Narrator
Narrated by Debbie Allen, the film bridges inspiring stories of individuals who have found purpose in their lives with the insights of leading scientists whose work affirms that living with purpose improves health and longevity.
Creative Director
A cantora e compositora apresenta um repertório de seus sucessos natalinos, incluindo o eterno favorito das paradas "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
Choreographer
Esta história de amor proibido e drama familiar revela 40 anos de segredos e mentiras ao som do legítimo blues do sul dos EUA.
Self
Relembrando como atrizes negras, um grupo historicamente negligenciado e subvalorizado em Hollywood, começaram a ascender aos mais altos escalões do entretenimento e da cultura americana nos últimos anos. Este especial examina como elas se tornaram poderosas, e os momentos e papéis icônicos que abriram caminho para o que são hoje.
Betty Samson
Anna Campbell, now 65, sparked controversy when she bared it all on stage years ago. When a theatre festival asks to re-stage the work with a younger actress in her role, dramatic and comic fireworks ensue.
Herself
O documentário retrata a dançarina e coreógrafa Debbie Allen e os alunos de sua academia durante a preparação para o espetáculo O Quebra-Nozes de Chocolate.
Executive Producer
Às vésperas do Natal, uma mulher insensível chega à cidade para vender as terras do pai. Será que a música, a magia e as lembranças podem fazê-la mudar de ideia?
Choreographer
Às vésperas do Natal, uma mulher insensível chega à cidade para vender as terras do pai. Será que a música, a magia e as lembranças podem fazê-la mudar de ideia?
Director
Às vésperas do Natal, uma mulher insensível chega à cidade para vender as terras do pai. Será que a música, a magia e as lembranças podem fazê-la mudar de ideia?
Self
Follow the fascinating evolution of jazz dance from its origins in Africa, through to its modern-day interpretations which reveal the political and social influences affecting the dance form today.
Executive Producer
Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, often estranged younger brother, tap dance legend Gregory Hines.
Herself
Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, often estranged younger brother, tap dance legend Gregory Hines.
Self
O documentário aborda a história cultural da forma de dança conhecida nos EUA como "tap".
Self
A documentary with stars from the original cast.
Ms. Angela Simms
Uma versão atualizada do musical de 1980, que se centrava nos alunos da Academia de Artes Performáticas de Nova York.
Ms. Jackson
Um entregador descuidado faz a entrega de um pacote de droga pura em um endereço errado. Dois amigos abrem a caixa e acreditam ter tirado a sorte grande. Imediatamente eles vendem a droga para um primo traficante, tentando lucrar um bom dinheiro. Esse é ponto de partida para uma ação desenfreada, uma verdadeira corrida contra o tempo quando vários personagens, entre eles o entregador, os receptores e os traficantes, cada um com objetivos diferentes, saem em uma busca alucinante atrás do tal pacote.
American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses
In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage mother overcomes all odds - sexual abuse, poverty and illiteracy - by relying on her spectacular singing voice. She ultimately gains national prominence as the winner of a hit talent show. Fantasia Barrino plays herself in this modern true Cinderella story. Also starring Loretta Devine, Kadeem Hardison and Viola Davis.
Director
In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage mother overcomes all odds - sexual abuse, poverty and illiteracy - by relying on her spectacular singing voice. She ultimately gains national prominence as the winner of a hit talent show. Fantasia Barrino plays herself in this modern true Cinderella story. Also starring Loretta Devine, Kadeem Hardison and Viola Davis.
Anita (segment "West Side Story")
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great musical performances from the archives of the Tony Award® broadcasts. Legendary stars from legendary shows strut their stuff in 23 performances that have become part of Broadway history.
Herself
Um documentário fictício sobre a ascenção e queda de um stripper que acaba se tornando super-astro dos filmes de ação. Após um período de decadência, Sledge decide retornar aos seus dias de glória. Sátira à carreira - e ao trabalho - de atores como Van Damme, Steven Seagal e Dolph Lundgren, entre outros.
Herself (uncredited)
Cartoon Network holds an awards show awarding cartoon excellence.
Self
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.
Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man) and Debbie Allen (Fame) in the period drama Soldier of Change, which resurrects the turmoil and confusion of the late sixties. Travel back in time to visit a young man, Randy (Freeman) who finds himself immersed in the impassioned civil rights cause in the States, and struggles valiantly to adjust to the changing social fabric around him. But this is only the first of two worlds that Randy encounters. When he is drafted and shipped off to Asia - and the nightmare that called itself Vietnam - this inexperienced soldier must fight for his life and his convictions as he attempts to survive amid the turmoil of a war whose real nature is alien even to the country fighting it.
Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.
Quilly McGrath
The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943. The sisters quarrel amiably, but they share a wounded history that becomes revealed as the tale unfolds. An earnest but unworldly young man named Husband travels up from the South to board with the sisters while he searches for his beloved Lou Bessie, who left their small town a few years back to find a new life. Husband would like to bring Lou Bessie back home, but she's enamored with the excitement of the city, and her plans are more complicated. In time, Elizabeth and Husband begin a courtship that may or may not overcome their considerable age difference, while Quilly reacts disapprovingly.
