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Movie Summary: The controversial 1978 Philadelphia police raid on the radical group
MOVE and the aftermath that led to a son's lifelong fight to exonerate his parents.
Based on a true story. (Y)
1. Rating: TV-MA
2. Time: 1h 50m
3. Cast: Tommy Oliver, John Africa, Michael
Africa, Sr., Debbie Africa, Michael Africa, Jr., Janine Africa, Janet Africa, Chuckie Africa,
Delbert Africa, Ramona Africa, Phil Africa, Louise Africa,
4. Director: TBA
5. Category: Interests
UCI Analysis: 1) The real story about the MOVE and how they were harassed and killed by
the same people that were there to protect and serve.
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Movie Summary: Four African American veterans return to Vietnam decades after the war
to find their squad leader's remains -- and a stash of buried gold.
Based on a true story. (Y/N)
1. Rating: R
2. Time: 2h 35m
3. Cast: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters
4. Director: Spike Lee
5. Category: Action & Adventure, Military Action & Adventure
UCI Analysis: 1) I don't think any film project can detail the real horrors of war on the
scope, scale, and severity of war on all sides involved. However, this film does do a
reasonable job in bringing forth the myriad of conflicts and personal struggles that war
brings.
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An African American family navigates love, forgiveness and coming together after a tragic
loss.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Trey Shults, Kelvin Harrison jr., Taylor Russel, Sterling Brown
Rating: R
Length: 2h 30m
UCI Analysis: Captivating and story line with emotional twists and turns restoring love
and relationships on various levels. Time can heal all wounds when we do the work to
repair.
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Lawyer Bryan Stevenson takes on the case of Walter McMillian, who is sentenced to die for
murder despite evidence proving his innocence, in the years that follow, Stevenson
encounters racism and legal maneuverings as he fights for McMillians's life.
Genre(s): Drama;
Cast: Destin Cretton, Michael Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2 hrs 20 mins.
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Harriet Tubman escapes slavery and liberates hundreds through the Underground Railroad.
Genre(s): Action & Adventure
Cast: Kasi Lemmons, Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monae', Leslie Odom Jr.
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2hr 10 mins.
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Starr Carter is a prep school student who witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best
friend at the hands of a police officer. Facing pressure from all sides of the community, she
must find her voice and decide to stand up for what's right.
Genre(s): Drama;
Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, K.J. Apa, Anthony Mackie, Sabrina...
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2 hrs 20 mins.
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Young Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman)faces one of his greatest challenges wile
working as a lawyer for the NAACP. He teams up with lawyer Sam Friedman (Josh Gad) to
defend Joseph Spell, a black chauffeur who's employer accuses him of sexual assault and
attempted murder.
Genre(s): Drama; Interests;
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling Brown, Dan stevens, James
Cromwe...
Rating: TV-13
Length: 120 mins.
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The story of a runaway slave and his grandfather, a captive on the ship of Capt. John
Newton.
In 1856, a runaway slave (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his family find help from the underground
railroad, while in 1748, the man's grandfather is captive aboard the ship of Capt. John
Newton (Bernhard Forcher)
Genre(s): Drama;
Cast: Jazsmin Lewis, Thomas Ford, Bria Murphy, Viviane Brazil, Ary Katz, Miguel Nunez jr.,..
Rating: TV-14
Length: 120 mins.
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The story of a runaway slave and his grandfather, a captive on the ship of Capt. John
Newton.
In 1856, a runaway slave (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his family find help from the underground
railroad, while in 1748, the man's grandfather is captive aboard the ship of Capt. John
Newton (Bernhard Forcher)
Genre(s): Drama; Shows; Interests
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Bernhard Forcher, William Sadler, Sharon Leal, Diane Salinger,
David Rasche, Terrance Mann,
Rating: R
Length: 1hr 40 mins.
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Reporter Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner) becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign after
he exposes the CIA's role in importing vast amounts of cocaine into primarily Black
communities, the sale of which would generate money for Contra rebels in Nicaragua and
at the same time turn the Black community into a drug-infested chaos leading to
senseless violence and long-term poverty. (emphasis mine!)
