John Earl Jelks

John Earl Jelks

Nacimiento : 1959-07-16,

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John Earl Jelks

Películas

Exhibiting Forgiveness
La'Ron
Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.
A Holiday in Harlem
Thomas
Business executive Jazmin Carter is known for two things: turning fledgling businesses into profit producers and avoiding Christmas in Harlem, the neighborhood where she grew up.
Night Comes On
John Lamere
Angel sale de un centro de menores en la víspera de su 18 cumpleaños. Preocupada por su pasado, se embarca en un viaje con su hermana de 10 años.
Tough
Larry
An estranged father and son reconnect after 11 years when they discover that they share the same apartment complex. The cause for the disconnect was the father inability to deal with his sons lifestyle.
Enter the Dangerous Mind
Lt. Ike
Un compositor estadounidense solitario tiene un romance con una hermosa trabajadora social. Esto ofrece un atisbo de esperanza, pero su mente se fractura mientras las voces en su cabeza son cada vez más fuertes y más destructivas.
Miracle at St. Anna
Detective Dillard
Ambientada en Italia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Durante la contienda, cuatro soldados estadounidenses negros se ven atrapados en una villa toscana.
Compensation
Arthur/Nico Jones
The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.
A Powerful Thang
Craig Watkins (as John Jelks)
This innovative drama, set in Ohio, traces an African American couple's search for intimacy and friendship. The spirited, African-identified Yasmine Allen is a writer and single mother who has been dating saxophone teacher Craig Watkins for a month. Wishing to end her self-imposed celibacy following her son's birth, Yasmine has reached a turning point in the relationship-but Craig, the Big Lug, wants to take it slow. Sage advice from friends and family members remind them, "sex is a powerful thang." Like her highly acclaimed CYCLES, Davis's film incorporates animation as well as Afro-Haitian dance in a rich exploration of the lives of African Americans.
Crocodile Conspiracy
(as John Jelks)
Conflicts arise when a middle aged African American school teacher decides to visit her father's homeland of communist Cuba.
Dark Exodus
Subjected to Jim Crow laws and an overtly racist white population that still sees Blacks as property, an African American family in the South sends its sons away to a better life. Visualizing the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban, industrial North in sepia tones, director Iverson White’s period film captures the atmosphere of early 20th century America.