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Salvation Road (2010)
Character: The Man
Business becomes unusual for an unsuspecting hitman who senses that he's been witnessed murdering his traitorous mentor by a 9 year old boy.
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Supermodel (2015)
Character: Max
A young girl from the Brooklyn housing projects goes from the subway to the runway becoming one of the most sought after models in the fashion industry. But in the high stakes world of fashion and beauty. Things aren't always as pretty and glamorous as they seem.
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Mind Games (2024)
Character: N/A
A date gone awry. Two lonely people meet at a hotel in a desperate attempt to find love. Neither get what they expect.
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Space to Breathe (2025)
Character: Storian
Space to Breathe is an Afrofuturist science fiction hybrid documentary, framed with a future where there are no prisons or police. The year is 2070 and Sojourner is a young genderqueer filmmaker who sets out to understand how abolition came to through history's archives on the movements of the early 21st Century.
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Hamlet (2000)
Character: Laertes
A revised version of the Shakespeare play set in turn-of-the-20th-century America, where a prince seeks revenge against his father's killer.
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Justice (2004)
Character: Carter
Public defender Carter (Roger Smith) has had all he can take dealing with a corrupt judicial system. Over the objections of his wife, Sharice (Monica Calhoun), he quits his job, opens an inner-city law office and organizes a group of activists out to change the system. In a moment of truth, Sharice must decide whether she'll stay with her husband and fight the good fight or move to the suburbs with their two young children.
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I Believe in America (2007)
Character: Cesar
Three generations of one family, all involved at different levels with the Puerto Rican underground movement for independence, struggle with their need for identity and their need for a peaceful life, as the dying revolutionary movement struggles with new ideas and old ideals.
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The Other Side (2018)
Character: Martin
A man must fight for his fiancée's affection, after her old college friend visits with plans of rekindling more than just a friendship.
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I’ll See You Around (2019)
Character: Michael Gomez
Lucas, an everyman, navigates complicated personal relationships in the context of a drug crisis that grips the nation and his own family, now and in the past. Will he be able to commit to those close to him or will his commitments weigh him down?
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Exhortation (2017)
Character: N/A
The divisional director of a large firm attempts to motivate his staff.
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Dirty (2016)
Character: Detective Berg
Two dirty cops find themselves relieved of over two million dollars in stolen drugs and money, forcing them into a bizarre and mysterious investigation to recover it.
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Cosmic Slop (1994)
Character: Dr. Erik Fanon (segment 'Space Traders')
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative African American politician must choose between his people's survival and appeasing his white colleagues when space aliens propose to share their profound knowledge in exchange for all black people on earth. Part II: The Virgin Mary's appearance in an inner-city housing project forces a Hispanic priest to face the hidden cultural origins of Western religion. Part III: On the dawn of the "Black Revolution," an African American couple discovers who the "real" enemy is.
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Page 36 (2010)
Character: Avoe Vullaley
To save his ailing son from certain death, a father voluntarily sells himself into slavery through an underground corporation. After entering into a contract with the company, he learns of more sinister intentions that threaten the life of not only himself, but his family as well.
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Rodney King (2017)
Character: Rodney King
25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on Netflix. A complex, semi-tragic figure, King drowned in 2012. His life was rarely smooth, or simple – its telling makes for a sober, moving watch.
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The Color of Courage (1999)
Character: Mac McGhee
Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose family, the McGhees, has moved into a previously all-white neighborhood. A McGhee granddaughter, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, wrote the script.
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Facade (1999)
Character: Henson
It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
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Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks (2017)
Character: Paul Sydney
Estranged siblings Marcus and Michelle Brinks are reunited after the sudden death of their parents, two globe-trotting aid workers who they barely knew. In the days following the wake, the siblings can't help but turn their current lives and relationships into chaos as they're forced to reckon with their shared past.
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Character: N/A
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.
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Joy Road (2011)
Character: Charles Blocker
Tony Smalls is a burned out lawyer looking for a new direction in life. He's forced to put his plans on hold when his sister Nia asks him to defend her fiance', a gang kingpin who is under arrest for a triple murder that he says he didn't commit. Tony feels the pressure of the case when the feds and a shadowy corporation get involved, along with a private investigator who seems to be working all sides. When Nia starts an investigation of her own into the murder, it not only brings her closer to the truth - it puts both herself and Tony in harm's way.
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Better Mus' Come (2013)
Character: Prime Minister
The film follows warring political factions in 1970s Jamaica as they enlist the support of gangs to enforce their policies, and advance their political agenda. It is a fictionalized dramatization of real historical events, specifically, the Green Bay Massacre, where the government finally tracked down these gangs and had systematically wiped out.
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The Five Rules Of Success (2020)
Character: Santos
An enterprising ex-convict overcomes tragedy by designing his own path to success within a society that failed him.
