Glynn Turman

Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.

Um quarteto de melhores amigas idosas decide viver a vida ao máximo fazendo uma viagem louca ao Super Bowl 51 para ver seu herói Tom Brady jogar.

A small-town sheriff investigates a gruesome string of missing persons cases with the help of his medical examiner friend.

O historiador e crítico cultural Elvis Mitchell traça a evolução e a revolução do cinema negro, de suas origens ao impacto dos filmes da década de 70.

A documentary film about the life, times and experiences of eight theatre artists and a theatre critic in the theatre of New York City.

Marcus Cowans, uma vez encarcerado, está tentando virar a página com o apoio de sua família amorosa. Ao descobrir que um de seus irmãos pode estar envolvido em um crime horrível, Marcus lida com os limites da fraternidade e lealdade. Ele e sua família, cada vez mais cansados ​​das falhas do sistema de justiça, acabam na mira de um detetive experiente, mas cansado.

Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Phylicia Rashad e outros nos convidam para uma conversa para explorar o compromisso extraordinário de Chadwick Boseman com sua arte em um olhar íntimo sobre a arte do ator indicado ao Oscar® e o processo de atuação que informou suas performances transformadoras.

Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless play to the screen.

Na Chicago de 1927, o clima fica tenso quando a pioneira Mãe do Blues se reúne com a banda em um estúdio de gravação. Adaptação da peça de August Wilson.

História sobre o técnico de um time basquete de um colégio de ensino médio que anteriormente foi atleta do mesmo esporte. Por conta de vícios, sua carreira promissora como jogador foi tragicamente ao fim, assim como seu relacionamento com sua esposa e a fundação de sua família. Ao tornar-se treinador do time de escola, o ex-atleta tenta encontrar estímulos para seguir em frente e refazer sua vida.

Perto de ter seu primeiro filho, um homem decide procurar sua mãe biológica na intenção de encontrar respostas sobre si mesmo. Porém, essa jornada o mostra muito mais surpresas do que esperava, como a existência de seus mais cinco irmãos gêmeos.

A woman dealing with the loss of her husband, the struggle of parenthood and finding work in a new state finds solace in her relationship with an 8 year old physically disabled girl named Justine who she takes care of.

A woman dealing with the loss of her husband, the struggle of parenthood and finding work in a new state finds solace in her relationship with an 8 year old physically disabled girl named Justine who she takes care of.

After watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City to find his father, an undocumented worker at the World Trade Center's famous Windows on the World restaurant.

Cybertron foi derrotado. Quando Optimus Prime envia Bumblebee para defender a Terra, tem início sua jornada até se tornar um herói. Charlie Watson, uma adolescente que procura seu espaço no mundo, descobre e repara o robô, cheio de danos e disfarçado de Fusca. Enquanto os Decepticons caçam os Autobots sobreviventes, com a ajuda de uma agência secreta liderada pelo Agente Burns, Bumblebee e Charlie se unem para proteger o mundo.

Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family and finds comfort in a questionable friendship with a self-destructive neighbor, leading both on a startling path to self discovery.

A documentary on making the movie JD'S REVENGE.

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.

Documentário sobre eventos ocorridos em 28 de agosto na história afro-americana, exibido no Museu de História Afro-Americana Smithsonian.

Kelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask for. However, Kelly has struggled to find time for love in her busy schedule, so when her younger sister Susan gets engaged to a seemingly perfect man and organizes an extravagant engagement party, Kelly panics.

Nas ruas, uma nova droga, apelidada Molho de Soja, deixa seus usuários em um suposto estado permanente de alucinação, mas na verdade abre as portas da percepção, revelando uma realidade que não pode ser vista normalmente.

A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his life. Motivated by a misguided obsession with getting Barack Obama elected, John takes an overwhelming involvement in the Presidential campaign. While John becomes obsessed with the ideal of change that Obama represents for Americans, he has in turn neglected to create positive change in his own life, particularly with regard to his health and familial relationships. John hides his health problems from his strong, yet supportive wife, Molly, creating a strain on their marriage. John seeks the support of a Republican relative, MLK, who initially starkly resists supporting a Democratic candidate. John's son, Kalil, rebels against his father's avid support of Obama by supporting the Republican candidate as well. John neglects to support his daughter, Tamika, at a crucial moment in her life...

After paying his debt to society, a convicted man is redeemed, called by God to become the pastor of a disgraced church and lead it back to glory. But his past catches up with him and stirs up resentment from his enemies, who launch an assault on his career & his life, getting him put on trial and thrown in jail. Will he resort to his old criminal ways, or stand with God and fight for righteousness?

No verão de 1979, um grupo de seis garotos em uma cidade industrial de Ohio testemunha uma catastrófica colisão noturna de uma caminhonete com um trem de carga. Eles registram tudo com a câmera Super-8 com a qual estavam tentando fazer um filme. Não tarda para que eles comecem a desconfiar que aquilo não foi um acidente, quando misteriosos desaparecimentos começam a acontecer e o exército tenta encobrir a verdade (algo muito mais terrível do que eles poderiam imaginar).

