Diahann Carroll
Рождение : 1935-07-17, Bronx, New York, USA
Смерть : 2019-10-04
История
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Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess in 1959. In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings.
Her 1968 debut in Julia, the first series on American television to star a black woman in a nonstereotypical role, was a milestone both in her career and the medium. In the 1980s she played the role of an interracial diva in the primetime soap opera Dynasty.
Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Television Series in 1968. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the 1974 film Claudine. She was also a breast cancer survivor and activist.
Self (archival footage)
Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.
Ms. Edna
The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. While facing crises at home and at the church, the Pastor must evade the police and somehow reconcile his violent secret identity with his calling as a pastor.
Herself
From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences of lighter-skinned women, Light Girls dives deep into the discussion of skin color, preference, privilege, pain and prejudice. The documentary features interviews with Russell Simmons, Soledad O'Brien, Diahann Carroll, India Arie, Iyanla Vanzant, Michaela Angela Davis, Kym Whitley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and more.
Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Nana Peeples
Главный герой этой картины пробирается на семейное торжество Пиплзов, чтобы сделать предложение их красавице-дочери.
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Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The film tells the story of how the march for jobs and freedom began, speaking to the people who organised and participated in it. Using rarely seen archive footage the film reveals the background stories surrounding the build up to the march as well as the fierce opposition it faced from the JFK administration, J Edgar Hoover's FBI and widespread claims that it would incite racial violence, chaos and disturbance. The film follows the unfolding drama as the march reaches its ultimate triumphs, gaining acceptance from the state, successfully raising funds and in the end, organised and executed peacefully.
Self
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Nana
В рамках внедрения новой программы по борьбе с преступностью детективу Вину Горано поручают расследовать дело 40-летней давности. Тогда убийца, прозванный СМИ «бостонский душитель», так и не был найден. Приступив к работе, детектив обнаруживает поразительное сходство между обстоятельствами старого преступления и убийства, совершенного в Бостоне на днях. Вооружившись новыми фактами, Горано приступает к поискам убийцы, не подозревая, какая опасность угрожает ему и его семье.
Nana
Окружной прокурор Моник Лэмонт собирается баллотироваться в губернаторы штата. В качестве предвыборного лозунга она выбрала: «Любое убийство можем раскрыть в любое время». Она нашла очень старое и запутанное дело двадцатилетней давности в Теннесси. Если ее команда сможет его раскрыть, она сможет набрать хороший процент голосов на выборах.
Therapist
Ocean (Monica Calhoun), a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the residents and the problems found within. As she struggles with a new job, a new home, her own children, a difficult niece, and the issues of other tenants, all within learn something about taking action and using compassion in their own lives.
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Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
Maria Cole
The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity status.
Betty Hemings
Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love affair, spanning an ocean, ultimately producing children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.
Pouponne
In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.
Diahann Carroll
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
Sadie Delany
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal bishop, who was born a slave, and a woman with an inter-racial background. With the support of each other and their family, they survived encounters with racism and sexism in their own different ways. Sadie quietly and sweetly broke barriers to become the first African-American home-ec teacher in New York City, while Bessie, with her own brand of outspokenness, became the second African-American dentist in New York City. At the ages of 103 and 101, they told their story to Amy Hill Hearth, a white New York Times reporter who published an article about them. The overwhelming response launched a bestselling book, a Broadway play, and this film.
Mrs. Wilson
Two neighboring families in Florida, one black and one white, struggle with the problems of race, poverty, prejudice, and absent fathers, as their children become friends over the course of one summer and fall.
Elzora
1962, Луизиана. В центре сюжета семейство во главе с доктором Луизом, который испытывает страсть к своим привлекательным пациенткам, несмотря на то, что женат на красавице Роз. Однажды свидетельницей очередной интрижки Луиза становится его дочь Ева…
Narrator
A brave boy named Temba ventures to find food and water for his drought-striken village. But when he is given a set of magical bones, he uses them to gain riches for himself instead of sharing with his friends.
Lydia Bishop
Билл Маккензи - адвокат, вышедший на пенсию, который предпочитает проводить время на своем ранчо. Но он иногда принимает дело, в котором обвиняемый неправомерно осужден или ложно обвинен, и он друг Перри Мейсона. Мейсон просит его заполнить для него кое-что, в котором он должен выступить с речью. В этом есть некоторые важные люди, в том числе шахматный мастер, которого знает Маккензи. Кроме того, есть неряшливый интервьюер, который заставляет шахматиста выступать на его шоу, когда он отказался, а когда интервьюер найден мертвым, шахматист арестован, а Маккензи защищает его. Делла Стрит и Кен Малански предлагают свою помощь, и Маккензи пытается выяснить, кто мотивировал убить этого человека.
Self
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows with commentary from TV producers, black actors and scholars, Marlon Riggs blends humor, insight, and thoughtful analysis to explore the evolution of black/white relations as reflected by America's favorite addiction.
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Vernetta 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.
Eleanor Potter
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Жизнь как известно, не прогулка по саду с розами. Она постоянно ставит нас перед очень важными решениями, от принятия которых будет зависеть все наше дальнейшее существование. Если в ответственный момент интуиция не подскажет ничего, а рассудок сохранит гордое молчание, возможна непоправимая ошибка. Герой этого фильма, Блик, сделал свой главный выбор, когда в детстве взял в руки трубу. Теперь он — известный джазмен, руководитель собственного ансамбля. Но это не спасает Блика от новой проблемы: кто из его двух девушек — та самая, единственная…? И когда Блик решает помочь своему другу детства, он еще не знает, что уже сделал свой выбор, который навсегда изменит его жизнь.