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Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between (2023)
Character: Self
Garland Jeffreys, the mixed-race Brooklyn native whose music defied industry norms, receives long-overdue recognition in this enlightening documentary. His unique fusion of folk, soul, and rock earned him accolades abroad, yet left him underrated at home. Jeffreys’ story, narrated from his NYC home and featuring interviews with fans like Harvey Keitel, Laurie Anderson, and Vernon Reid sheds light on the life and artistry of an unclassifiable talent.
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The O.J. Simpson Story (1995)
Character: Professor Ford
Dramatizes some of the more tawdry events in the relationship between O.J. Simpson and his wife, Nicole Brown, up to and including his arrest for Brown's murder.
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Incognito (1999)
Character: Quinn Mathis
A young socialite hires a bodyguard to protect her when an ex-convict begins stalking her.
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Where is Rocky II? (2016)
Character: Museum Director (segment: "Monument One")
Pierre Bismuth hires a private detective and a duo of screenwriters to investigate on an enigmatic artwork.
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God's Waiting List (2006)
Character: Solomon Corbin
A gritty, heartfelt drama about a brother and sister who both start out with the American Dream of running their own business and being successful. Teresa goes about this dream in a good way, meaning she works hard and treats people right. Her brother, Solomon, is a hustler who borrows money from loan sharks to open a music store. When he doesnt pay, the sharks come after him, but it's his sister who ends up in a wheelchair. She doesn't know it was her brother's fault. The film follows how Solomon descends on a downward spiral while losing faith in everything, while Teresa becomes a stronger person as her faith increases. She eventually learns it was his fault, and they must come to terms and make amends.
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Deep Cover (1992)
Character: Eddie
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.
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Malcolm X (1992)
Character: Rudy
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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In the Hive (2012)
Character: Paris
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.
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All About the Benjamins (2002)
Character: Julian
Bounty hunter Bucum Jackson teams with the small-time con artist, Reggie Wright, that he is pursuing, in an attempt to locate a missing stash of diamonds and a lottery ticket worth millions of dollars. Bucum and Reggie find themselves in a race to the finish as they embark on an unlikely partnership that should -- when all is said and done -- prove beneficial to them both.
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A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
Character: Huey P. Newton
The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.
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Influence (2020)
Character: Bradley Hudson
Carl Weber introduces us to the Hudsons, a family of African-American lawyers lead by famed attorney Bradley Hudson. They are handed the task to defend Grammy Award Winning singer Savannah who has been charged with the murder of her husband Kyle Kirby.
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Dope (2015)
Character: Austin Jacoby
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
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They Die by Dawn (2013)
Character: Jourdon Anderson
Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last man takes the collective bounty. Violence and mayhem ensue.
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Mercenary for Justice (2006)
Character: Anthony Chapel
Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're trying to rescue the French Ambassador -- there's a coup going on. Some of John's soldiers unload their machine guns into the Ambassador and his family, blowing the mission and getting his best friend Radio Jones killed. He heads back to the US and visits Radio's wife Shondra to tells her the news, and then promises that he'll take care of her and her son Eddie. But shortly after he makes that vow, Shondra and Eddie get kidnapped.
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Abduction (2011)
Character: Mr. Miles
For many years, Nathan Harper has had the uneasy feeling that life with his family isn't quite what it seems. As he draws closer to uncovering the truth, he is hunted by assassins, forcing him to flee with his neighbor, Karen, the only person he can trust.
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Final Destination (2000)
Character: Agent Schreck
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
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Marshall (2017)
Character: Walter White
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
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Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later (2009)
Character: Self
In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT THING. It also includes footage from a twentieth-anniversary screening of the film.
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It's Not About Jimmy Keene (2019)
Character: Bukka LaRocke
The police shooting of an unarmed black teen causes friction within a mixed-race Los Angeles family. Ivan, the youngest sibling, is stalked by visions of Jimmy Keene’s floating corpse. Torn between the opposing worldviews of his two older sisters, Ivan searches for his voice while the family divisions heighten after the parents take sides.
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Guns & Moses (2025)
Character: N/A
Mo Zaltzman is a beloved Hasidic rabbi in a dusty desert town. When his congregation is violently attacked, police quickly arrest a young white nationalist who threatened them in the past, but Rabbi Mo doesn’t believe the troubled teen is a killer. Since no one else will investigate, Rabbi Mo becomes the detective. As bodies pile up, he must learn how to use a gun to battle the real enemy.
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American Gangster (2007)
Character: Nate
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
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Tales from the Hood (1995)
Character: Rhodie (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
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The Clapper (2018)
Character: Dr. Rogers B Hay
Eddie Krumble works as a paid audience member for infomercials and experiences a whirlwind of overnight fame after a late-night talk show host publicizes his frequent infomercial appearances.
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Riff Raff (2025)
Character: Sandy's Father
A retired hitman's life is turned upside down when his ex-wife and son arrive unannounced during the holidays because they are on the run from his former mob associates.
