Director
Ms. Pat finds laughter in the absurdities of parenting, pet lovers and very unfortunate lip trends as she unpacks a painful past with humor and honesty.
Director
Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it, he and Charles Burnett reflect on Burnett’s groundbreaking career in cinema, returning to South Central Los Angeles and the shooting locations of his landmark films KILLER OF SHEEP and TO SLEEP WITH ANGER.
Himself
Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it, he and Charles Burnett reflect on Burnett’s groundbreaking career in cinema, returning to South Central Los Angeles and the shooting locations of his landmark films KILLER OF SHEEP and TO SLEEP WITH ANGER.
Director
In 1990, actor, comedian, writer and director, Robert Townsend, went against every obstacle in Hollywood, relying on his faith, street smarts, and tenacity to bring his passion project, 1991’s The Five Heartbeats, to big screens. The Motown-flavored story of the rise and fall of an African-American vocal group in the 1960s, the musical drama is the subject of Townsend’s documentary, Making The Five Heartbeats. The documentary chronicles the inspiring journey of a young black writer/director (Townsend) determined to present a new image of black people in cinema while endeavoring to create a classic.
Writer
Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But that’s about to change when he meets, Talisa McCoy (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), the mother of a star player, new to Jackson high. She’s a beautiful, strong-willed single mom, with her own ideas on a winning team…and the perfect man. Now, this coach will have to learn a few new plays if he’s going to stay in the game.
Director
Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But that’s about to change when he meets, Talisa McCoy (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), the mother of a star player, new to Jackson high. She’s a beautiful, strong-willed single mom, with her own ideas on a winning team…and the perfect man. Now, this coach will have to learn a few new plays if he’s going to stay in the game.
Coach Banks
Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But that’s about to change when he meets, Talisa McCoy (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), the mother of a star player, new to Jackson high. She’s a beautiful, strong-willed single mom, with her own ideas on a winning team…and the perfect man. Now, this coach will have to learn a few new plays if he’s going to stay in the game.
Thanks
Bill Cosby shares his hilarious new observations on life and family in this comedy special, his first televised concert in 30 years.
Director
Bill Cosby shares his hilarious new observations on life and family in this comedy special, his first televised concert in 30 years.
Director
Sixteen-year-old Xtra Keys hopes to raise his son better than his boozy, razor-edged mother raised him, and he just might get his wish when he's thrust into an unorthodox alternative school full of underprivileged boys.
Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
Главный герой Скуби-Ду и его команда Шэгги, Фредди, Дафни и Велма берутся за новое дело. Но дело это не обычное, на сей раз им предстоит встреча с потусторонними существами, такими как вампиры и оборотни. Но эта отважная пятерка детективов не боится ничего, и отправляется в самое логово злодеев…
Self
A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.
Director
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.
Self
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
Director
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
Producer
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Holden Cole
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Director
История американского боксёра-профессионала, чемпиона мира в тяжёлом весе Чарльза «Сонни» Листона, который был нокаутирован знаменитым «призрачным ударом» Мохаммеда Али на второй минуте первого раунда матча-реванша.
In the 70's, Langston Faizon Santisima, barely 18, left his native Cuba on an impossible quest- to direct a film starring Bruce Lee. Against all odds, and with no background in film making, the aspiring young director made it to Thailand where created a legendary but lost martial arts classic- thus becoming a founding father of the martial arts movie genre. Or not...
Bobby Taylor (archive footage)
Часовой документальный фильм, посвященный духу независимого режиссера из Д.У. Гриффита к Квентину Тарантино. Интервью кадры и видеоклипы объединены вместе, чтобы сформировать хронологический подход к предмету.
Alan Chambers
Alan Chambers (Townsend) is a lawyer and sick of his job. He corrals his friends into forming a vigilante group. Everyone goes along with it at first, until it turns sour and innocent people start dying, and Alan is the only one left standing.
Himself
This documentary praises comedian Richard Pryor by showing fragments of various shows Pryor made and having famous comedians talk about the importance and greatness of Pryor. Different themes are reviewed this way. Among others, they are the use of the word nigger, the way Pryor talked about racism, the fact Pryor talked openly about his own faults on-stage and the fact he didn't mince matters.
Mr. Five
15 year old Brendan Willy hates himself for being un-cool when he falls in love with the girl of his dreams. Enter Mr. Five, a no good tempter from hell, which in his last attempt to ensnare a soul before being fried for eternity, transforms Brendan into the coolest kid in Indiana, only to find out that this contract isn't going to be easy at all.
Mr. UB
"Тайный брат" - невероятно смешная и запредельно веселая комедия. Он похлеще Бонда. Он покруче, чем любой международный… секретный агент. Он - Тайный Брат, загадочный путешественник, любящий диско, у которого есть столько шпионских примочек, что перед ним бессильны даже сигары, запускающие ракеты. Он знает кун-фу, он водит кадиллак-кабриолет, он борется с ужасным заговором, цель которого - промыть мозги всему человечеству!