Ali é uma rapariga de uma cidade pequena com uma voz magnífica, que escapa às dificuldades e a um futuro incerto para seguir os seus sonhos até Los Angeles. Após ter descoberto o "The Burlesque Lounge", um teatro majestoso mas em decadência, onde se representa uma revista musical inspirada, Ali arranja um emprego a servir cocktails, que lhe é concedido por Tess, a proprietária do clube e estrela principal. O chocante guarda-roupa do Burlesco e a coreografia arrojada arrebatam a jovem ingénua, que sonha representar nesse teatro um dia. Ali não tarda a fazer amizade com uma dançarina famosa, arranja uma inimiga numa artista ciumenta e problemática e conquista o afecto de Jack, um bartender e colega músico. Com a ajuda de um inteligente director de cena e um apresentador de números transsexuais, Ali passa do bar para o palco.

Um grupo de bandidos acostumados a executar assaltos sem deixar vestígios resolve se aposentar, mas para isso precisam executar um último "serviço" que irá render a bolada de US$ 20 milhões. O único problema é que agora o detetive Jack Welles está disposto a atrapalhar a carreira deles e não vai medir esforços para colocá-los atrás das grades.

Preaching To The Pastor is a musical comedy about the controversy going on at High And Mighty Missionary Baptist Church. The Pastor has a dark secret that may cost him his title and his ministry. In the end, everyone needs to be preached to, including the Pastor.

Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the leader is killed in a locked room surrounded by people in a deep trance.

Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang...

Após encontrar uma moeda mitólógica, o explorador Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) parte em uma caça ao tesouro em uma das regiões mais perigosas do oeste africano. Dirk está em busca do que os nativos chamam de "navio da morte", um navio de batalha da época da Guerra Civil que está perdido há séculos e que pode ter carregado consigo uma carga secreta. Dirk recebe a ajuda de Al Giordino (Steve Zahn), seu parceiro de expedições. A dupla conhece a bela Dra. Eva Rojas (Penélope Cruz), uma pesquisadora que acredita que o navio possa estar ligado a um problema bem maior. Juntos eles tentam desvendar o mistério e encontrar o navio perdido.

Derrick is a struggling law student who takes a job as an awards show seat filler to make ends meet. One day, he is seated next to the beautiful pop superstar Jhnelle, who mistakes him for a well-known industry executive. With an instant chemistry, the unlikely pair begin to date.

When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea agreement wherein all the blame is on him and his men would be discharged and receive any benefits they're entitled. But the General presiding over his trial chooses not to agree to the agreement and throws the book at the Colonel and has his men dishonorably discharged thus eliminating all their benefits.

A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.

While many celebrities believe their fame gives them good luck with the opposite gender, one man with a successful television career discovers fame is spoiling his chances with the woman he loves in the made-for-TV romantic drama. Holly Aimes (Lark Voorhies) is the daughter of a prominent politician (Glynn Turman), and recently broke off her engagement with a well-known actor. Holly has spent most of her life in the spotlight, and wants nothing more than to be left alone without the glare of public scrutiny. When Holly meets talk show host Michael Williams (Kadeem Hardison), he's soon convinced that she's the woman with whom he wants to share his life, but can he convince her of his sincerity so she will brave another high-profile romance? Based on the popular romance novel by Carla Fredd, Fire and Ice also features Tempestt Bledsoe and Freda Payne. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Carl Brashear, um jovem negro, entra para a Marinha americana nos 50, época em que o racismo prevalecia no país. O jovem enfrenta o preconceito de seus colegas brancos e de seu instrutor, mas sua coragem e determinação conquistam o respeito de todos.

Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out.[1] As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.

Depois que uma briga nos corredores da escola fere acidentalmente um policial de segurança, adolescentes frustrados se rebelam e fazem o policial de refém, enquanto mantêm suas exigências por melhores condições de estudo, apesar de uma ameaçadora resposta da polícia.

Stella é uma mulher bem-sucedida que construiu uma carreira sólida, além de ser uma mãe zelosa. Porém, aos 40 anos, ela ainda não teve sorte no amor. Sua vida começa a mudar quando sua melhor amiga a convence a passar férias na Jamaica.

No difícil e selvagem período da colonização norte-americana, um regimento da Cavalaria cai na cilada armada por duas facções de terríveis guerreiros indígenas. Aprisionados e humilhados, os soldados terão que mostrar toda a sua bravura, coragem e determinação, se quiserem sair vivos desta emboscada. Mais que os próprios índios, eles terão que vencer também o preconceito, já que o líder da tropa, Sargento Washington,é um ex-escravo negro. Baseado num episódio histórico e real, o filme foi produzido e estrelado por Danny Glover.

Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his computer-hacker younger brother, Slade travels to a resort on the Russian-Turkish border to begin his quest. To his surprise and dismay, he's now joined by another secret agent, a beautiful but highly-skilled woman named Alex. As they begin diving in search of the downed jetliner, Slade and Alex begin to suspect they're being manipulated by higher-ups who may not be committed to American interests.

Ten years after the birth of her son, Corey Maddox discovers an awful truth: Her son was switched at birth.

Adolescente entediado vai para a praia passar o verão com a família. O que imaginava ser uma chatice se transforma em suas melhores férias ao encontrar no local uma garota linda e sedutora.

O policial negro Russell Stevens solicita um esquadrão especial antidrogas que tem como alvo o maior chefe da entrega de cocaína a Los Angeles: o sobrinho do ministro das Relações Exteriores da Colômbia. Russell sobe do fundo, até chegar ao chefe. O primeiro passo é fazer com que o advogado e passatempo David Jason confie nele.

A 12-year-old genius, poor Max is a washout socially. To impress his girlfriend, he sells the design of his latest invention-a jumping bike-to a major toy company.

No aeroporto, jovem troca, acidentalmente, sua mala pela de um traficante, contendo milhões de dólares em drogas. A polícia e o criminoso perseguem o rapaz, que encontra em uma atriz a única aliada para provar sua inocência.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation owners fled, and the 10,000 blacks who lived there, almost all of whom were slaves, were freed in the first test of President Abraham Lincoln's dream of emancipation. Charlotte Forten, a 21-year-old educated black woman, helped the freed slaves to begin to build a new society. That experience forms the plot of this drama, based on Charlotte Forten's journals, which was telecast on "American Playhouse."

A man (Shatner) going through a mid-life crisis, starts patronizing prostitutes. Eventually, he meets a very expensive one (Shepherd) and he thinks he has it all. That is until her pimp starts hounding him.

O jovem Billy ganhou um novo bichinho de estimação e com ele três conselhos que nunca... nunca poderia esquecer. 1) não deixe que ele se molhe 2) mantenha-o afastado da luz forte 3) não importa o quanto ele chore, o quanto ele suplique, nunca lhe dê comida após a meia-noite. Prepare-se para muita confusão pois alguma coisa vai dar muito errado.

Jonathan Chase is a British college professor at New York University who has the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal he wants. He decides to use his power to assist the New York Police Department in solving unusual crimes, and in this series pilot, he teams up with cute cop Brooke and war buddy Ty to stop some terrorists from stealing a supply of toxic gas.

An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and kills his girlfriend.

The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him to confess to stealing secret documents while stationed in Orleans, France, in 1961, led Congress to award him $625,000 in damages nearly 20 years later.

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.

A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.

A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.

Uma semana na vida de Abel Rosenberg, acrobata de circo americano desempregado que vive em Berlim após a derrota da Alemanha na Primeira Guerra Mundial. Ingmar Bergman analisa a gênese do nazismo: a decadência econômica e a consequente degradação social são os ingredientes básicos do desespero, matéria-prima com a qual líderes carismáticos moldam o ódio racial.

Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.

A television drama directed by Maya Angelou. In 1975, the accomplished writer became the first African American woman to join the Directors Guild of America in the director’s category. Produced by trailblazing TV executive Barbara Schultz, Visions often focused on complex themes including social justice, feminism, race and sexuality. Executive Producer: Barbara Schultz. Director: Maya Angelou. Writer: Alexis DeVeaux. With: Gloria Jones Schultz, Glynn Turman, Ebony Wright.

Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who got him killed.

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.

In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.

In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of his partner.

Russell B. Parker, a former vaudeville hoofer, is a man of big dreams but small ambitions. He hardly works at all in fact, often spending the time incessantly playing checkers with his friend, William Jenkins. Parker lives with Theopolis and Bobby, his two unemployed sons, and Adele, his hard-working daughter. The ghost of his dead wife, a woman who drove herself into an early grave working to support the family, nags at his conscience.

A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.

A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.

In Sweden, young US soldier, Willy, goes a.w.o.l and teams up with other deserters in Stockholm. There, he meets leftist radical beauty, Inga, who tries to seduce him into joining her extremist group's cause.

Black girl from rich family loves white boy from poor family.

Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his parents (Carl Betz and Vera Miles) balk, he talks them into joining him in traveling the country and educating themselves about the state of things. They, along with Grandma (Ruth McDevitt) trick out an old Greyhound bus and hit the road. The picaresque plotline brings the family into contact with a variety of colorful characters. The producers of In Search of America never declared outright that the made-for-TV film was intended as a series pilot, but it ends on an ambiguous note with plenty of loose plot ends. In Search of America was first telecast March 23, 1971.

A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro-dam in Nazi Germany. Their failure would delay the Allies' advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war. These African-Americans have little military training, but Captain Beau Carter has no choice. He leads the rag-tag and they turn out to be heroic.

Gay, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who organized the 1963 March on Washington.