Gloria Foster
Biography: Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 – September 29, 2001) was an American actress, most known for her stage performances both on and off Broadway, including her acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career. In films, she was perhaps best known as the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), the latter film being her last. Gloria Foster also played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the mini series The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 15, 1933
Deathday: September 29, 2001
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The Matrix
1999-03-31
The Matrix
Overview: Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-31
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The Matrix Reloaded
2003-05-15
The Matrix Reloaded
Overview: Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-15
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Leonard Part 6
1987-12-18
Leonard Part 6
Overview: After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-18
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Nothing But a Man
1964-12-27
Nothing But a Man
Overview: A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-27
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The Comedians
1967-10-31
The Comedians
Overview: American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-31
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A History of God
2005-04-26
A History of God
Overview: For over 4,000 years, adherents of the world's monotheistic faiths have wrestled with the question of God. This extraordinary, feature-length film, based on Karen Armstrong's acclaimed book of the same name, traces that elusive and fascinating quest.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-26
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Man and Boy
1971-06-23
Man and Boy
Overview: At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a frontier state and full of criminals at that time.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-23
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To All My Friends on Shore
1972-02-25
To All My Friends on Shore
Overview: An airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-25
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The Angel Levine
1970-07-28
The Angel Levine
Overview: Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-28
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Top Secret
1978-06-04
Top Secret
Overview: A hip American agent and his foxy associate try to recover a hundred pounds of stolen plutonium in Italy before it can be used by terrorists.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-04
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Percy & Thunder
1993-09-07
Percy & Thunder
Overview: A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-07
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Separate But Equal
1991-04-07
Separate But Equal
Overview: A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.
Genres: History TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-07
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Coriolanus
1979-03-31
Coriolanus
Overview: A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-31
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The House of Dies Drear
1984-06-01
The House of Dies Drear
Overview: A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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City of Hope
1991-10-11
City of Hope
Overview: This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-11
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The Cool World
1963-09-02
The Cool World
Overview: A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-09-02
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