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-13
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The Inspectors
1998-09-20
The Inspectors
Overview: U.S Postal Inspectors are called in when a suburban couple are killed by a mail bomb. Suspicion immediately falls on the couple's estranged and heavily in debt son, who also just happens to be a Navy munitions expert. But investigations reveal that he is on the run from a past event in his life that is associated with the bombings.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-20
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995-06-05
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Overview: Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-05
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The Dependables
2014-06-03
The Dependables
Overview: Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission. The team quickly discovers that they are up against an enemy from their past. This time, The Dependables mission is personal. With guns blazing, the group puts their lives on the line to defeat their arch nemesis and save their grandchildren.
Genres: Drama Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-03
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Sidney
2022-09-10
Sidney
Overview: This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-10
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Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988-05-31
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
Overview: Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely dancer and a black prince, and a musical about a man and a woman having dog problems.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-31
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Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1975-04-19
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Overview: The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-convicts, and others.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-19
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Blue Chips
1994-02-18
Blue Chips
Overview: Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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Inside
1996-08-25
Inside
Overview: A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-25
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For Love of Olivia
2001-03-18
For Love of Olivia
Overview: To protect his wife's "secret", a small-town Southern lawyer in the 1960s decides to defend a young man accused of murder, all while running for Congress and encountering personal threats to his family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-18
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Miracle at Gate 213
2013-12-10
Miracle at Gate 213
Overview: It's Christmas Eve and an unexpected delay at the airport has left everyone stranded. Young Joy (Savannah Page Ray from NBC's Parenthood) is traveling on her own to visit family for the holidays, so a retired flight attendant at the airport (Shirley Jones) becomes her travel companion. As they wait with their fellow travelers, they soon learn that everyone can use a Christmas Miracle, especially a young man trying to escape his past, and they join together to help. Allow your spirit to be lifted and your heart to be warned as you watch each person receive their Miracle at Gate 213
Genres: Drama Family Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-10
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It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980-08-05
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
Overview: A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husband. She hires two charming gunrunners as help, but they suspect her shady competitor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-05
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Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008-02-12
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Overview: Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-12
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A Good Man in Africa
1994-07-14
A Good Man in Africa
Overview: Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has an eye for beautiful women around him, especially Hazel, a native beauty, with whom he is having an affair. Things get complicated because Sam Adekunle, a man running for president of the country, wants a favor from Leafy in return after he has accepted the invitation to visit London. The proposition involves swaying a prominent doctor's opposition to a plan that will make Adenkule filthy rich.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-14
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Everbrook (The Home)
Everbrook (The Home)
Overview: The Home unfolds after a young man is nearly killed during an accident that leaves him physically and emotionally scarred. To recuperate, he is taken to a secluded nursing home where the elderly residents appear to be suffering from delusions. But after witnessing a violent attack, he soon realizes that the screams behind the walls are caused by more than hallucinations, and the residents are being preyed upon by twisted, monstrous nightmares that lurk within the home itself.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
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Outlaw Johnny Black
2023-09-15
Outlaw Johnny Black
Overview: Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.
Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-15
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Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988-12-03
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Overview: The inspiring true-life drama of 17-year-old Niki Janus. After fleeing persecution in Greece, Niki and her family immigrate to West Virginia and begin living the American Dream. Among their friends is Big John Creed, a wise and helpful handyman. But Niki's friendship with him and her belief in freedom unwittingly bring the wrath of the Ku Klux Klan to her very doorstep. Full of courage and passion, Niki challenges the powerful Klan and, at the same time, must overcome her own fears to help the townspeople survive a horrible flu epidemic.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-03
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Boiling Pot
2015-09-29
Boiling Pot
Overview: On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as "issues of the past" emerge as racial tensions and frictions grow between different student groups.
Genres: Crime History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-29
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Companions in Nightmare
1968-11-23
Companions in Nightmare
Overview: One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.
Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-23
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Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996-04-14
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Overview: James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the border his true character emerges - he sells her into slavery. James and Elizabeth must go to Virginia to rescue their daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-14
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Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992-11-11
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
Overview: An account of Black American soldiers in World War II who combated racism in the segregated military and on the home front.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-11
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The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004-07-13
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Overview: There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-13
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A Fighting Man
2014-04-24
A Fighting Man
Overview: Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-24
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To Dance with Olivia
1997-03-09
To Dance with Olivia
Overview: A lawyer trying to cope with his son's accidental death takes on a case where a farmer is charged with booby trapping a watermelon patch with a shotgun which went off and injured a young boy. But in choosing to defend the farmer, he puts himself at odds with the boy's father, an old friend who is politically influential. In dealing with this case, he is forced to confront his own son's death and his wife's slippage into being a virtual recluse.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-09
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Straight Up
Straight Up
Overview: Anti drug series from the 1980s where a young man is transported to a place where he's tempted left and right by various drugs and his only friend is Lou Gossett JR
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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Double Play
2017-01-27
Double Play
Overview: Double Play is about anolder man named Ostrik who returns to Curaçao and his childhood after many years abroad. Ostrik reminisces about 1973 and the events surrounding a game his father played which had major consequences for Ostrik’s youth. The dramatic poverty and colourful landscapes provide the background for the leads who represent Curaçao’s melting pot: a story of pride and humiliation, money and love, ambition and hope.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-27
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The Highwayman
2000-01-01
The Highwayman
Overview: Road trips have never been this killer! Jason Priestley stars as Breakfast, a psychotic jewelry store thief whose grip on reality is frighteningly precarious. With his accomplice Panda, the duo make off with a carload of cash, a result of a tip-off from beautiful cashier Ziggy. Her reward: to hitch a ride with the out-of-control duo so that she can meet her long-lost father Francis. But Breakfast is on a suicidal quest to even a score with his former boss and has the cops hot on his trail. Rage, murder and revenge are about to collide!
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
1995-01-01
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Overview: This comprehensive HBO presentation documents the history of heavyweight boxing through the 20th century, beginning with Jess Willard's victory over Jack Johnson in the early 1900s and running through the reign of the controversial Mike Tyson.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016-10-14
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Overview: A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining civil rights moments. From her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her swinging soirees with Malcolm X in Ghana to her inaugural speech for President Bill Clinton, we are given special access to interviews with Dr. Angelou whose indelible charm and quick wit make it easy to love her.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-14
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Lawman Without a Gun
1979-05-30
Lawman Without a Gun
Overview: During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-30
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Undercover Grandpa
2017-07-07
Undercover Grandpa
Overview: When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and Grandpa's former special ops buddies.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-07
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Breaking Brooklyn
2018-05-25
Breaking Brooklyn
Overview: A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged former dancing partner/brother.
Genres: Drama Family Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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Zora is My Name!
1990-01-01
Zora is My Name!
Overview: A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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King of the Dancehall
2017-01-13
King of the Dancehall
Overview: Nick Cannon directs and stars in this high-energy musical about a young man from Brooklyn who gets caught up in the vibrant Kingston music scene during a visit to Jamaica.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-13
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Hal
2019-03-28
Hal
Overview: Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-28
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017-10-14
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Overview: On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-14
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The Black List: Volume One
2008-01-22
The Black List: Volume One
Overview: As a new chapter begins in this country, THE BLACK LIST offers a dynamic and never-before-heard perspective from achievers of color. This series of inspired - and inspiring - observations on African-American life in the 21st century forms a roll call of some of the most compelling politicians, writers, thinkers and performers ever to tackle their fields of endeavor. Watch the interview-portraits and get a sharper snapshot of where this country has been and where it's headed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-22
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Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994-05-13
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Overview: Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-13
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Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995-03-20
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Overview: Ray investigates the murder of a judge.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-20
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Keeper of the City
1991-12-20
Keeper of the City
Overview: A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to catch him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-20
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Strange Justice
1999-08-29
Strange Justice
Overview: "Fact-based story about the sexual harassment suit filed by Anita Hill during the appointment trials of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court during the George Bush Presidential administration. The film gives both parties a fairly even presentation and does not try to assess blame. It does, however, show a lot of background political maneuvering that took place, particularly on the part of Kenneth Duberstein, an administrative spin doctor."
