Diahann Carroll
Nacimiento : 1935-07-17, Bronx, New York, USA
Muerte : 2019-10-04
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Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess in 1959. In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings.
Her 1968 debut in Julia, the first series on American television to star a black woman in a nonstereotypical role, was a milestone both in her career and the medium. In the 1980s she played the role of an interracial diva in the primetime soap opera Dynasty.
Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Television Series in 1968. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the 1974 film Claudine. She was also a breast cancer survivor and activist.
Self (archival footage)
En los años 30, en Greenwich Village nació la idea de que el entretenimiento y el activismo político con tintes progresistas podían ir de la mano.
Ms. Edna
Esta película cuenta el viaje de un luchador profesional que se convierte en pastor de una pequeña ciudad y en vigilante enmascarado, luchando contra la injusticia. Mientras enfrenta su crisis en el hogar y en la iglesia, el pastor debe evadir a la policía y de alguna manera reconciliar su identidad secreta violenta con su yo como pastor.
Herself
From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences of lighter-skinned women, Light Girls dives deep into the discussion of skin color, preference, privilege, pain and prejudice. The documentary features interviews with Russell Simmons, Soledad O'Brien, Diahann Carroll, India Arie, Iyanla Vanzant, Michaela Angela Davis, Kym Whitley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and more.
Self (archive footage)
Un documental que recorre la historia de los premios de la Academia.
Nana Peeples
Un psicólogo se da cuenta de que se necesita su ayuda profesional después de presentarse sin aviso a una reunión familiar de la familia de su novia.
Self
Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The film tells the story of how the march for jobs and freedom began, speaking to the people who organised and participated in it. Using rarely seen archive footage the film reveals the background stories surrounding the build up to the march as well as the fierce opposition it faced from the JFK administration, J Edgar Hoover's FBI and widespread claims that it would incite racial violence, chaos and disturbance. The film follows the unfolding drama as the march reaches its ultimate triumphs, gaining acceptance from the state, successfully raising funds and in the end, organised and executed peacefully.
Self
Película llevada a Sundance por parte de la HBO. Narra la historia de Harry Belafonte. Activista, cantante y actor norteamericano que ha sido todo un símbolo en la lucha contra la segregación. Trabajó íntimamente con Martin Luther King Jr. por ello, en luchas como el apartheid en Suráfrica, movilizando a celebridades en numerosos actos. Todo un ejemplo de superación.
Nana
Monique Lamont, la fiscal de distrito de Massachusetts, le encarga un trabajo especial a Winston Garano, un prometedor investigador de homicidios que está a su servicio: el brutal asesinato, en 1962, de una joven invidente británica. Se baraja la hipótesis de que podría haber sido la primera víctima del estrangulador de Boston. Garano no entiende por qué no se ocupa del asunto Scotland Yard, dado que la víctima era inglesa. Pero parece que Lamont espera que la resolución del caso contribuya a consolidar sus ambiciones políticas. Telefilm que adapta la novela "The Front" de Patricia Cornwell.
Nana
Un investigador del estado se ve obligado a volver a casa desde Knoxville, Tennessee, donde está terminando un curso en la Academia Forense Nacional. Su superior, la fiscal del distrito, una mujer tan atractiva como ambiciosa, tiene previsto presentarse a gobernadora del estado y, a modo de aliciente para el electorado, planea poner en marcha una nueva iniciativa en la lucha contra el crimen llamada "En Peligro" (At Risk), cuyo lema es "Cualquier crimen en cualquier momento". Concretamente, ha estado buscando la manera de utilizar una tecnología de vanguardia para el análisis de ADN, y cree que la ha encontrado en un asesinato cometido veinte años atrás, en Tennessee. Si la fiscalía resuelve el caso, su carrera política se beneficiará claramente. (FILMAFFINITY)
Therapist
Ocean (Monica Calhoun), a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the residents and the problems found within. As she struggles with a new job, a new home, her own children, a difficult niece, and the issues of other tenants, all within learn something about taking action and using compassion in their own lives.
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Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
Maria Cole
The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity status.