Genre(s): Drama; Mystery & Suspense; Interests
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt,
Rating: R
Length: 120 mins.
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A street-wise teen (Jacob Latimore) discovers the value of faith, healing and family after he
goes to New York to spend Christmas with his estranged relatives (Forest Whitaker, Angela
Bassett).
Genre(s): Drama; Music
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Latimore,
Mary J. Blige,...
Rating: PG
Length: 105 mins.
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While spending time apart from her finance, a bride finds herself drawn to another man.
Genre(s): Drama; Romance;
Cast: Kali Hawk, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Musiq Soulchild, Terri Vaughn, Tamela Mann,
Rating: G
Length: 120 mins.
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A man (Michael Jai White) learns that he has a fraternal twin (Byron Minns).
Genre(s): Drama;
Cast: Michael Shite, Nadine Ellis, Byron Minns, Clifton Powell, Lynn Whitfield, Elizabeth Bec..
Rating: PG
Length: 120 mins.
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For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has done what's expected
of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His life begins to change; however, when
he meets Lindsey Wakefiled (Thandie Newton), a struggling single mother who has just
been evicted. Wesley offers to help Lindsey get back on her feet and, though he's already
engaged, romantic sparks begin to fly. Suddenly, Wesley fins himself torn between what is
expected of him and what he really wants.
Genre(s): Drama; Romance
Cast: Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union, Phylicia Rashad...
Rating: TV14
Length: 120 min.
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Jamie Fitzpatrick (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and Nona Alberts (Viola Davis) are two women from
opposite sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a
mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their
children. The tow women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a
bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a
faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhall, Viola Davis, Holly Hunter, Oscar Isaac,...
Rating: PG
Length: 125 min.
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After her parents are murdered before her eyes, a child grows to become a professional
killer, leading her to hunt for her parents' killers.
Genre(s): Drama
Director: Olivier Megaton
Cast: Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis, Amandla Stenberg
Rating: PG-13
Length: 111 min
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Tyler Perry's
Madea's Big Happy Family
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Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action
when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing News.
A woman tries to tel her squabbling family about her terminal illness.
Genere(s): Shows; Drama;
Cast: Tyler Perry, Shad "Bow Wow" Moss, Loretta Devine, Cassi Davis, Palmer Williams Jr.
Director: Tyler Perry
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A former Black Panther (Anthony Mackie) faces enmity from family and neighbors after he
returns to his hometown to bury his father.
When ex-Black Panther Marcus (Anthony Mackie) returns to Philadelphia for the funeral of
his father, he knows it's not going to be an easy visit. Many of his old radical friends,
including "DoRight" Miller (Jamie Hector), still believe that Marcus was responsible for the
death of a Panther leader right before he took off. While trying to convince everyone he's
not a snitch, Marcus rekindles his relationship with Patricia (Kerry Washington), the widow
of the slain leader.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Jamie Hector, ...
Rating: R
Length: 95 min.
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A successful, happily married executive (Idris Elba) becomes the object of unwanted
affection from a temp worker (Ali Larter) at his company.
Genre(s): Drama; Mystery & Suspense
Cast: Idris Elba, Beyonce' Knowles, Ali Larter, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill, Jerry O'Conner.
Rating: TV14
Length: 120 min.
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FBI agents (Bruce Wilis, Radha Mitchell) probe a murder case linked to the inventor of the
technology that allows people to live vicariously through robotic versions of themselves.
Genre(s): Action & Adventure; Science Fiction;
Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, James Ginty, James
Cromwell,...
Rating: TV14
Length: 120 min.
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Tyler Perry's
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
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When Madea (Tyler Perry) catches three young siblings raiding her home, she takes
matters into her own hands and delivers the children to their only relative: Aunt April
(Taraji P. Henson). At first, April, a boozy nightclub singer who leeches off her married
boyfriend, wants nothing to do with them, but when a Mexican immigrant named Sandino
(Adam Rodriguez) rents a room in her basement, April begins to realize that life may hold
more possibilities.
Genre(s): Shows
Cast: Tyler Perry, Taraji Henson, Adam Rodriguez, Brian White, Hope Wilson, Kwesi
Boakye, Frederick Siglar, Gladys Knight...