Director
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact Pullman porters were often called "George" by white passengers, which was considered a racial slur.
Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad. The film's story line focuses on three men living, dating and loving in Los Angeles in the 90's. They struggle with heartbreak and insecurity as a result of failed relationships. The three characters’ stories unfold through sessions with their therapist – sessions that are often as comedic as they are insightful.
Director
An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a corrupt superior.
Director
Фильм о том, как любовь способна побеждать зависимость и предрассудки. Хормейстер днем и артист-трансвестит по вечерам, талантливый Холидей - одинокий парень с разбитым сердцем - встречает смышленную девчушку и ее наркоманку-мать. Он помогает им перебраться в пустую квартиру напротив, и вскоре они становятся близкими друзьями. Но когда мать сходится с опасным наркодилером, их жизнь вновь идет наперекосяк, заставляя Холидея преодолеть собственные предрассудки, чтобы спасти двух человек, к которым он так отчаянно привязался.
Director
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.
Director
The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a Black singer in the 1950s, to his born-again phase and brief "retirement" from rock and roll.
Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City at the start of his career; his involvement in the US civil-rights movement; and efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. Friends and acquaintances, as well as other performers, give their insights about what makes him so special.
Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle
A boy is the only family member without superpowers in this Disney Film. The world depends on him saving his family from computerized brainwashers. Will he realize that it doesn't take superpowers to be a hero in time to help them defeat the villains?
Director
A boy is the only family member without superpowers in this Disney Film. The world depends on him saving his family from computerized brainwashers. Will he realize that it doesn't take superpowers to be a hero in time to help them defeat the villains?
Peyton Cody
After a homocide that the police believe is over gasoline theft, a tax investigator discovers the Russian mafia is involved and that they are stealing millions in gasoline tax money. Only one rookie cop is willing to believe him and together they must get the evidence they need or die trying.
Charlie Love
Mercenary Captain "Hawk" is in Acion again to save a hostage. But he and his team are betrayed. Nothing is as it seems...
Director
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the second of the six films, "From Behind Closed Doors," filmmaker Robert Townsend delves into America's fraught relationship with sex and sexuality, using New York's Times Square as the focal point as he traces 100 years of sexual mores and practices.
Robert Townsend
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
Director
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of love and family. Set in the same predominantly black neighbourhood in North Philadelphia, these threecompelling tales tell the stories of an up-and-coming heavyweight boxer, a vegetable vendor, and a man who must protect a family member from the abuse of another.
Director
Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of love and family. Set in the same predominantly black neighbourhood in North Philadelphia, these threecompelling tales tell the stories of an up-and-coming heavyweight boxer, a vegetable vendor, and a man who must protect a family member from the abuse of another.
James Saunders
Joseph is the youngest member of a large family that owns a successful garment business in Los Angeles. His father, Jacob, makes no attempt at hiding the fact that Joseph is his favorite son, resulting in the constant envy and resentment of his brothers. Eventually, in their bitterness, they plot revenge against this favored son. When Joseph accompanies his brothers on a trip to New York, they commit the ultimate betrayal, stranding him there, a virtual prisoner in a corrupt, modern-day sweat shop.
Director
Two clueless homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers, but instead find themselves scamming a dying millionaire to eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses).
Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations, Hall argues that the process of representation itself constitutes the very world it aims to represent, and explores how the shared language of a culture, its signs and images, provides a conceptual roadmap that gives meaning to the world rather than simply reflecting it. Hall's concern throughout is the centrality of culture to the shaping of our collective perceptions, and how the dynamics of media representation reproduce forms of symbolic power.
Himself
Rudy Ray Moore tells all as only he can in this all-new retrospective legendary career. From his humble beginnings to his crowning as "King of the Party Records," Rudy Ray guides us through his struggles and triumphs in the film and music industries.
Producer
Однажды кусок метеорита попадает прямо в грудь Джефферсону Риду, темнокожему парню, который работает школьным учителем. После этого он превращается в настоящего супермена: теперь он умеет летать, обладает сверхъестественной силой…
Друзья Джефферсона и члены его семьи считают, что он должен использовать свою суперсилу для борьбы с местной бандой «Золотые лорды», терроризирующей их район.
Screenplay
Однажды кусок метеорита попадает прямо в грудь Джефферсону Риду, темнокожему парню, который работает школьным учителем. После этого он превращается в настоящего супермена: теперь он умеет летать, обладает сверхъестественной силой…
Друзья Джефферсона и члены его семьи считают, что он должен использовать свою суперсилу для борьбы с местной бандой «Золотые лорды», терроризирующей их район.
Director
Однажды кусок метеорита попадает прямо в грудь Джефферсону Риду, темнокожему парню, который работает школьным учителем. После этого он превращается в настоящего супермена: теперь он умеет летать, обладает сверхъестественной силой…
Друзья Джефферсона и члены его семьи считают, что он должен использовать свою суперсилу для борьбы с местной бандой «Золотые лорды», терроризирующей их район.
