Wendell Pierce

Superman, a cub reporter in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

In Becoming Frederick Douglass, acclaimed director Stanley Nelson and co-director Nicole London bring to life the story of an American icon. Using Douglass's own powerful, profound speeches and writing, the story retraces his journey from a man born and raised in slavery to one of the most prominent elder statesmen and inspiring voices for freedom in American history. With additional context and insight provided by historians, scholars and Douglass's descendants, the filmmakers recount the brutality and trauma of his childhood while illuminating his strength of character, defiance against the bonds of slavery and the influences that guided his lifelong quest for freedom. The most celebrated Black man of his era, Douglass's legacy and achievements continue to resonate today. His life and work still inspires activists, educators and citizens in the fight for freedom, equality and a more just American society.

Follows Chris Daniels, a man who receives a call that his daughter has been kidnapped. The kidnappers demand that he completes a series of different missions to get her back, including one crucial direction to not hang up the phone.

In the play, Calvin Jones (Pierce), a hip, coolly intellectual African American college professor moves his 82-year-old ailing but doggedly independent father, Donald Jones (Charlie Robinson), from Greenwald, Mississippi, into his Harlem penthouse. The play begins with an argument over what to eat for breakfast, then turns into a generational clash over race, opportunity and a decision that Calvin made years ago. Donald’s grumpiness is peppered with disturbing outbursts, revealing bits of his past, informed by growing up Black and poor in the South.

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, archival footage, and animation.

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.

Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.

Giant swamp rats have invaded coastal Louisiana, and defiant people on the edge of the world are defending their communities, culture, and livelihoods from the onslaught of this curious and unexpected invasive species. (IMDb)

In 1920, a young African-American woman sets off to Africa to find a tree that promises eternal life.

頼りにならない夫を抱え、仕事と子どもの世話に追われ疲労困憊のエイミー。母親業の大変さについにブチ切れ、自分同様うんざり気味な母親2人と羽目を外すが…。

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.

2010年に発生したメキシコ湾原油流出事故を解決すべく奔走する政治家のコリン・プライスは、同時に次の選挙に向けて活動していた。ところがセックススキャンダルによりキャリアも妻も失い、元市長の父親の力も及ばず追い詰められる。それでも再起を懸けてもがくコリンを、さらなる陰謀が待ち受けていた。

情報セキュリティ会社に勤めるサイモンは、妻ロビンとともに新しい街に引っ越してきた。仕事は順調で、ふたりは豪華な自宅を購入し、順風満帆の人生に思えた。 そんなある日、学生時代の同級生ゴードン・モズリーに出会う。そして後日、ゴードンから引越祝いとして豪華なワインが届けられた。ロビンはワインの返礼として、彼を自宅の夕食に招いた。食事の間、ゴードンはまるで親友だったかのように語り、実は高校時代彼とはあまり親しくなかったサイモンは不快感をおぼえる。ロビンには、彼は見かけよりいい人には違いないと思えた。 後日、二人が仕事仲間のパーティーから帰ると、ゴードンから「ギフト」として、庭の池に鯉が泳いでいた。また、サイモンの留守中にロビンに家に入れてもらいテレビの設定を手伝うなどしていた事で、サイモンは不快感を友人たちに語り始める。

Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring some of the greatest musicians of all time, she never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But for a Black woman in the early 1900s, life as a star did not come easy.

1965年3月7日、マーティン・ルーサー・キング・Jr.の呼び掛けにより集まった、黒人の有権者登録妨害に抗議するおよそ600名がアラバマ州セルマを出発。だが、デモ行進がいくらも進まないうちに、白人知事は警官隊を動員して彼らを暴力で制圧する。その映像が「血の日曜日」としてアメリカ中に流れたことにより抗議デモはさらに激しさを増し、やがて世界を動かすことになる。＜アメリカ公民権運動が盛り上がりを見せる中、アラバマ州セルマで起きた血の日曜日事件を題材に描く感動作。ノーベル平和賞を受賞したマーティン・ルーサー・キング・Jr.のリーダーシップでデモに集まった人々が警官の投入によって鎮圧されたのをきっかけに、世論が大きく動いていくさまを描く。俳優のブラッド・ピットや人気トーク番組で有名なオプラ・ウィンフリーらが製作を担当。史実を基に描かれる、激動の近代史に心動かされる。＞

After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.

The story of a broken family striving to stay together while a curse and the ghosts of a haunted house try to tear them apart.

Two kids on the run from a scary life come across two adults running away from their past.

Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn, the debut feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July evening.

