Films

Purlie is set at the beginning of the civil rights movement when segregation was still practiced in the American South.  Reverend Purlie Victorious Johnson (Robert Guillaume) experiences conditions that are akin to slavery throughout his trave... Continue Reading

Cindy is an urban adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Cinderella.  Opening in a rural town in South Carolina, 1943, the plot quickly is centered in the Harlem community of New York City.  The main character is a naïve, bright and kind ... Continue Reading

Following the success of the “Rumble in the Jungle” match held in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974, on October 1, 1975, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier would meet for the third and final time.  Their intense rivalry is played out in Araneta Coliseum i... Continue Reading

While many are familiar with the animosity between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman that played out before the world as the “Rumble in the Jungle”, When We Were Kings presents the complicated and inspiring conditions that brought the internation... Continue Reading

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh centers upon the struggles of a basketball team, the Pittsburgh Pythons.  They are owned by the Tilson Brothers, H.S. and Harvey (both roles played by Johnathan Winters), who are at odds about the team’s future... Continue Reading

In this film, the titular character is called “Willie Dynamite” (Roscoe Orman) by those in the bustling, urban lifestyle he lives in the Manhattan borough of New York City.  His family, who lives in a rural community, simply calls him “W... Continue Reading

Friday Foster (Pam Grier) is a photographer for Glance, an urban magazine run by Monk Riley (Julius Harris).  On New Year’s Eve, Monk gets a tip that Black billionaire, Blake Tarr (Thalmus Rasulala), was covertly arriving in Washington, D.C.... Continue Reading

Sheba Shayne (Pam Grier), a private detective, has to leave her business and partner in Chicago, Illinois to assist her father, Andy Shayne (Rudy Challenger) in her home city, Louisville, Kentucky.  Andy is an entrepreneur who owns his insuran... Continue Reading

Paid in Full is the story of three friends, Ace, Mitch and Rico, and their exploits as drug dealers in the Harlem community of New York City during the late 1980s. The film begins with Ace (Wood Harris), a bright young man who works at the neigh... Continue Reading