Reynaldo Rey

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.

Jada is the faith based story of a woman whose life becomes chaotic when her husband is killed in a questionable car accident. Her once-comfortable middle-class lifestyle comes crashing down when an insurance company labels the accident a suicide and refuses to pay her benefits as the survivor.

Reverend Robert Gibbs is a young, hip pastor who temporarily takes over the helm of a Fundamentalist Baptist church while his predecessor Reverend Matthews recovers from a stroke. While trying to impress Reverend Matthews, Gibbs has to win the approval of his congregation, the Deacon board, and most importantly Reverend Matthews? daughter Divine, who has recently lost her faith in God.

Movie that chronicles Mikes Jones' real life rise to fame as an aspiring rapper from the streets who finds his path in life through music in his hometown of Houston, Texas.

Bernard Jr., a 30-year old who still lives at home with his father, is trying to avoid the negativity of the inner city. Bernard has dedicated his life to cleaning up his neighborhood and ridding it of crime, but has one small problem... he cannot stop smoking weed! Every time this vigilante indulges in his favorite pastime, he dons red tights, thinks he's invincible and refers to himself as Black Supaman. In this comedic caper, Bernard takes on an entire community with hopes of reclaiming the streets for all of the hard-working, up-standing citizens.

In this frantic urban comedy, a pair of crooks whose ambitions outweigh their good sense steal a million dollars from a New Orleans crime boss, who soon catches up with the thieves and has them killed. However, before they were rubbed out, the robbers hid the loot in an abandoned building. A few years later, the building is torn down to make room for a housing project, and the money is never found. Twenty years later, sometime college student Deion (Andrae Noel) thinks he may have figured out where the money is hidden, but he makes the mistake of sharing his theory with his Uncle Willie (Reynaldo Rey). Soon, Willie has told everyone in the neighborhood about Deion's scheme, and the race is on to see who can find the loot first.

Audrey is a typical music student at a large Midwestern college, interested in pursuing a career in classical music. Her apparent "normalcy," however, makes her something of a misfit in her family, made up as it is by a group of outrageous performers. Audrey's parents were funk/ R& B stars in the 1970s, while her brother currently reigns supreme on the hip hop and fashion scene, and her precocious little sister is a streetsmart MC in the manner of Lil' Kim. Audrey finds this family tree a little embarrassing, and is somewhat disdainful of the ego and trappings of pop culture entertainment, so she hides her clan from her new boyfriend. This unfortunately becomes a bit difficult to maintain when the family shows up for a visit. The campus will never be the same again!

The streets are lined with cash and the only way to get it from the gangsters is to steal without hesitation and gun for your life like there's no tomorrow -- and when the bullets finish blazing, only the illest will be left standing.

Still’ Bout It picks up where the classic ‘Bout It left off, following the adventures of the legendary Pistol P (Master P) and his homie Vito (Silkk the Shocker). The ghetto Bill Pistol P is released from prison and is reunited with Vito. Upon his release, Pistol decides it’s time to go legit. The two move in with their Aunt Tee Dee and his nephew, the talented b-baller M.J. (Lil’ Romeo). After settlin in, Pitol and Vito get a job as dishwashers at a restaurant and Pitol meets the love of his life. The peace doesn't last long after Pistol encounters the notorious Cut Mob and their leader, drug kingpin Trouble (Ameer Baraka). The enraged Pistol P goes back to his gangster ways and decides to rid the neighborhood of the Cut Mob and prove he's "Still Bout It".

In this urban comedy, an aspiring young filmmaker named Sherlock heads off to Hollywood in hopes of making a blockbuster action movie and becoming famous. Everything seems to be going as planned, with filming underway, until the cameras record something accidentally. What ends up on film will be something that all involved wish they'd never been associated with. Stars A.J. Jamal.

When rumors start circling that average guy Dre has come into money, everyone starts coming to get their's.

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.

2000 action comedy

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.

