| Title |
Year |
Class |
Time |
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The River Niger is a Tony Award-winning play turned to a movie. James Earl Jones as a house-painter/poet who struggles to support his cancer-plagued wife (Cicely Tyson). This is a realistic portrayal of teh diffiuclties encountered in the poverty-sticken ...
The River Niger (1976)
Krishna Shah
Louis Gossett Jr.,Cicely Tyson,Roger E. Mosley,Tony Burton,Glynn E. Turman,James Earl Jones
General Drama,Drama
|
1976 |
M |
90 min |
|
Oscar nominees Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth and Andy Garcia set the screen ablaze in this riveting crime thriller exploding with spectacular gun battles and brutal action. In 1930's New York, Bumpy Johnson (Fishburne) rules the Harlem numbers rackets...
Hoodlum (1997)
Bill Duke
Tim Roth,Vanessa Williams,Laurence Fishburne,Richard Bradford,Cicely Tyson,Clarence Williams III,Chi McBride,Andy Garcia
Drama,Suspense & Thriller,General Drama,Mobster,Crime,Action & Adventure
|
1997 |
M |
131 min |
|
Rosa McCauley realises at an early age that as a black person she is treated differently, but she refuses to believe she is inferior to anyone.As a young woman, Rosa (Angela Bassett) meets and marries Raymond Parks (Peter Francis James). Parks attempts t...
Ride To Freedom - The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
Julie Dash
Cicely Tyson,Peter Francis James,Angela Bassett
General Drama,Drama
|
2002 |
R |
90 min |
|
A touching story of the deep South, from the award-winning novel by William Armstrong.Nathan Lee Morgan (Academy Award nominee Paul Winfield) and his family are Louisiana sharecroppers, struggling to keep their home together during the Great Depression. W...
Sounder (1972)
Martin Ritt
James Best,Kevin Hooks,Cicely Tyson,Paul Winfield
General Drama,Drama
|
1972 |
G |
105 min |
|
Outkast members Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000) and Antwan A. Patton (Big Boi) star in this dazzling story in the key of cool.At a sexy, sizzling nightclub, piano player Percival (Benjamin) lives life by the rules, while Rooster (Patton), the club's flashy le...
Idlewild (2006)
Bryan Barber
Malinda Williams,Paula Jai Parker,Andre Benjamin,Faizon Love,Cicely Tyson,Ben Vereen,Macy Gray,Antwan A. Patton,Paula Patton,Terrence Howard
Musical,General Drama,Drama
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2006 |
M |
121 min |
|
On the day of their 18th wedding anniversary, Helen McCarter discovers that not only does her wealthy attorney-husband, Charles, want a divorce, he has a mistress and two kids ready to move in. So he tosses her out - literally - leaving her stranded and p...
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Darren Grant
Shemar Moore,Steve Harris,Cicely Tyson,Lisa Marcos,Tamara Taylor,Tyler Perry,Tiffany Evans,Kimberly Elise
Romance,Romantic Comedy,Comedy
|
2005 |
M |
112 min |
|
She's Bold. She's Black. She's Back. Gun toting Madea from the hit film, The Diary of a Mad Black Woman, returns for her very own family reunion - and you're invited. But don't expect a smooth run tot he big event. On the way Made...
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Tyler Perry
Blair Underwood,Cicely Tyson,Lynn Whitfield,Tamara Taylor,Tyler Perry,Lisa Anderson
Drama,General Comedy,General Drama,Comedy
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2006 |
M |
105 min |
|
The story of two parents struggling with the problems of their twelve-year-old drug addicted son Benjie. They must address the many pressures facing the archetypal urban . family as the alienated youth falls in with the wrong crowd. Benjie befriends a dru...
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich (1978)
Ralph Nelson
Cicely Tyson,David Groh,Glynn Turman,Helen Martin,Paul Winfield,Larry B. Scott
General Drama,Drama
|
1978 |
MA |
108 min |