Jefferson Reed
Однажды кусок метеорита попадает прямо в грудь Джефферсону Риду, темнокожему парню, который работает школьным учителем. После этого он превращается в настоящего супермена: теперь он умеет летать, обладает сверхъестественной силой…
Друзья Джефферсона и члены его семьи считают, что он должен использовать свою суперсилу для борьбы с местной бандой «Золотые лорды», терроризирующей их район.
Producer
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.
Duck
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.
Writer
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.
Director
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.
Maubee
На одном из Карибских островов темнокожий полицейский ведет расследование убийства, которое пытается скрыть группа людей из высшего общества. Несмотря на предупреждения влиятельных высокопоставленных личностей, главный герой старается узнать правду…
Standup Comic
This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his deathbed) stars as head of the studio. Includes parodies of everything from silent comedies to porn, including an ultra violent "three stooges" style comedy team who put a new spin on the eye poking gag.
Extra
Джек Спейд возвращается из армии в родной черный квартал, где погиб его брат, Джун Баг. Джек объявляет войну мистеру Бигу, местному боссу мафии. Армию Джека поведет вперед кумир Джека с детских лет, Джон Слейд, человек, имеющий огромный опыт ведения военных действий против плохих парней.
Writer
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This second riotous volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more ribald moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Sinbad, David Allen Grier and Damon Wayans also star.
Director
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This second riotous volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more ribald moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Sinbad, David Allen Grier and Damon Wayans also star.
Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This second riotous volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more ribald moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Sinbad, David Allen Grier and Damon Wayans also star.
Director
Эдди Мерфи выходит на сцену и начинает рассказывать разные шуточные истории и просто приколы настолько смешные, что в некоторые моменты кажется еще «еще чуть-чуть и лопну».
Writer
TV Special with a variety of comedians
TV Special with a variety of comedians
Producer
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.
Writer
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.
Director
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.
Bobby Taylor
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.
Manny
A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.
himself
Rodney Dangerfield hosted this HBO special which includes fantastic performances by some of the best new talent of 1986. Comedians include Jeff Altman, Roseanne Barr, Sam Kinison, Bob Nelson, Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Townsend, and, of course, Rodney Dangerfield.
Writer
Rodney Dangerfield hosted this HBO special which includes fantastic performances by some of the best new talent of 1986. Comedians include Jeff Altman, Roseanne Barr, Sam Kinison, Bob Nelson, Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Townsend, and, of course, Rodney Dangerfield.
Dwight
Four students who work on different jobs during their vacations in summer are tired of doing the same thing every year. Therefore they decide to open up a moving company together and confront themselves with the former boss of one of them.
Jerome
Во время совместных тренировок Маркус и Дэйвид преодолевают страх перед возможностью, что наследственное сосудистое заболевание, которое привело к смерти их отца, может оказаться роковым для одного из них…
Corporal Ellis
На одной из военных баз в Луизиане застрелен афроамериканский сержант Уотерс. За расследование берется другой афроамериканец — армейский юрист из Вашингтона капитан Дэвенпорт. Сталкиваясь с нежеланием окружающих идти на сотрудничество, Дэвенпорт пробует докапаться до истины…
The Sorels - Lester
Банда жестоких байкеров похищает прямо с концерта популярную рок-диву. Бывший кавалер певицы по имени Том Коди соглашается вернуть девушку и объявляет войну злодеям-мотоциклистам.
James
A 29-year-old lawyer falls for a 43-year-old woman.
Randy
A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students include: Roger Ellis, an ambitious teen aiming for success in big business; David, an aspiring rock star; Judy Matheson, a stagestruck coed actress wannabe; Denise, a free-spirited girl hoping to obtain a degree of sophistication; Fred, a lotharo looking for any Big City woman to be with; and Jon Lipton, a would-be artist hoping to make it big. Mickey Rooney also appears briefly as himself during the backstage scene at the play "Sugar Babies."
Thin Boy
Случайно столкнувшись в кино, школьный учитель Уилли и модный фотограф Фил вскоре становятся близкими друзьями. Но появление в их компании Жанетт, недавно приехавший в Нью-Йорк, превращает дружбу в запутанный любовный треугольник. И следующие 9 лет молодые люди будут пытаться разобраться в своих отношениях.
Russell Baker
A fictionalized drama about the first women to enter the U.S. Military Academy in 1976 and the reactions they faced.
gang member (uncredited)
Шайка «Воины» из Кони-Айленда отправляется на грандиозную сходку уличных банд в Бронксе. На сходке какие-то подонки убивают уважаемого городского «авторитета» Сайруса и сваливают вину на «Воинов».Теперь против наших героев из Кони-Айленда подымаются все банды Нью-Йорка. У «Воинов» есть лишь одна ночь для того, чтобы прорваться домой и отстоять свое честное имя!
Musician
A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.
Basketball Player in Gym Class
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
