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The River Niger (1976)
Character: Skeeter
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
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Hoop Soldiers (2001)
Character: N/A
After her brother dies suddenly, attorney Rochelle Moore (Cassandra King) returns to her hometown. There, she learns her brother was a member of the Hoop Soldiers, an illegal underground basketball team that plays a violent form of no-holds-barred caged basketball for money. As Moore delves deeper into the dangerous circumstances surrounding her brother's death, she begins to realize the stakes are much higher than she'd imagined.
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The Wishing Tree (1999)
Character: Al "Alfred" Brooks
When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a local legend of the "Magic Man" (Blair Underwood). While looking for the source of the tale, Clara uncovers suprising family secrets. Czech filmmaker Ivan Passer directs this family drama that delves into the storytelling tradition of the Deep South. Blair Underwood and Helen Shaver co-star.
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Another Woman's Child (1983)
Character: Roland
Mike and Terry DeBray are a happily married couple whose lives change when the young daughter that Tony fathered out of wedlock suddenly appears and comes into their lives.
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Dynasty (1976)
Character: Sam Adams
The story of a pioneer family in the early 1800s that seeks its fortunes on the Ohio frontier.
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Kiss Me... Kill Me (1976)
Character: Leonard Hicks
A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.
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Case Closed (1988)
Character: N/A
A young homicide detective and a retired police detective work together to solve three recent murders related to an old, unsolved case of a stolen diamond.
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Diane (2019)
Character: Tom
Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
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Stir Crazy (1980)
Character: Blade
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
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Fast-Walking (1982)
Character: Officer Jackson
A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.
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Drop Squad (1994)
Character: Uncle Omar
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spike Lee is the Executive Producer.
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Clockin' Green (2000)
Character: Tim Diamond
Two women embark on a bank heist. Then one double-crosses the other. Revenge-minded shenanigans ensue.
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Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
Character: Guide
A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wants a slice of the action - and the money.
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Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.
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Malcolm X (1992)
Character: Follower at Temple #7
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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