Betty Hemings
Narra la apasionada y prohibida relación entre el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Thomas Jefferson (Sam Neill) y una hermosa esclava llamada Sally (Carmen Ejogo). Sally Hemings es una joven negra que vive en pleno apogeo de la esclavitud. Toda su familia son sirvientes en una gran mansión del sur. Un día, su madre la envía a París para que sirva en otra mansión, donde trabaja su hermano. Si bien el racismo también existe en la capital francesa, Rally es mejor tratada que en su país de origen, donde su nuevo señor es Thomas Jefferson, embajador de los Estados Unidos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Pouponne
In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.
Diahann Carroll
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
Sadie Delany
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal bishop, who was born a slave, and a woman with an inter-racial background. With the support of each other and their family, they survived encounters with racism and sexism in their own different ways. Sadie quietly and sweetly broke barriers to become the first African-American home-ec teacher in New York City, while Bessie, with her own brand of outspokenness, became the second African-American dentist in New York City. At the ages of 103 and 101, they told their story to Amy Hill Hearth, a white New York Times reporter who published an article about them. The overwhelming response launched a bestselling book, a Broadway play, and this film.
Mrs. Wilson
Two neighboring families in Florida, one black and one white, struggle with the problems of race, poverty, prejudice, and absent fathers, as their children become friends over the course of one summer and fall.
Elzora
Louisiana, año 1962. La familia numerosa Batista está encabezada por el encantador doctor Louis. Aunque Louis está casado con la bella Roz, tiene debilidad por sus pacientes atractivas...
Narrator
A brave boy named Temba ventures to find food and water for his drought-striken village. But when he is given a set of magical bones, he uses them to gain riches for himself instead of sharing with his friends.
Lydia Bishop
Cuando Perry no es capaz de pronunciar un discurso en una conferencia, él llama Bill McKenzie para ofrecerle un hotel, a cambio de la entrega de la obra. También en el hotel se está rodando un nuevo episodio de 'estilo de vida de los ricos y famosos" organizada por Adrian Lye. Uno de los invitados de Lye, y un amigo de Bill, Daniel Kingman (un famoso jugador de ajedrez) se encuentra en el hotel y está +
siendo chantajeado por Lye. Cuando va a la habitación de Lye lo encuentra envenenado. Bill defiende Kingman, mientras que Ken Malansky va tras el "camarero" visto la entrega de la copa envenenada a la suite de Lye, suponiendo que la bebida fue envenenada antes de la entrega y no por Kingman.
Self
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows with commentary from TV producers, black actors and scholars, Marlon Riggs blends humor, insight, and thoughtful analysis to explore the evolution of black/white relations as reflected by America's favorite addiction.
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Vernetta Chase
A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career as a daytime-drama actress in New York to move back with her extended family on their Texas farm.
Eleanor Potter
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Bleek Gilliam, un trompetista, lidera junto al saxofonista Shadow Henderson un quinteto de Jazz que actúa en un club de los bajos fondos. Aunque Shadow disfruta de un mayor protagonismo en la banda, a Bleek no le van mal las cosas. Sin embargo los problemas surgen y se ve obligado a tomar decisiones. Por una parte, Bleek debe salir en defensa del manager del grupo, un amigo de la infancia con problemas de juego que frecuentemente es apaleado por sus acreedores. Por otra, el trompetista se ve en la encrucijada de tener que elegir entre dos mujeres, una maestra de escuela y una cantante, con las que mantiene una relación sentimental paralela. Por si fuera poco, su rivalidad profesional con Shadow amenaza con dividir a la banda.
Margo Stover
A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.
Maggie
After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back into the world of the dead. Her boyfriend Glen thinks she's crazy so Joanna turns to her ex-boyfriend, Peter. It just so happens that Peter is a strong believer in the supernatural and even teaches a course on it at a local college. Together they must confront the "walkers" so that Joanna can live to see another day.
Self
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Herself
Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring dozens of stars recreating their original performances. Among the show-stoppers are Chita Rivera's Spanish Rose dance in "Bye, Bye, Bireie," Ray Walston as the Devil in "Damn Yankees," Nell Carter singing the Fats Waller classic "Cash for Trash" from "Ain't Misbehavin," Glynis Johns with "Send in the Clowns" from "A Little Night Music," Barry Bostwick from "Grease," and many more.
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Carolyne Lovejoy
Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.
Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers payed up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
Vivian
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.
