Lynn Hamilton

Birth : 1930-04-25,

Movies

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it won the Documentary Award at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival in 2003.
The Vanishing
Miss Carmichael
The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
Legal Eagles
Doreen
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
The Jesse Owens Story
Mamma Solomon
The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
Leadbelly
Sally Ledbetter
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
A Dream for Christmas
Sarah Douglas
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Arless Humes
A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
Lady Sings the Blues
Aunt Ida
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Buck and the Preacher
Sarah
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Beatrice
A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."
Shadows
Girl at Party
The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.