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Eve's Bayou (1997)
Character: Lenny Mereaux
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
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King of New York (1990)
Character: Tanner
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
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The Birth of a Nation (2016)
Character: Isaiah
Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
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Real Talk (2021)
Character: Oliver James / King Of Diamonds
While humorous, sarcastic and sometimes harsh, Dominique the Dame brings to the forefront America's contemporary views on race, sex, drugs, religion and technology through her listeners who call into her show "Real Talk." The radio program takes on a greater meaning when Dame mobilizes her listeners in a race against time to save the life of a pregnant teenager.
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Bitch (2017)
Character: Steven Sheriff
A woman snaps and assumes the psyche of a vicious dog as her checked-out, philandering husband attempts to keep the family together.
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Fist of the Warrior (2007)
Character: Det. Craig Barnes
First-class assassin Lee Choe has spent years working for the mob. When his handler turns on him by killing his girlfriend and framing him for the murder, Lee stops at nothing to seek revenge. He fights back with a vengeance and violently punishes those who played a part in the death of his innocent love.
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School Daze (1988)
Character: Gammite Yoda
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
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Heaven is Nobody's (2024)
Character: Big Man
A boy journeys through a nightmarish city to find a cure for his mom, as a dancing curse descends on him and his home.
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Confessions (2006)
Character: Father Jeffrey
Call girl by day, housewife by night, Tory seeks to put a stop to her secret occupation to save her family and herself, in this sexual thriller.
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Fighting (2009)
Character: Jack Dancing
Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership.
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Poetic Justice (1993)
Character: Heywood
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of her broken-down car, Justice gets a lift with her friend, Iesha, and Iesha's postal worker boyfriend, Chicago. Along for the ride is Chicago's co-worker, Lucky, to whom Justice grows close after some initial problems. But is she ready to open her heart again?
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Empire State (2013)
Character: Agent Marichal
After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis settles for a security guard job with an armoured truck company. After he makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, He's unwittingly drawn into an elaborate scheme to rob the abundant amounts of cash being stored on their premises—resulting in the largest cash heist in U.S.history.
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Get on the Bus (1996)
Character: Gary
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the march, including manhood, religion, politics, and race.
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CornerStore (2011)
Character: Earl
Chronicles one eventful hot summer day at a convenience store along Detroit's Six Mile Road. Owned by the Jenkins family, the store is operated by Earl Jenkins, a handsome, middle class, father of his son Gerard and daughter Gail. Gerard’s dream is leave life behind the counter and attend culinary school in New York with the dream of becoming a chef.
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Burning Shadow (2018)
Character: Mr. Jones
Charlie, a down-on-his-luck loner, crosses paths with a blind homeless man who is his exact double. Perplexed and intrigued by the discovery, Charlie invites the man into his life.
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Cover (2007)
Character: Kevin Parker
When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of many years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keep her going as the revelation of her husband's betrayal threatens to destroy all that they have known.
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The Queen of Hollywood Blvd (2018)
Character: Duke
On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of violence and revenge through the underbelly of Los Angeles.
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
Character: Smiley
Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
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Summer of Sam (1999)
Character: Detective Curt Atwater
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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The Available Wife (2020)
Character: Walter
When money, affairs, power and lies collide, Nicole Wright, a beautiful and successful music CEOs life is about to crumble in front of her. While leaving her husband and son, the lies that have built her music empire is threatening to tear her down. While having an affair with Kingston, the sexy artist on the rise who promises her everything, Nicole learns the hard way that looks can be deceiving and his motives are as dark as the secrets she keeps.
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Hollow Point (2019)
Character: Detective Chuck Bryant
When his wife and daughter are senselessly murdered, a grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city.
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The Son of No One (2011)
Character: Hanky
A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.
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In Sickness and in Health (2012)
Character: Calvin
Young and gorgeous with a fiancé who adores her, Faith seems to have it all. But with just days before their wedding, she's hiding a serious secret about her health, one she's terrified to share with her perfect guy, Norman. Will the truth keep her man by her side, or will it send him running? Can their love stay strong when tested by one of marriage's most challenging vows?
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Panther (1995)
Character: Pruitt
In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.
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Behind the Movement (2018)
Character: Raymond
Behind the Movement is a unique and fast-paced retelling of how Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat launched the history-making Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Chi-Raq (2015)
Character: Red, White, and Blue Insurance Salesman
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
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Baby Boy (2001)
Character: Home Invasion Victim (uncredited)
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
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Till (2022)
Character: Dr. T.R.M. Howard
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
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Shade (2003)
Character: Marlo
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need enough money to enter a game with Stevens, so they decide to strike a deal with fellow crook Larry Jennings to scam a local gangster -- which turns out to be a bad idea.
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The Business of Christmas (2020)
Character: Oscar Franklin
The Franklin kids come home for Christmas to find that their childhood home and the family business is in jeopardy. While trying to save their home and Toy store, they re-discover the core values of love, family, and the Christmas spirit.
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He Got Game (1998)
Character: Big Time Willie
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
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Fatwa (2006)
Character: Samir Al-Faied
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
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