DeWanda Wise
Also Known As: DeWanda Jackson , ДеВанда Вайз, 德汪達·懷斯, دیواندا وایز
Biography: DeWanda Wise is an American actress. She has played the lead role as "Nola Darling" in Spike Lee's 2017 Netflix series (10-episodes) She's Gotta Have It- a contemporary update of his 1986 film. DeWanda was born in Jessup, Maryland and raised in Woodlawn, Laurel and Baltimore. She began acting her sophomore year of at Atholton High School when her high school theatre director, Nathan Rosen offered her a part in a production en lieu of detention. In 2006, she graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a bachelor's in fine arts in drama and urban studies. During her undergraduate years she worked as a resident assistant and a stocker at Trader Joe's.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Birthday: May 30, 1984
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Gender: Female
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The Harder They Fall
Overview: Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-22
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Behind the Lines
Overview: Documentary based on three New York Times bestselling books by historian Andrew Carroll and inspired by the stage play If All the Sky Were Paper, the film tells the story of Carroll, who travels the world to seek out the greatest war letters ever written
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Pariah
Overview: A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school, and within wears the line between her personas thin with explosive consequences.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-19
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Firelight
Overview: Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-22
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Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Overview: Join the cast of "Jurassic World Dominion" as they relive their favorite unforgettable, action-packed and epic moments from the "Jurassic World" franchise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-04
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Poolman
Overview: Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-09
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Killing Faith
Overview: In the summer of 1859, a widowed physician reluctantly agrees to take a recently freed slave and her mysterious Caucasian daughter on a five-day journey through the bloody West to find a distant town's Faith Healer. The woman believes her daughter is possessed. The doctor believes she simply carries The Sickness. Either way the fact remains that every living thing the girl touches mysteriously dies.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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Imaginary
Overview: When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-06
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African Booty Scratcher
Overview: Prom nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-18
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Black Swan Theory
Overview: A psychiatric casualty of war recently returned to the US, Sonya's imagined sense of normalcy crumbles around her; she must hunt or become the hunted.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-21
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Knucklehead
Overview: When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother (Alfre Woodard) Langston must take his future into his own hands. He sets out to find the one doctor he believes can cure him, a celebrity magazine columnist who touts questionable prescription drug cocktails. If Langston can become "mentally excellent", it will mean moving into an apartment of his own with his girlfriend, who may herself be a creation of his wishful thinking. Landing in the unscrupulous world of pharmaceutical marketing, the search for his mysterious doctor and hero leads to some unwanted discoveries. Langston strives for independence from his prior life; from his mother, from his neighborhood and from his fractured mind - while all around him people are not who they seem.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-01
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How To Tell You're A Douchebag
Overview: Ray Livingston is a relationship-blogging hack (“freelance writer, actually”) responsible for Brooklyn’s infamous blog, “Occasionally Dating Black Women.” The well-written, if not controversial, blog has generated some notoriety, but Ray is chafing from an overextended stay in New York, romantic ennui, and a stagnating writing career. After a particularly crappy week, he goes off on a tirade and harasses a gorgeous random passerby, only to discover that it’s Rochelle Marseille, one of New York’s up-and-coming authors. Moving to make amends in an effort to preserve his media clout, Ray is stunned when Rochelle gives him more than he ever thought she would.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-25
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Someone Great
Overview: An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-19
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The Weekend
Overview: A comedian goes away for the weekend with an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Fatherhood
Overview: A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-18
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Jurassic World Dominion
Overview: Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-01
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Train
Overview: Late night in New York, Carl takes the Brooklyn bound F train home and runs into trouble in this thought provoking short film about fear and guilt.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-06
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Love, Brooklyn
Overview: Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-27
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