Margaret Avery

El crítico de cine estadounidense Elvis Mitchell explora la revolución negra en el cine de la década de 1970, desde películas de género hasta realismo social, desde la creación de nuevas superestrellas hasta el oficio de autores emergentes. Relata sus propias experiencias como espectador mientras detalla las historias cinematográficas y políticas que llevaron a este extraordinario florecimiento de un recién ascendido Heroísmo negro.

The patriarch of the family enters the hospital with COVID-19 and because of hospital protocols his family members are forced to say their goodbyes via video conferencing.

Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers that her once super-sharp Grandma Janice is showing early signs of dementia, Keke puts her career at stake in order to save her Grandma's block party, and in the process, Keke falls back in love with her hometown and its people.

La vida de Mary (Taraji P. Henson) , una asesina a suelto de la mafia de Boston, da un vuelco inesperado cuando conoce a un niño que despierta el instinto maternal que creía perdido.

Una madre soltera asiste con sus hijos al funeral de su padre en Georgia, donde conoce a la escandalosa familia del hombre que nunca conoció.

Un famoso presentador de un conocido show televisivo abandona Los Ángeles y regresa a su casa, en un estado sureño, para volver a ver a su familia.

Murdered because he refused to sell his land to a greedy opportunist, Bucko Cassidy (Lee Majors) returns as a ghost to help his grown son, Junior (Derek Hamilton), keep the homestead in the family. While contending with conflicts in his marriage to Ellie (Rachel Wilson), Junior also has to convince everyone around him that he's not crazy -- because he's the only one who can see Bucko. Barry Corbin costars in this quirky comedy.

Erika Eleniak as a woman who plans the murder of her husband ...

En un mundo alternativo e imaginario, los hombres blancos sobreviven en las zonas urbanas deprimidas de Los Ángeles mientras los negros tienen el poder y viven en lujosas mansiones de las afueras. Ante esta situación, un fustrado y sin trabajo Travolta secuestra al millonario Belafonte para enseñarle cómo vive la otra parte de la población que no es de color. Un drama que obtuvo mediocres críticas aunque en sus dos primeras semanas estuvo en el Top Ten del Box Office americano.

Charlie Thorpe, a security systems expert, gets caught during a robbery. When he is released from jail he is hired by a bank owner to design a fool proof system during the refurbishing of a bank. But shortly after it's finished he is blackmailed into cracking the security.

A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.

Charlotte Furber suffers an accident in which a man loses his life. She suffers amnesia and everybody thinks the man was drunk and therefore responsible, even his own wife, Jean.

This is a sequel to Super Fly (1972). In it, Nathan Purdee is now playing the role of Priest, who was played by Ron O'Neal in the previous movie. In it, Eddie, Priest's old partner, was killed. Now Priest, who has been living in France, and who is no longer a drug dealer, visits, and he sets out to find the ones who killed Eddie, and to get them.

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

A black major (Steve James) and his men are on the run from a rigged court martial and hide out in a small Georgia town where a cruel white sheriff is terrorizing the black population. Together with one strong-willed woman they formulate a bold plan to fight for freedom and human rights.

In a small town in the 1950s, Ellie Dane loses her musician father, and her mother suddenly turns away from her. She finds solace in wise jazz singer Hattie Cale and learns that she's inherited her dad's skill at the piano. But she also begins to uncover dark truths about her family's past and the reason for her mother's emotional distance. A rich jazz score accompanies this moving drama.

Principios del siglo XX. Narra la historia de Celie, una adolescente negra de catorce años que está embarazada de su propio padre, un hombre despótico y cruel. A partir de entonces su vida estará llena de dolor y humillaciones.

This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.

George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of mankind --- with bizarre and frightening results.

Drama - From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940's. James, the boy in question, has a raging toothache that necessitates a trip to the dentist. His mother (played by Emmy-winner Olivia Cole), accompanies James to town on an eye-opening odyssey where the boy gains valuable insights into poverty, racism - and his own sense of pride. With an exciting musical score by Webster Lewis, this multi-award winning film explores a child's discovery that the world is a complicated place... where things are never truly black or white... only shades of gray. - Olivia Cole, James Bond III, Margaret Avery

Un equipo desastre de la liga profesional de baloncesto americana está al borde del caos. En un intento para salvarlo, una astróloga decida buscar jugadores compatibles entre sí al ser del mismo signo zodiacal, piscis.

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

Richard Pryor desempeña tres roles: un trabajador agrícola acosado y hambriento de sexo llamado Leroy Jones; el viejo padre Rufus del trabajador agrícola; y el predicador hipócrita de la ciudad, el Reverendo Lenox Thomas, y Pryor nunca ha sido tan escandalosamente divertido. Las vidas y el amor de estos tres hombres se cruzan y se entrecruzan cuando Leroy intenta volver a encarrilar su vida.

The story of how jazz great Louis Armstrong got his start playing in Chicago clubs, how he was framed on a drug charge, and his travels throughout Europe, where he first gained worldwide fame.

Los principales asesinos de la ciudad están siendo asesinados en San Francisco. Uno a uno, los criminales que han escapado de una acción judicial están recibiendo la justicia que merecen, un tipo de justicia que haría pensar que el detective de homicidios Harry Callahan está utilizando sus métodos implacables. Pero los asesinos han juzgado mal a Harry, que deberá enfrentarse esta vez a un inesperado escuadrón de la muerte que lleva placa policial. Su enemigo verdadero es el sistema. Pero Harry ha jurado proteger el sistema con su Magnum 44.

En el peligroso barrio de Harlem se dan cita numerosas bandas, delincuencia, drogas,... Todo ello forma parte del paisaje urbanístico de una de las zonas más peligrosas de los Estados Unidos. Allí, uno de los jefes de la mafia acaba de ser tiroteado, al parecer, por unos policías corruptos a las órdenes de la eterna banda rival. Una vez recuperado, las cosas no van a quedar así. La venganza no se hará esperar. (FILMAFFINITY)

The host of a children's TV show is really a psychopathic killer, and when he hears stories from the kids who watch his show about the abuse they get from their parents, he starts visiting the parents and murdering them.

College student Regina comes back to her room from class one day to discover she's won a getaway vacation at the quiet Red Wolf Inn. Before she can even call her parents to let them know where she'll be, the lodge owners arrange her transport and she soon finds herself with two other young women as guests of a kindly old couple. The place is beautiful and the food is fantastic, but something just doesn't seem right. One of the guests has suddenly vanished, and the hosts are certainly reluctant to have anyone poking around the meat locker. Still, the barbecued ribs are delicious, so what's there to complain about?

Thalamus es el líder de un grupo de delincuentes que se reúnen en Los Ángeles para robar un banco. Su objetivo es encontrar un nuevo banco para robar.

Una joven pareja se muda a una granja en Pennsylvania. Cuando llegan allí, descubren que no están solos, pues algo demoníaco habita en las paredes de su casa.