Margo Stover
A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.
Maggie
After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back into the world of the dead. Her boyfriend Glen thinks she's crazy so Joanna turns to her ex-boyfriend, Peter. It just so happens that Peter is a strong believer in the supernatural and even teaches a course on it at a local college. Together they must confront the "walkers" so that Joanna can live to see another day.
Self
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Herself
Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring dozens of stars recreating their original performances. Among the show-stoppers are Chita Rivera's Spanish Rose dance in "Bye, Bye, Bireie," Ray Walston as the Devil in "Damn Yankees," Nell Carter singing the Fats Waller classic "Cash for Trash" from "Ain't Misbehavin," Glynis Johns with "Send in the Clowns" from "A Little Night Music," Barry Bostwick from "Grease," and many more.
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.
Carolyne Lovejoy
Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.
Self
Самая блестящая, дорогая и утомительная видеосъемка в истории телевидения состоялась в пятницу, 19 февраля 1982 года, в нью-йоркском Radio City Music Hall. Мероприятие, за которое покупатели билетов платили до 1000 долларов за место (без учета налогов как взнос в Фонд актеров), было объявлено «Ночь сотни звёзд», но на самом деле в нем приняли участие около 230 звезд. И большая часть аудитории из 5800 человек заранее не подозревала, что они платят за просмотр телевизионной записи, сопровождающейся долгим ожиданием смены декораций и костюмов, перемоткой ленты и тому подобным. Исполнительный продюсер Александр Коэн подсчитал, что 5800 мест в Radio City Music Hall были распроданы по цене от 25 до 1000 долларов. Производство самого шоу стоило около 4 миллионов долларов, и ожидалось, что оно принесет около 2 миллионов долларов за новое дополнение к дому престарелых Актерского фонда в Энглвуде, штат Нью-Джерси. Считается, что ABC заплатила более 5 миллионов долларов за телевизионные права.
Vivian
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.
Mermeia Holographic Wow
Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!
Self
At the height of his KOJAK TV series fame, Telly Savalas starred in this variety special that was sponsored by Kraft Foods and shown without commercial interruption. Barbara Eden, Cloris Leachman, Diahann Carroll and others appear and join in the singing and dancing and mugging.
Betty May
Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to help and refuse to cooperate with the police.
Claudine Price
Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. Romance quickly ensues, but Claudine doubts that their relationship is good for her six children, and Rupert, despite his good nature, is reluctant to take on fatherhood.
Self (archive footage)
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Self (uncredited)
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
Having established himself as a household name after his previous A Man and His Music specials, Frank Sinatra made a bold statement in 1968 by starring in an NBC television special celebrating black music and its cultural impact in the midst of the Civil Rights struggle. Featuring special guests Diahann Carroll and The 5th Dimension.
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Ограбление кассы стадиона было спланировано очень тщательно и прошло успешно, но похищенные деньги куда-то пропали. Бандиты начинают разборку между собой…
Vivian Thurlow
После Второй мировой войны владельцы консервного завода ведут переговоры относительно покупки большого и необработанного земельного участка в штате Джорджия. Главная часть земли принадлежит Джули Энн Уоррен. Вопрос владения землей и ее использования, опасность прихода новых хозяев, все это вызывает серьезные конфликты и открывает самые разные стороны характеров действующих лиц.
Connie Lampson
Два американских джазовых музыканта влюбляются в Париже в двух туристок из США и начинают активно за ними ухаживать.
Nightclub Singer
Модный дизайнер Пола Тиссье давно встречается с Роже Демаре и планирует выйти за него замуж. Но Роже, типичный парижский ловелас, каждую свободную минуту занят поисками новой «юбки». Отправившись выполнить заказ к мадам Ван дер Беш, Пола знакомится с её сыном, молодым человеком много младше её, ведущим образ жизни богатого бездельника. Неожиданного Филипп влюбляется в Полу, страстно и безнадежно, под его напором она отвечает ему взаимностью, но холодный голос рассудка требует расстаться с неподходящим ей по возрасту юношей.
Clara
Несмотря на громкий успех фильма (замечательны актеры, которые пели не своими голосами, за искл. Крауна; между прочим, за Порги поет Роберт Макферрин, папа знаменитого и одноименного джазового певца), семья Гершвинов запротестовала против него — им не понравилось, что фильм был снят как игровой (а не как "фильм-опера"), что речитативы были даны "голым" текстом для придания большей театральности действию, что фильм вообще "по-голливудски гламурный" и не шибко "драматичный"). Позже против фильма зачем-то выступила и семья С.Голдвина, который во время оно уволил строптивого первого режиссера и не вполне остался доволен вторым. Примечательно, что после "Порги" Голдвин не продюсировал уже больше ни одного фильма. В общем, запутанная история
Myrt
Вторая мировая война, на военной базе расположенной в южных широтах расположен учебный лагерь будущих летчиков. Жгучая афро-американка Кармен Джоунс работает на парашютной фабрике в Дикси и желанна многими крепкими парнями в военной форме, но она любит одного красавчика Джо. К великому сожалению Кармен ее любимый Джо обручен с милой девушкой Сенди Лу и свадьба не за горами.
Self
Archival music performances and contemporary interviews cover some of the history of Motown Records and Productions.
