Robert Townsend
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A satire on the ups and downs of being a black actor in Hollywood. Bobby Taylor, a young black actor whose attempts to find work are dashed when told that he's not ₁black enough₂ for the roles being offered. With jobs limited to stereotypes (gang-bangers, pimps and Uncle Toms'), Bobby's struggles are told through a series of comic fantasies and dreams.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five young friends are drawn together by music. Their dreams of fame and fortune take them from amateur nights in ghetto clubs, to the pinnacle of show business success and personal tragedy. When the vocal group The Five Heartbeats get to the top of music world, they learn the hard reality of the music industry.
Series
Criterion collection volume 963
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Harry, a devilish charmer turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends. In short, order, Harry's presence turns a seemingly peaceful household upside down, exposing smoldering tensions between parents and children, tradition and change, virtue and temptation. Interweaving evocative strains of gospel and blues with rich, poetic-realist images, it is a sublimely stirring film from an autonomous artistic sensibility,...
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Nesi and Mickey are two waitresses at a crossroads. Underpaid and unappreciated, they dream of owning a combination restaurant/hair salon. There's a problem: they're broke. So when the chance to audition as dance girls for a music video pops up, the girls head to L.A. They fail to get the part, but Nesi lands in the most improbable role of all, impersonating the granddaughter of an ailing billionaires long-lost love for $10,000 and full use of his...