アメリカ人の女性ディーラー、アリスはリーマンショックが原因で左遷され、現在はモナコの証券会社で働いていた。そんな彼女に目を付けたロシア連邦保安庁は、ロシア人ビジネスマン、イワン・ロストフスキーの資金洗浄を調べるため、アリスをスパイに仕立てようと考え、エージェントを接触させる。仕事を引き受けたアリスは疑い深いイワンのボディーガードをかわし、なんとかイワン本人に取り入ろうとする。そんな最中に、知り合ったモイズという男と恋に落ちるのだが彼こそ彼女をスパイに仕立てたロシアの黒幕だった。

一匹おおかみで名うての強盗パーカーは、仕事でメランダー率いる犯罪グループと手を組む。彼らはオハイオ・ステートフェアの売り上げ金150万ドルの強奪に成功するが、次の仕事を断ったパーカーはメランダー一味に殺されそうになる。瀕死の状態だったが運良く命だけは助かった彼は復讐を胸に誓う。

最愛の人エドワードと結婚したベラ。その後ベラはレネズミを出産するが、彼女の幼なじみジェイコブは、二人の娘こそがオオカミ族に伝わる運命の相手だと知る。一方、ヴァンパイアの王族ヴォルトゥーリ族は、レネズミが不滅の子というヴァンパイア族を滅亡させてしまう存在だと考えていた。

A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.

毎日のようにウンザリする仕事をしているニック、カート、デイルの3人は、それぞれのどうにも耐えられない上司を葬り去れば、少しはマシになると考えるようになる。彼らは怪しい雰囲気の酒好きな元詐欺師のアドバイスを受け、絶対に成功する“上司排除計画”を遂行するが、最高の計画だったはずなのに穴だらけで……。

Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as part of his parole.Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), and his crew to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood. Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. They become reluctant allies, struggling for redemption as they run. Through his awkward heroism, the Mortician reconnects with his long forgotten past, and finds the answers he's been searching for. He find redemption and peace.

After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with Marcus's good intentions are the neighborhood's continuing racial and social conflicts, as well as old enemies and friends -- both with scores to settle.

Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.

an intimate look at the traditions associated with New Orleans’ music and the preservation of those traditions through the work of local musicians and educators who mentor young talent; museum curators who care for musical treasures; historians and archivists who research and document the stories; activists working to protect, heal and inspire the many musicians whose livelihoods were taken away by Katrina. All are committed to the preservation of the rich musical heritage of New Orleans, as well as the future of New Orleans music. “The living museum is a manifestation of participation,” proclaims Ellis Marsalis—revered jazz pianist, music educator, and patriarch of the Marsalis family jazz dynasty/

A visual, 4-D experience of the battles of World War II featuring stories, archival footage and advanced special effects.

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.

The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.

Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling random women on the street to the point that he takes lunch late to look at them. When old crush Nikki Tru visits his office to get a reference letter, she becomes obsessed with Cooper and they begin a complicated relationship.

After the mysterious, brutal death of an old friend, a group of teenagers find themselves in possession of "Stay Alive," an ultra-realistic 3-D videogame based on the spine-chilling true story of a 17th century noblewoman, known as "The Blood Countess." The gamers don't know anything about the game other than they're not supposed to have it... and they're dying to play it. Not able to resist temptation, the kids begin to play the grisly game but soon make a chilling connection -- they are each being murdered one-by-one in the same way as the characters they played in the game. As the line between the game world and the real world disappears, the teens must find a way to defeat the vicious and merciless Blood Countess, all the while trying to... stay alive.

17歳のレイ・チャールズ・ロビンソン（ジェイミー・フォックス）は、バスでシアトルに向かおうとしていた。黒人はバスの席が隔離されていた時代に、目の見えないレイはバスの運転手にバカにされ、暴言を吐かれる。

After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.

A gangster makes an employee pose as a doctor to prevent his troubled girlfriend from getting a lobotomy.

キューバ・グッディングJr.とビヨンセ・ノウルズの共演による音楽ドラマ。詐欺まがいの人生を送る男・ダリンが、亡き母親の遺言を叶えるため、聖歌隊を率いてゴスペル大会に出場する。

Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory.

The streets of Baltimore as a microcosm of the US's war on drugs, and of US urban decay in general. Seen not only through the eyes of a few policemen and drug gang members but also the people who influence and inhabit their world - politicians, the media, drug addicts and everyday citizens.

The lives of a loving husband and wife collide with that of a wealthy hustler.

When he finds out that his estranged brother is dying, a proud but stubborn old man decides to drive in his lawnmower all the way to the far away hospital. Local sheriff keeps helping him along the way and they start to form a bond.

Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.

腐敗しきった政治の世界に嫌気がさして、自らの暗殺計画を企てるベテラン議員が主人公のブラック・コメディ。怖いものがなくなった彼は過激な発言を連発。それが逆に彼の支持を広げることに……。

A charismatic basketball star (Holt McCallany) is accused of rape. A lawyer (Ken Olin) in need of a big win is brought in to get the star off. The lawyer wins the case, but along the way he discovers that the player may not be as innocent as he leads on to the public. Then things get worse when he discovers the player has led his teen-age daughter to a hotel room for a "special" birthday party for her.

1967年、マンハッタン。仲良しだった四人組は、いたずらをきっかけに少年院に送られてしまった。そこで看守から受ける、想像を越えた虐待の数々。そして、出所してから十年後。四人のうちのジョンとトミーは、偶然出会った看守のノークスを銃殺した......。

Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the march, including manhood, religion, politics, and race.

The biography of Jimmy Valvano, American sports reporter and basketball coach, who died of cancer in 1993.

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.

With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has a shaky bond with his teen daughter, Emma. Dave, meanwhile, has an enviable problem -- he has more dates than he can handle. As they confront their post-marital challenges, the men take solace in one another's plights.

ニューヨーク、クイーンズ区のパトロール警官、チャーリ ー・ラングは、下町の人気者である。仕事熱心で気の優しい彼は、住民たちに親しまれている平凡な生活に満足していた。イヴォンヌ・ビアジは下町のコーヒーショップで働く、心根のいいウエイトレス。だが、別居中の夫エディの不始末を被って破産宣告を受けている身であった。 ある日、イヴォンヌの店に立ち寄ったチャーリーは、チップの持ち合わせがなく、「持っていた宝くじが当たったら、賞金の半分を君にあげる」と約束する。なんと、そのくじが400万ドルという大金に当たった。200万ドルの贈り物に、ことのほか喜ぶイヴォンヌ。おとぎ話のような逸話に、マスコミがさっそく飛びついたのだった…。

Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop to turn in local gun dealers. How ever, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing.

A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.

才人スパイク・リー監督が、自身も尊敬する、近代アメリカきっての偉大な思想家であり、キング牧師と並ぶ黒人解放運動のリーダー、マルコムＸの生涯を描いた伝記的作品。物語は、マルコムがチンピラだった頃から始まる。若くして窃盗罪で服役し、刑務所の中でイスラム教に改宗、出所ののち彼は、イライジャ・ムハマットの下でブラック・モスレムきっての白人を敵対視する煽動家となる。やがて組織に疑問を感じ、多人種共存の道を探ってメッカを巡礼、そしてあらゆる人種の真の友愛を悟って帰国。そしてアメリカ黒人の解放運動を今までになかった新しい理念によって大きく展開しようとした矢先の１９６５年２月２１日、ハーレムのオーデュボン・ボールルームでの講演中に１３発の銃弾を浴びて射殺されるまでの、壮絶な軌跡を克明に追う。原作は、マルコムＸが著わし「ＲＯＯＴＳ／ルーツ」のアレックス・ヘイリーがまとめた『マルコムＸ自伝』。Ｄ・ワシントンのパワフルな芝居とテンポの良い演出が、この長尺を一気に見せる。

An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway.

Max can't face his yuppie future. Graduation's only weeks away and he's having second thoughts. Inspired by the campus radio station, he decides to get a little crazy.

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.

Jimmy Burke and his friends steal 10 million from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has no idea who the thieves are until Burke girlfriend gives them a hint. When word leaks out a Mafia boss puts a killer on the gang's trail.

老いてなお犯罪に手を染めることにスリルを感じる祖父。それに反発する息子。だがそのまた息子はおじいちゃんの仕事に興味シンシン。ショーン・コネリー、ダスティン・ホフマン、マシュー・ブロデリックという3世代の名優が共演して話題を集めた。

1966年、ベトナム。アメリカ兵エリクソンの所属する小隊は敵地の偵察任務に就く。そんな中、上官のミザーブ軍曹を筆頭とする4人の兵士が現地の娘を誘拐し、レイプしたあげく射殺するという暴挙に走る。彼女を救うことができなかったエリクソンはその件を軍上層部に報告するが、それが原因でミザーブらから命を狙われることになる。

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.

A drama centered on the friendship between B.B King and young musician Michael Zanetis.

Upcoming biopic of Master P, the hip-hop mogul, CEO, and founder of No Limit Records.