John Earl Jelks
Also Known As: John Jelks
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Birthday: July 16, 1959
Age: 65 years old
Gender: Male
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A Holiday in Harlem
Overview: Business executive Jazmin Carter is known for two things: turning fledgling businesses into profit producers and avoiding Christmas in Harlem, the neighborhood where she grew up.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-14
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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: 2024-09-08
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Tough
Overview: An estranged father and son reconnect after 11 years when they discover that they share the same apartment complex. The cause for the disconnect was the father inability to deal with his sons lifestyle.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-14
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Enter the Dangerous Mind
Overview: A psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep, Snap is the story of Jim Whitman, a brilliant but painfully introverted musician who develops a crush on a young social worker.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-11
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Dark Exodus
Overview: Subjected to Jim Crow laws and an overtly racist white population that still sees Blacks as property, an African American family in the South sends its sons away to a better life. Visualizing the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban, industrial North in sepia tones, director Iverson White’s period film captures the atmosphere of early 20th century America.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-25
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The Miraculous
Overview: An imaginary portrait of the performance artist Bas Jan Ader's final days. Ader was a Dutch performance artist who was lost at sea in 1975, while he was attempting to cross the ocean during a performance called, In Search of the Miraculous. Ader, (Josh Elrod) travels through the desert of the American West, and joins forces with a fever dream companion (John Earl Jelks) and they make their way to the ocean where they perform Ader's final, miraculous performance. The film is set in Southern California.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-28
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Compensation
Overview: The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-14
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Crocodile Conspiracy
Overview: Conflicts arise when a middle aged African American school teacher decides to visit her father's homeland of communist Cuba.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Night Comes On
Overview: Angel is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-03
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Miracle at St. Anna
Overview: Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-15
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A Powerful Thang
Overview: This innovative drama, set in Ohio, traces an African American couple's search for intimacy and friendship. The spirited, African-identified Yasmine Allen is a writer and single mother who has been dating saxophone teacher Craig Watkins for a month. Wishing to end her self-imposed celibacy following her son's birth, Yasmine has reached a turning point in the relationship-but Craig, the Big Lug, wants to take it slow. Sage advice from friends and family members remind them, "sex is a powerful thang." Like her highly acclaimed CYCLES, Davis's film incorporates animation as well as Afro-Haitian dance in a rich exploration of the lives of African Americans.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Stars of the Northern Sky
Overview: A hybrid documentary telling the stories of abolitionists Sojourner Truth, Phyllis Wheatley and Marie Joseph Angelique.
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Original Language: en
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