Nelsan Ellis
Also Known As: Nelson Ellis
Biography: Nelsan Ellis (born c. 1978) was an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright, perhaps best known as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's True Blood. He died on July 8, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, from complications with heart failure at the age of 39. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelsan Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Harvey, Illinois, USA
Birthday: November 30, 1977
Deathday: July 08, 2017
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Soloist
Overview: A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-24
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Secretariat
Overview: Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-20
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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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The Butler
Overview: A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-16
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
Overview: In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-17
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Little Boxes
Overview: It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black,' he fumbles to meet expectations, while his urban intellectual parents Mack and Gina also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the drastically different set of obstacles that their new community presents, and soon find themselves struggling to understand themselves and each other in this new suburban context.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-14
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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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True to the Game
Overview: Based on the Terri Woods best selling novel, True to the Game is the love story of Quadir Richards, a charismatic drug lord, and Gena Rollins, a young girl from the projects of Philly. Quadir was able to gain the trust and love of Gena and was on his way out of the game to start a new life with his future bride when tragedy strikes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-08
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Overview: In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-24
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Roxanne Roxanne
Overview: The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-22
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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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Warm Springs
Overview: Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-30
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Gods Behaving Badly
Overview: Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-13
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