Gloria Foster
Nascimento : 1933-11-15, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Morte : 2001-09-29
História
Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 – September 29, 2001) was an American actress, most known for her stage performances both on and off Broadway, including her acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career.
In films, she was perhaps best known as the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), the latter film being her last. Gloria Foster also played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the mini series The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985.
The Voice of History
For over 4,000 years, adherents of the world's monotheistic faiths have wrestled with the question of God. This extraordinary, feature-length film, based on Karen Armstrong's acclaimed book of the same name, traces that elusive and fascinating quest.
Oracle
Após derrotar as máquinas em seu combate inicial, Neo ainda vive na Nabucodonosor ao lado de Morpheus, Trinity e Link, o novo tripulante da nave. As máquinas estão realizando uma grande ofensiva contra Zion, onde 250 mil delas escavam rumo à cidade e podem alcançá-la em poucos dias. A Nabucodonosor é convocada para retornar a Zion e participar da reunião que definirá o contra-ataque para salvar a humanidade da extinção. Entretanto, um recado enviado pelo Oráculo faz com que Neo retorne à Matrix.
Oracle
Em um futuro próximo, Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), um jovem programador de computador que mora em um cubículo escuro, é atormentado por estranhos pesadelos nos quais encontra-se conectado por cabos e contra sua vontade, em um imenso sistema de computadores do futuro. Em todas essas ocasiões, acorda gritando no exato momento em que os eletrodos estão para penetrar em seu cérebro. À medida que o sonho se repete, Anderson começa a ter dúvidas sobre a realidade. Por meio do encontro com os misteriosos Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) e Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), Thomas descobre que é, assim como outras pessoas, vítima do Matrix, um sistema inteligente e artificial que manipula a mente das pessoas, criando a ilusão de um mundo real enquanto usa os cérebros e corpos dos indivíduos para produzir energia. Morpheus, entretanto, está convencido de que Thomas é Neo, o aguardado messias capaz de enfrentar o Matrix e conduzir as pessoas de volta à realidade e à liberdade.
Sugar Brown
A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.
Jeanette
A vida urbana em uma cidade média dos Estados Unidos, repleta de problemas e questões raciais, corrupção policial e uma criminalidade crescente. Em meio a este contexto, Nick Rinaldi, filho de um empreiteiro, acaba se tornando um joguete nas mãos do poder político que tomou conta da cidade e tenta, a qualquer custo, fugir dessa rede de corrupção e ganância.
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
A dramatization of the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation. One of the most pivotal moments in 20th century American history is bracingly dramatized in Separate but Equal. In telling the detailed story of the Supreme Court's 1953 decision to abolish racial segregation in schools, this superb 1991 TV movie covers a broad spectrum of issues, never taking its "eyes off the prize" while its first-rate cast conveys the importance of the Supreme Court's ultimately unanimous decision.
Medusa
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.
Sheila Small
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
Volumnia
A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Judith
A hip American agent and his foxy associate try to recover a hundred pounds of stolen plutonium in Italy before it can be used by terrorists.
Serena Blue
An airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia.
Ivy Revers
At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a frontier state and full of criminals at that time.
Sally
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?
Mrs. Philipot
Drama político no qual jovem inglês que vive no Haiti e se apaixona pela filha de um diplomata, enquanto a ilha vive uma rebelião civil. Baseado no romance de Graham Greene.
Lee
A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Duke's Mom
Olhar documental no Harlem, horrores da vida do gueto, favela cheia de drogas, violência, miséria humana, e um sentimento de desespero devido a preconceitos raciais da sociedade americana. Não há paternalista da raça negra no cinema para este grito de justiça. Um garota de 15 anos chamado Duke é ambicioso para comprar um "pedaço" (arma) de um mafioso para se tornar presidente da turma a que pertence.