Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Biography: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is an American producer, stage and screen actress, best known for her film roles in "Ray", "Undercover Brother", and on the television series "The Mentalist". She has an BA in African-American Studies from Brown University, and an MFA in Acting from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Known for her work in several film and television productions, she has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 21, 1969
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Known For
HBCU Honors
HBCU Honors
Overview: The Inaugural HBCU Honors is an evening in Miami, Fl. hosted by Wendy Raquel Robinson to celebrate HBCU alum: Sheila Chamberlain, Pinky Cole, Aunjanue Ellis, Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, Steve Pamon, Mic
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009-02-07
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Overview: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-07
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The Subject
2021-10-22
The Subject
Overview: A successful white documentarian deals with the fallout from his last film, which caught the murder of a Black teen on tape. While he films a new doc series, someone else tapes his every move.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-22
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Men of Honor
2000-09-13
Men of Honor
Overview: Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship starts out on the rocks, but fate ultimately conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph and honor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-13
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The Caveman's Valentine
2001-01-19
The Caveman's Valentine
Overview: Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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Undercover Brother
2002-05-31
Undercover Brother
Overview: An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell behaves strangely in his presidential campaign, Undercover Brother is hired to work undercover for "The Man" and find what happened with the potential candidate.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-31
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Freedomland
2006-02-17
Freedomland
Overview: A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-17
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Desert Blue
1999-06-04
Desert Blue
Overview: An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay on the map. They end up staying longer than expected because of an accident that spilled an unknown cola ingredient all over the highway. They spend the next few days with the various residents of the town which include a teenage girl who loves to blow things up and a boy trying to keep alive his fathers dream of building a beachside resort in the middle of the desert.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-04
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The Express
2008-10-10
The Express
Overview: Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-10
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Brother to Brother
2004-01-17
Brother to Brother
Overview: A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-17
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The Hungry Ghosts
2009-01-22
The Hungry Ghosts
Overview: A New York City-set drama of interlocking stories which occur over a 36-hour period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-22
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The Resident
2011-02-10
The Resident
Overview: Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-10
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The Help
2011-08-09
The Help
Overview: Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-09
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The Deliverance
2024-08-16
The Deliverance
Overview: Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-16
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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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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 Tested
2011-01-01
The Tested
Overview: A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Girls Town
1996-08-21
Girls Town
Overview: The death of a friend galvanizes three high school young women to reassess their friendship and their lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-21
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The Opponent
2000-10-20
The Opponent
Overview: Patty Sullivan is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. Patty soon learns she has some talent for boxing and sets her sights on competing in a professional fight. More is on the line than just the woman's title.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-20
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Money Matters
2011-11-15
Money Matters
Overview: A moving and intimate film that follows Monique "Money" Matters (Terri Abney) caught at the brink of adolescence. Her relationship with her mother Pamela Matters (Aunjanue Ellis- RAY, MEN OF HONER), is far from stable and depicts the struggle between a young mother and daughter who both come of age...together. Sharp and candid dialogue blur the roles of parent and child, revealing a family secret magnified by pain and years of regret. Money's daily routine; a three-bus commute to the Catholic school she attends, far from her dilapidated neighborhood, to another world where she feels just as uncomfortable. When she befriends a neighborhood girl who seems to understand her, their friendship develops in ways that push boundaries.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-15
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Abducted: The Carlina White Story
2012-10-06
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Overview: A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-06
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Notorious
2009-01-16
Notorious
Overview: "Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
Genres: Music Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-16
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Side Streets
1998-09-05
Side Streets
Overview: The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-05
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Perception
2005-01-01
Perception
Overview: When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her - like she did them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Ray
2004-10-29
Ray
Overview: Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-29
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Game of Death
2011-03-31
Game of Death
Overview: CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him, and it's a fight to survive in a hospital and into the hedge fund vault.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-31
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The Prince of Motor City
2008-07-09
The Prince of Motor City
Overview: A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-09
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024-08-07
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Overview: Three lifelong best friends known as “The Supremes” share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood from decades of weathering life’s storms. Through the joys and sorrows of life, marriage and children, happiness and blues, love and loss, new shades of heartbreak and illness threaten to stir up the past when the trio sees their bond put to the test as they face their most challenging times yet.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-07
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Exhibiting Forgiveness
2024-10-18
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Overview: Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-18
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Of Mind and Music
2014-10-19
Of Mind and Music
Overview: Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption and reward by helping Una Vida, a jazz singer he discovers performing on the streets of New Orleans. Her health declining and her singing partner and her adopted daughter unable to help, Cruz seeks out her long lost son in an effort to bring resolution to the grief, loss and longing that has overshadowed her hard but beautiful life.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-19
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A Map of the World
1999-09-13
A Map of the World
Overview: School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-13
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Get on Up
2014-08-01
Get on Up
Overview: A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-01
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Nickel Boys
2024-12-13
Nickel Boys
Overview: Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-13
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The Birth of a Nation
2016-09-09
The Birth of a Nation
Overview: Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-09
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Lovely & Amazing
2002-08-02
Lovely & Amazing
Overview: An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way, but whatever salvation they find is illusory and short-lived.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009-06-10
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Overview: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-10
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Origin
2023-12-08
Origin
Overview: While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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Pimp
2018-11-09
Pimp
Overview: An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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Racing for Time
2008-02-16
Racing for Time
Overview: Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions among female teen offenders and decides to do something about it. He gathers African-American, Latina and Caucasian teens, and organizes a multi-racial track team behind the bars of the prison. Participation in Stack's track team not only breaks down the racial divides between the girls, but puts them on a path to turn their lives around.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-16
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John John in the Sky
2001-06-17
John John in the Sky
Overview: A young boy sets out to build a working airplane in order to allow him to escape with his mother from his abusive father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-17
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Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
2017-07-01
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
Overview: The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color that stays true to the language and storyline.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-01
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Disappearing Acts
2000-12-09
Disappearing Acts
Overview: A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-09
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If Beale Street Could Talk
2018-12-14
If Beale Street Could Talk
Overview: After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-14
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Miss Virginia
2019-10-18
Miss Virginia
Overview: A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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The Volunteer
2013-06-20
The Volunteer
Overview: After quitting her stable but soul-crushing job, Leigh passes her days in an apathetic fog until she decides to volunteer at a soup kitchen. There she meets Ethan, a homeless man with whom she begins an electric, but turbulent affair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-20
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I Love You Phillip Morris
2010-02-04
I Love You Phillip Morris
Overview: Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-04
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Motherhood
2009-01-21
Motherhood
Overview: In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-21
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Ed's Next Move
1996-10-18
Ed's Next Move
Overview: Ed lives in Wisconsin. He's just been dumped by his girlfriend, so he moves to New York City for a big change...but will he ever find love again? He loves his new job studying the genetics of different strains of rice. Then Ed meets Lee, a quirky singer. She's just what Ed thinks he's looking for, and she's available...or is she?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-18
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King Richard
2021-11-18
King Richard
Overview: The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-18
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The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
2020-04-11
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Overview: With guidance from their mother, five siblings overcome humble beginnings to form the renowned gospel group the Clark Sisters.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-11
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In Too Deep
1999-08-25
In Too Deep
Overview: Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-25
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Liz Here Now
Liz Here Now
Overview: Liz Baxter, who works as a nanny for a prominent, has a white family in Oakland, California, during the rise of the Black Panther Party in 1967. When Liz discovers that the Connor children are suffering under the hand of their mother, Jane, and attempts to step in to protect the children, she’s accused of participating in a Black Panther conspiracy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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