Cleavant Derricks
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cleavant Derricks, Jr. (born May 15, 1953) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cleavant Derricks (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: May 15, 1953
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Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981-02-06
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Overview: From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tuff cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-06
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Moscow on the Hudson
1984-04-06
Moscow on the Hudson
Overview: A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-06
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Basilisk: The Serpent King
2006-11-25
Basilisk: The Serpent King
Overview: Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison 'Harry' McColl's expedition. Despite a cryptic warning from tribal locals, everything goes to his Colorado university's museum. It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends must try to petrify the monster again.
Genres: Action Horror TV Movie Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-25
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The Slugger's Wife
1985-03-29
The Slugger's Wife
Overview: Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an emotional journey that sees his career take off, while hers doesn't. She can't escape unhappiness when she gives up her dreams to support her husband. With a separation on the horizon, Darryl must choose between his big-league life and his one true love.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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World Traveler
2002-04-19
World Traveler
Overview: After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-19
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Off Beat
1986-04-10
Off Beat
Overview: Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-10
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Carnival of Souls
1998-08-21
Carnival of Souls
Overview: A young woman is pursued in reality and in her subconscious by the sadistic carnival clown who raped and murdered her mother.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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Cindy
1978-03-24
Cindy
Overview: A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.
Genres: Music Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-24
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Miami Magma
2011-12-01
Miami Magma
Overview: Antoinette Vitrini, a volcanologist, confirms her theory of a long-dormant underground volcano after an offshore-drilling rig bursts into flames. Now, she must stop catastrophic amounts of magma from pumping out right under Miami, Florida.
Genres: Science Fiction Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-01
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When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate
1979-07-30
When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate
Overview: This lively, spirit-lifting musical celebrates the sheer joy -- and survival -- of black music, song and poetry since the days of America's Civil War. With utter grace and ease, the gifted eight-member singing ensemble glides from gospel to disco and from slave-quarter sermons to contemporary black poetry.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-30
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