Две пары лучших друзей — Монтель и Клайл и Брэнди и Адина встречаются на вечеринке. Положивший глаз на Адину, Клайд изображает из себя богача и делает все, чтобы «завоевать» красотку в тот же вечер. Когда же Адина узнает, что ее одурачили, Клайд становится ее самым злейшим врагом. А тем временем Монтель и Бренди влюбляются и планируют пожениться. Оставшись у разбитого корыта, Адина и Клайд изо всех сил стараются помешать этому союзу.

Забавная бытовая комедия, действие которой происходит в пятницу в одном из районов Лос-Анджелеса — Южном Централе. Крэйг и Смоки — два приятеля, любящих посидеть вечерком на пороге своего дома, выпить, покурить, поглазеть на улицу. Но сегодня у них возникла одна проблема: взяв на продажу порцию «травки», они не удержались и раскурили ее сами. Но за удовольствие надо платить — к 10 часам вечера им необходимого раздобыть 200 долларов, чтобы отдать их наркодилеру.

When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in hell. Bebe's kids are the most obnoxious, irritating kids he has ever met. Written by Brian W Martz

Chronicling the short but eventful life of Hank Gathers (played by Donny B. Lord as a child and Victor Love as a young adult), this fact-based drama chronicles the hoopster's rise from the inner city of Philadelphia to a starring role on Loyola Marymount's basketball team before a heart condition cut his career short. Nell Carter plays Hank's supportive mom, and George Kennedy portrays a neighborhood priest who inspired the boy.

Действие фильма переносит нас на раскаленный асфальт баскетбольных площадок Лос-Анджелеса. Идет игра — игра на деньги. А там где деньги всегда найдется место парочке жуликов, готовых обмануть доверчивого лоха. Билли, шулер от баскетбола, беззастенчиво пользуется общепринятым мнением, что белый не может играть в баскетбол, не может прыгать. Все складывается отлично, до тех пор пока не приходит время расплачиваться с долгами, наделанными еще в университете. Нужно срочно собрать кругленькую сумму, а в одиночку это проблематично. К этой проблеме присоединяется еще одна, Сидней — чернокожий мошенник. Звезда уличного баскетбола. Похититель женских сердец. Между двумя игроками завязывается нешуточная борьба за звание лучшего баскетболиста, ловеласа, самого удачливого кидалы. Борьба идет до тех пор, пока они не понимают, что в паре можно заработать гораздо больше денег, чем по одиночке.

Donna Bon Viant (Belaine) is a college student, who has to complete an assignment on the 14th century for her African American literature class. She chooses to base her writings on The Three Musketeers, a famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Donna begins to read the novel and falls asleep in the process. She dreams a zany dream involving the adventures of "The Three Muscatels". The adventures include a number of people in Donna's life including students in her class, members of her family, and an alcoholic she met earlier in the day named Russell (Pryor).

Действие происходит в 1956 году. Гангстер Голди вместе со своей подружкой Иммабель проворачивают одно дельце. Но после того, как золото уже у них, девушка вместе с золотом исчезает и скрывается в Гарлеме. Приют ей предоставляет бухгалтер Джексон.

An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.

Красавчику Брауну, известному под кличкой «Живчик», нет равных в Гарлеме. У «Живчика» есть пистолет. У «Живчика» — отличная голова и острый язык. И именно «Живчик» должен помешать ужасной банде Багзи Колхуна завладеть ночным клубом своего отчима — знаменитого «Сахарного» Рэя. Объединившись, родственнички решают устроить алчным негодяям невероятно коварную ловушку, выбраться откуда гангстеры уже не смогут.

A stand-up concert featuring six of the most hilarious comedians around. Hosted by Redd Foxx, the topic of the evening is sex in all of its funny forms. Not for the easily offended!

Когда команда студентов-медиков приходит на практику — интернатуру в городскую больницу, все в ней переворачивается вверх дном. Рвущимся в бой гиперсексуальным практикантам предстоит на пути к гордому званию врача вынести все уколы, стрелы и скальпели в этой гостеприимной и безумной больнице, в которой стены выкрашены как в кафе — мороженом, в медицинских сосудах плавают золотые рыбки, в ординаторской на кушетке под простыней прячется стриптизерка, а лучший способ избавиться от страха перед операционной — позаниматься там любовью.