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-29
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What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
2002-05-31
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
Overview: A rare original movie offering from the UPN network, What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away focuses on three high school girls: aspiring singer Temple (Keshia Knight-Pulliam) and her lifelong friends Alex (Angell Conwell) and Breena (Monica McSwain). Attending a weekend college-scholarship retreat, the three heroines endeavor to gain financial support for their chosen academic fields. Along the way, Temple squares off against longtime rival Doreen (Alexis Fields), Alex is distracted by a handsome frat boy, and Breena tries to prove that she's a lot more mature than her hip-hop image.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-31
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Supervized
2019-07-16
Supervized
Overview: Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-16
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A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016-05-13
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
Overview: He played in a record 1,192 consecutive NBA games. As a power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, he won two NBA championships. But what made A.C. Green even more distinctive was the courage of his convictions. As this ESPN 30 for 30 Short points out, Green was a devout Christian who says he maintained his virginity throughout his 16 years in the NBA, nine of them spent in the tempting, hedonistic atmosphere of LA. That didn’t stop him from being a fierce, passionate competitor on the court. It just meant that he was someone who, as teammate James Worthy says, “could stay strong and not be broken.” It was only after he retired after the 2000-01 season that Green got married.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-13
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981-05-31
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Overview: The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-31
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The Gang Activists
2019-07-04
The Gang Activists
Overview: Well known activists the Sherrills brothers address the gang violence in the birth place of the Crips and Bloods.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-04
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Zooman
1995-03-19
Zooman
Overview: Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though dozens of neighbors saw the unintentional shooting, no one is willing to come forward with information. Life goes on, a killer goes free, and one grieving, broken father (Louis Gossett Jr.) is forced to take his cry for justice to the media, hoping to spark a confrontation with his daughter's murderer. Charles Dutton and CCH Pounder costar in this powerful original drama.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-19
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The Cuban
2020-07-31
The Cuban
Overview: When a young Afghan immigrant named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, a resident with dementia, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-31
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Jasper, Texas
2003-06-08
Jasper, Texas
Overview: In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-08
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Love Songs
1999-04-25
Love Songs
Overview: Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of love and family. Set in the same predominantly black neighbourhood in North Philadelphia, these threecompelling tales tell the stories of an up-and-coming heavyweight boxer, a vegetable vendor, and a man who must protect a family member from the abuse of another.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-25
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Benny's Place
1982-05-31
Benny's Place
Overview: Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at work and at play.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-31
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The Grace Card
2011-02-25
The Grace Card
Overview: Everything can change in an instant ... and take a lifetime to unravel. When Mac McDonald loses his son in an accident, the ensuing 17 years of bitterness and pain erodes his love for his family and leaves him angry with God ... and just about everyone else. Mac's rage stonewalls his career in the police department and makes for a combustible situation when he's partnered with Sam Wright, a rising star on the force who happens to be a part-time pastor and a loving family man. Can they somehow join forces to help one another when it's impossible for either of them to look past their differences-especially the most obvious one? Every day, we have the opportunity to rebuild relationships and heal deep wounds by extending and receiving God's grace. Offer THE GRACE CARD ... and never underestimate the power of God's love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-25
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Foster Boy
2019-10-03
Foster Boy
Overview: A lawyer finds himself at the center of a trial in which a for-profit foster care agency puts a known sex offender into the same foster home as his young client Jamal, which leads to catastrophic results.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-03
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The Reason
2020-09-12
The Reason
Overview: The film, based on the William Sirls book, follows a small-town pastor, his wife and their sick child as a mysterious man is sent to give them hope. Sirls adapted his book for the screen, writing the screenplay with Aviv Rubinstein and Richard Clark Jr.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-12
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A Special Kind of Love
2008-02-12
A Special Kind of Love
Overview: A follow-up of A LOVE STORY OF TODAY, where actors and crew discuss GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-12
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A Love Story of Today
2008-02-12
A Love Story of Today
Overview: A discussion of the very important and highly controversial film, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, featuring interviews with people like Katharine Houghton, Martin Baum, Louis Gossett, Jr., Norman Jewison, Garry Marshall, Karen Sharpe and Salome Thomas-El.
Genres: Documentary Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-12
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The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983-07-15
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Overview: Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-15
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Stories USA
2007-11-10
Stories USA
Overview: Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strangers struggle to overcome their fates and find their place in a frequently harsh and unforgiving world.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-10
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Crimes of Violence
Crimes of Violence
Overview: Portrait of six criminals responsible of diverse agressions.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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Forget to Remember
Forget to Remember
Overview: An emotionally vulnerable young man gets tricked into fulfilling a mysterious young woman’s dying wish by taking her on a cross-country road trip.
Genres: Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
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Not to Forget
2021-11-26
Not to Forget
Overview: A judge sentences a self-centered millennial to take care of his grandmother, who's affected by Alzheimer's. As he realizes the extent of the elderly woman's wealth and becomes her caregiver, the young protagonist gets ever-closer to Grandma and the treasure he's been looking for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-26
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To Kill a Cop
1978-04-10
To Kill a Cop
Overview: Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.
Genres: Crime Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-10
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The Undershepherd
2012-02-15
The Undershepherd
Overview: Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Dr. Ezekial Canon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-15
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Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998-02-10
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Overview: Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their contributions to Hollywood filmmaking. Spectacular film clips, rare behind-the-scenes footage, archival photographs and fascinating interviews chronicle nearly a century of tribulation and triumph. Gazing at the outstanding range of African-American stars on today's movie screens, it is hard to imagine a time when there were no black leading men or women, a time when all of the roles available for people of color were considerably less heroic than they are now. Social progress came in small steps on the silver screen, film by film, for equal visibility and dignity on the silver screen; now it is possible to honor their struggles, their talent and their sacrifices.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-10
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惩罚者
1989-10-05
惩罚者
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Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-10-05
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Amazing Racer
2009-04-23
Amazing Racer
Overview: After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs her that her father had a secret, that the mother she never knew was alive and well. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer and discovers that in caring for the horse, she is able to overcome her hardships and emotional trauma. Together they begin to win many races and upset the favorites, owned by an egocentric mogul . Through the victories and new friendships she forms, she learns to find her way back to happiness.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-23
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