Self / Anna Huxtable (archive footage)
A retrospective of the phenomenally popular 1984-1992 situation comedy, "The Cosby Show," complete with memorable clips, bloopers and comments from series stars, producers and Bill Cosby himself.
Esther
O povo se lembra de Jack Sommersby. Eles o conheceram como um homem rude e amargurado. Mas quando Jack voltou para casa após a Guerra Civil, ele se transformara num gentil, cuidadoso e habilidoso ser humano. Teria a guerra o transformado tanto assim... ou esse homem que se chama Jack Sommersby é um impostor? Richard Gere e Jodie Foster, duas vezes vencedora do Oscar, formam o par perfeito numa atuação brilhante nesta história de paixão e mistério. Eles interpretam Jack e Laurel Sommersby, cujo amor cresce na mesma proporção que as suspeitas sobre Jack. Se ele não é o mesmo homem com que se casou, Laurel sabe que este é o homem que sempre sonhou. Mas o definitivo teste sobre seu amor e verdadeira identidade de Jack ainda os aguarda. Jack deve enfrentar um julgamento por sua vida e apenas uma coisa é certa: você vai se lembrar de Sommersby.
Idella
Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It won two Tony Awards and was also nominated for Best Musical.
This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie. The production won a CableACE Award.
Fanny Johnson
A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.
Mrs. Brooks
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.
Mrs. McKay
Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.
Birdie
Na cidade de Carmel, o popular radialista David passa uma noite com uma estranha que conhece num bar, Evelyn. A mulher, no entanto, é uma fã obcecada e passa a atormentar sua vida e a de todos que o cercam.
Minnie
Junie Moon is in the hospital after her face has been disfigured by her deranged boyfriend. There she meets two other patients — Arthur, an epileptic, and Warren, who is gay and uses a wheelchair. The unlikely trio of outcasts decides to move in together and manages to enjoy a series of adventures as they endure various forms of prejudice and struggle with their own issues.
Rose Landis
A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
In pursuance of a lucrative government contract, a private company hires its first Black female employee to comply with government regulations concerning equal economic opportunity.
In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on protecting and clearing the names of their sons, several mothers bonded together to make their story known. This work emerges as a powerful close up of police brutality, and of power dynamics of 1960's Harlem.