Mermeia Holographic Wow
Chewbacca y Han Solo viajan a Kashyyyk, el planeta natal de Chewie, para celebrar el Life Day (una especie de navidad wookie). Pero Darth Vader, convertido en una especie de Scrooge intergaláctico, ha decidido capturarlos. El especial continuaba con números musicales, largos diálogos en lenguaje wookie, así como un segmento de animación. Oscuro especial para televisión basado en el universo Star Wars. Contó con los mismos actores de las películas, si bien George Lucas reniega de él y, tras su primera y única emisión en 1978, censuró su repetición para siempre.
Self
At the height of his KOJAK TV series fame, Telly Savalas starred in this variety special that was sponsored by Kraft Foods and shown without commercial interruption. Barbara Eden, Cloris Leachman, Diahann Carroll and others appear and join in the singing and dancing and mugging.
Betty May
Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to help and refuse to cooperate with the police.
Claudine Price
Claudine es una madre soltera en la ciudad de Nueva York que sufre un viaje agotador a los suburbios donde trabaja como empleada doméstica para familias ricas. En una comunidad blanca cuidadosamente cuidada, conoce a Roop, un recolector de basura carismático pero irresponsable. El romance se produce rápidamente, pero Claudine duda de que su relación sea buena para sus seis hijos, y Rupert, a pesar de su buena naturaleza, es reacia a asumir la paternidad.
Self (archive footage)
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
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A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
Having established himself as a household name after his previous A Man and His Music specials, Frank Sinatra made a bold statement in 1968 by starring in an NBC television special celebrating black music and its cultural impact in the midst of the Civil Rights struggle. Featuring special guests Diahann Carroll and The 5th Dimension.
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Un criminal de color recluta a varios especialistas para llevar a la práctica un golpe planeado hace tiempo: hacerse con el botín conseguido con la venta de todas las entradas de fútbol del Coliseum de Los Ángeles. El problema comienza con la repartición del botín.
Vivian Thurlow
Terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Georgia, al igual que otros estados del Sur, empieza a recuperarse. El dueño de Riverside, una moderna compañía dedicada a la agricultura y a las conservas, ha comprado toda una región, excepto dos pequeños ranchos: el de Rad McDowell y el de Reeve Scott. Quienes sí están dispuestos a vender sus fincas, colindantes con las de Rad y Reeve, son Julie Ann y Henry Warren. Pero la compañía les impone una condición: deben convencer a los rancheros reacios a vender. Cuando Henry ve que sus gestiones fracasan, recurrirá a todo tipo de intrigas para presionar a Rad y a Reeve.
Connie Lampson
Narra las desventuras románticas de dos norteamericanos que son músicos de jazz y tocan en un club nocturno de París. Ram va a la estación de San Lázaro a esperar al gran trompetista Wild Man Mooer. Allí conoce a dos turistas, Connie y Lillian, y las invita a ir al club donde toca. Por su parte, Wild Man le ha prometido que hará llegar su partitura a un importante empresario.
Nightclub Singer
Una madura parisina, unida sentimentalmente a un hombre de su edad y muy aficionado a las jovencitas, inesperadamente se enamora de un joven a quien le dobla la edad.
Clara
En 1912, en un pueblo de pescadores de Carolina del Sur, Bess (Dorothy Dandridge), una mujer con mala reputación, trata de librarse de Crown, su amante (Brock Peters). La única persona dispuesta a pasar por alto su pasado es Porgy (Sidney Poitier), un tullido. Pero su relación se ve amenazada por la desaprobación de la gente y por el retorno de Crown. Basada en la ópera homónima del compositor George Gershwin, cuyo libreto es obra de Ira Gershwin y DuBose Heyward. (FILMAFFINITY)
Myrt
Carmen Jones, una mujer acostumbrada a manejar a los hombres a su antojo, asedia a Joe, un joven soldado que piensa contraer matrimonio con Cindy Lou y al que no consigue atrapar. Aprovechando una pelea de Carmen con una compañera de trabajo, el sargento Brown, al que Joe no le es simpático, ordena al soldado que la escolte hasta la prisión, al tiempo que hace creer a su novia que Joe se ha prestado voluntario a esa misión.
Self
Archival music performances and contemporary interviews cover some of the history of Motown Records and Productions.
