Vonetta McGee
Nascimento : 1945-01-14, San Francisco, California, USA
Morte : 2010-07-09
História
Vonetta Lawrence McGee (January 14, 1945 – July 9, 2010) was an American actress. She debuted in the Spaghetti Western The Great Silence and went on to appear in blaxploitation films such as Hammer, Melinda, Blacula, Shaft in Africa, Detroit 9000, and 1974's Thomasine & Bushrod alongside her then-boyfriend Max Julien. In 1975, she was Clint Eastwood's co-star in The Eiger Sanction. She was a regular on the 1987 Universal Television situation comedy Bustin' Loose, starring as Mimi Shaw for its only season (1987–88).
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Georgia Jackson
Esta é a história de George Lester Jackson, um ativista recluso que liderou um dos mais violentos motins na história de San Quentin após ser condenado a pena injusta por roubar US$ 71,00.
Rapists' Rehabilitator
Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.
Claudia Petrie
1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.
Annie Bollin
Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne writes a tell-all book, which enrages and embarrasses several very prominent women. One of them, actress Roxanne Shield, loses her composure during an interview and winds up making a televised death threat. Of course, when Ted is murdered, she is arrested. Witnesses claim they saw Roxanne outside his apartment that night and police later find the murder weapon in her car. Renowned defence attorney Perry Mason accepts the challenge of defending her in court.
Brenda
An independent filmmaker has left his profession and keeps it a secret. Years later, his niece finds his old films in a locked trunk and discovers his strong principles when it came to supporting his actors and his art overall.
A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.
Pat
Com o tempo, ele começa a manipular os membros da família, provocando confusão e ódio.
Sister Indigo
In this pilot to the short-lived "Hell Town," Robert Blake plays a scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish.
Self
Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies.
Marlene
Em Los Angeles um jovem é contratado para trabalhar como repo man (repossessor), ou seja, sua função é recuperar carros que não foram integralmente pagos. Em uma de suas missões acaba se envolvendo com um cientista louco, que roubou quatro alienígenas de uma base americana e os colocou na mala do seu carro. Quando uma pessoa abre o porta-malas, simplesmente se desintegra.
Francine
Sequel to the 1980 mini-series, taking up the plot where it -- and Judith Krantz's source novel -- left off. Billy Ikehorn (Shelley Smith) is the owner of a chic Beverly Hills boutique against which romantic, corporate and political power plays unfold in the classic soap opera tradition. It was the pilot to a prospective series.
Sonny
It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied with some serious off-the-field issues. Dave Walecki's marriage to his wife Nancy is falling apart, while Jim McCauley is involved in a shady deal with a management firm that could destroy his career. But that's nothing compared to the real drama. There's an assassin killing off many of the team's personnel (as well as their chances of winning)!
Toni Hill
In Hong Kong, a Chinese cook swallows a microfilm by accident and becomes a target.
Paula Jones
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.
Jemima Brown
Professor de arte e colecionador de obras de arte, Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) financia seu hobby fazendo "eliminação" para um obscuro orgão do governo. Apesar de estar aposentado, ele é forçado, através de chantagem, a fazer um último trabalho. Segundo a organização, a vítima é um dos três alpinistas que tentarão escalar o Eiger pela face norte. Trata-se de uma empreitada bem difícil, tanto que o próprio Hemlock já fracassou duas vezes ao tentar escalá-lo. Para ajudá-lo no seu preparo Jonathan conta com Ben Bowman (George Kennedy), de quem é amigo há vários anos.
Thomasine
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.
Ruby Harris
After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
Aleme
Mais um desafio para o famoso detective privado sempre em frente. Espanquem, droguem, raptem e deixem John Shaft semi-despido num buraco malcheiroso sem problemas. Se quiserem recrutar este duro detective de Manhattan para uma missão fora do país, é melhor utilizar uma linguagem à sua altura. Uma que ofereça uma boa quantia à cabeça. E de preferência um bom rabo de saias como cúmplice. O indomável Shaft, disfarça-se de escravo, desmascara o líder de um cartel de tráfico de escravos de África para a Europa e, como complemento, mistura negócios com prazer envolvendo-se com uma lindíssima princesa.
Mme. Jeckiel
A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
Tina
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Melinda
A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
Lois
Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
Claire
Seven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.
The Negress
When an unauthorized letter is sent to Moscow alleging the U.S. government's willingness to help Russia attack China, former naval officer Charles Rone and his team are sent to retrieve it. They go undercover, successfully reaching out to Erika Kosnov, the wife of a former agent, now married to the head of Russia's secret police. Their plans are interrupted, however, when their Moscow hideout is raided by a cunning politician.
Diane Lawrence
A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."
Faustina Ceccarelli
Faustina, the offspring of a black G.I. and a Roman woman who met during the conflict of World War II, must choose between two Italian men who desperately vie for her attention.
Pauline
Bando de assassinos sanguinários liderado pelo perverso Loco esconde-se nas montanhas de Utah. Depois que o marido de Pauline se torna a última vítima de Loco, ela contrata um matador de aluguel, Silence, para se vingar do facínora.
Self
A featurette (most likely shot for American television) about the Spaghetti Western genre during the late 60's and how it had affected Italy at that particular point in time. Contains behind-the-scenes footage from the films "Il Grande Silenzio" "Vado, Vedo e Sparo" "Ammazza Tutti e Torna Solo" and "Corri, Uomo, Corri" and interviews with their directors and cast.