Director
The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943. The sisters quarrel amiably, but they share a wounded history that becomes revealed as the tale unfolds. An earnest but unworldly young man named Husband travels up from the South to board with the sisters while he searches for his beloved Lou Bessie, who left their small town a few years back to find a new life. Husband would like to bring Lou Bessie back home, but she's enamored with the excitement of the city, and her plans are more complicated. In time, Elizabeth and Husband begin a courtship that may or may not overcome their considerable age difference, while Quilly reacts disapprovingly.
Debbie Allen
A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.
Herself
From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into the iconic life and legacy of Josephine Baker, narrated by Arsenio Hall, including rare archive footage, and interviews with Debbie Allen, Lynn Whitfield (who portrayed Baker in The Josephine Baker Story), and two of Baker’s sons.
Deloris Jordan
Michael Jordan: An American Hero is an American television film that aired on April 18, 1999 on Fox. It stars Michael Jace as Michael Jordan.
Director
The Butterfly World Tour is the third concert tour by Mariah Carey, visited Asia, Australia and the United States. The four dates at Japan's largest stadium, Tokyo Dome, sold out in under one hour, breaking the previous record she held at the stadium.
Producer
Costa de Cuba, 1839. Dezenas de escravos negros se libertam das correntes e assumem o comando do navio negreiro La Amistad. Eles sonham retornar para a África, mas desconhecem navegação e se vêem obrigados a confiar em dois tripulantes sobreviventes, que os enganam e fazem com que, após dois meses, sejam capturados por um navio americano, quando desordenadamente navegaram até a costa de Connecticut.
Director
A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
Betty
Disillusioned, Eddie is a long-suffering husband who finds passion and happiness with his neighbor, Rachel, a struggling estate agent. Only one thing stands in their way - Mona, Eddie's tyrannical wife who helped Eddie when he was still a recent immigrant, then trapped him in a loveless marriage. As the relationship deepens, the two lovers devise a plan where Rachel is brought into the house as Mona's live-in attendant for Mona must die.
Yvonne
O menino Preston (Brian Bonsall), de doze anos, recebe acidentalmente um cheque em branco e preenche como um milhão de dólares. O banco o paga a valorosa quantia e ele se diverte como nunca vivendo como rico, mas os donos da fortuna estão em seu encalço.
Director
Sinbad brings the '70s back with a nostalgic stand-up special dedicated to the films, fashion and other flashbacks from that era.
Estelle
As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs, dreaming of stardom, riches and happiness. By night, they dance their troubles away at the famous Savoy Ballroom. But when World War II appears on the horizon, the girls find their fortunes unfolding too unevenly to reconcile, and they inevitably begin to drift apart.
Director
As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs, dreaming of stardom, riches and happiness. By night, they dance their troubles away at the famous Savoy Ballroom. But when World War II appears on the horizon, the girls find their fortunes unfolding too unevenly to reconcile, and they inevitably begin to drift apart.
Sunday 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.
Director
Músicas do estilo Broadway são usados para contar essa interessante historia de uma órfã, Nessa aventura Polly chega em Harrington, Alabama, para se juntar a sua tia rica. Ela encontra a cidade em estado de desarmonia, os habitantes da cidade tentam se adaptar a um novo diretor do orfanato, bem como o estado de agitação que a eleição pode trazer.
Self
A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions. It also stars Spike Lee, Debbie Allen and a cameo appearance by Samuel L. Jackson.
Director
A órfã Polly muda-se para o Alabama para morar com sua tia. Sua nova casa está inserida em um bairro negro da era da segregação, repleto de conflitos internos. Sendo uma criança pragmática e otimista, Polly tem um efeito edificante em todos aqueles com quem ela entra em contato, incluindo um médico trabalhador. Através de uma combinação de música e esperança, Polly se esforça para unir a comunidade
Michelle
Da pobreza de Illinois ao glamour de Hollywood. Do abandono da mãe ao reconhecimento do mundo. A vida de Richard Pryor é um relato de dramas, tragédias, excessos e muita glória. Biografia do melhor comediante stand-up de todos os tempos.
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.
Self
Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look back into the first thirty years of Disneyland's history. Featuring footage from opening day in 1955, including the famous Walt Disney opening day speech.
Carol Freeman
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Red Queen
Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Based on the acclaimed New York Shakespeare Festival production by Joseph Papp, Alice at the Palace follows Alice's surreal adventures with The Mad Hatter, The March Hare, The Queen of Hearts, and The Cheshire Cat, among many others.
Sarah
Um jovem pianista negro se envolve na vida de uma família branca de classe alta que vive entre as tensões raciais, a infidelidade, a violência e outros eventos nostálgicos no início do século XX em Nova York. A história se passa na década de 1910 em Nova York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. é um pianista negro. Ele ganhou fama e fortuna tocando com uma banda de jazz. Alguns homens brancos não gostam dessa situação, e um dia eles o agridem e estragam seu novo carro. Walker tenta por todos os meios obter justiça, sem uma resposta. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Lydia
Em Nova York, estudantes de diversas origens sociais de uma escola de artes cênicas aprendem a atuar, cantar e dançar. Coco Hernandez, Doris Finsecker, Montgomery MacNeil e Raul Garcia se deparam com seus sonhos e suas frustrações no decorrer do curso mas, acima de tudo, almejam serem amados e reconhecidos artisticamente.
Ola
The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.
Claire 'Ebony' Bryant
In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and Ivory. The trio go undercover to protect a lady scientist from international hitmen as she heads for Washington D.C. from the near-East with her super-secret formula.
Julie Sutton
Just before a championship basketball tournament, a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia.