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Ama (1991)
Character: Brother Josh
A golden floppy disk becomes a prophetic device through which a young Ghanaian girl living in England, Ama, rediscovers her African identity. She learns its contents at the office where her mother cleans. The disk, through magic realism and by way of ancestors, warns her of the dangers of forgetting one's heritage.
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Drums Along Balmoral Drive (1986)
Character: Waiter
'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blacks at all. I should've done, but I didn't. They were just there.'
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Spaghetti House (1982)
Character: Bill
Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.
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The Dogs of War (1980)
Character: Jinja
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
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Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Character: Minder
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
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Arabian Adventure (1979)
Character: The Nubian
An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. Helped by a young boy and a magic carpet, Prince Hasan (Oliver Tobias), has to overcome genies, fire breathing monsters and treacherous swamps to reach his prize and claim the hand of the Princess Zuleira (Emma Samms).
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Withnail & I (1987)
Character: Presuming Ed
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
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The Boy Who Never Was (1980)
Character: Ngalo
The son of African diplomat is kidnapped and replaced by his double in an attempt to assassinate a VIP at a London conference.
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Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
Character: Sgt. Gambwe
A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them.
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Black Joy (1977)
Character: African Dustman
An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin' way of life in the Brixton ghetto.
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
Character: Mumbala
Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
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Top Secret! (1984)
Character: Chocolate Mousse
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Character: Messenger Pirate
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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