Rating: TV14
Length: 120 min.
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A mechanic (Elba) enlists the help of a successful-but-lonely attorney (Union) while trying
to wrest custody of his three daughters from his treacherous ex-wife and her alarcenous
boy friend. Along the way, the working relationship between the blue collar dad and his
uptown attorney grows into something more. This is simple, touching story of tow people
trying to overcome their different backgrounds to find love, a down-on-his-luck man
struggling to protect his children from abuse and neglect, and community looking to purge
itself from the criminals terrorizing their neighborhood.
Genre(s): Drama
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Tracee Ellis Ross, Louis Gossett Jr., Tasha Smith...
Rating: TV13
Length: 1hr 40min.
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Coach Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) leads the first all-black basketball team to NCAA victory
during the 1966 season.
After being appointed the new coach of the 1966 Texas Miners, Don Haskins (Josh Lucas)
decides to build a team based on talent rather than race. The conservative townsfolk balk
at the new racially diverse lineup despite the fact that the team is winning all their games.
When black players like Bobby Joe Hill (Derek Luke) and team captain Harry Flournoy
(Mehcad Brooks) begin to dominate the court with flashy moves, the racial tension
increases, jeopardizing the future of the team.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols, Jon Voight,
Rating: PG
Length: 180 min.
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Science nerd Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon) is proficient at engineering but incompetent
when it comes to dating. One day, popular girl Paris Morgan (Christina Milian) appears at
the auto shop where he works after school. She has damaged her mother's car and urgently
requests repairs. Alvin offers a bribe: He will fix the car immediately in exchange for two
weeks of dating. Paris agrees, and Alvin is able to enter the sacred realm of the popular
kids. But at what cost to himself?
Genre(s): Comedy
Cast Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Kenan Thompson, Kal Penn,
Rating: PG
Length: 120 min.
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The touching story of a sailor (Derek Luke) who, prone to violent outbursts, is sent to a
naval psychiatrist (Denzel Washington) for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young
man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his
new doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never
knew.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Denzel Washington, Salli Richardson,...
Rating: PG-13
Length: 125 min.
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Sidney (Sanaa Lathan) and Dre (Taye Diggs) can attribute their friendship and launch of
their careers to one single childhood instant ... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New
York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic and he is a
successful, though unfulfilled, music executive. Both come to realize that their true life
passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
Genre(s): Comedy; Drama
Cast: Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Nicole Parker, Boris Kodjoe, Queen Latifah, Erik
Weiner, Reggi Wyns, Wendell....
Rating: PG-13
Length: 115 min.
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Members (LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox) of a dysfunctional family bicker
while mourning the loss of their patriarch.
The best and the worst of the Slocumb family are on display when Woodrow "Bud"
Slocumb keels over from a stroke. As the town swelters in the summer heat, family
tensions reach a comedic boil as the Slocumb clan comes together to remember their
dearly departed.
Genre(s): Comedy
Cast: LL Cool J, Jada Smith, Vivica Fox, Loretta Devine, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton,
Cedric the Entertainer, Darius
Rating: PG
Length: 105 min.
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A gripping tale of two brothers in their early 20s, one black and one white, each the other's
keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade of tragedy. One is a struggling
comedian and the other is a boxer consumed with the pleasure and pain of skin.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Larenz Tate, Deborah Cox, Martin Cummins,...
Rating: R
Length: 105 min.
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The U.S. Navy's first black diver (Cuba Gooding Jr.) battles a salty chief (Robert De Niro),
racial prejudice and a crippling setback.
Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is an ambitious sharecropper who joins the U.S. Navy to
become the world's first black master diver. Bust as he works through diving training, the
bitter and racist Master Chief Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) sets out to make Carl's journey
as difficult as possible. Despite the entire Navy doubting his potential and sabotaging his
training, the determined Carl proves that he can overcome the discrimination around him.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanu
Rating: R
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In this comedic drama, two unnamed students -- an African-American man (Haqrold
Perrineau) and a Caucasian man (Anthony DeSando) -- discuss a speech that the former will
be giving in class. Focusing on race relations, the ideas in the speech spark a debate
between the two men that eventually grows into a heated argument. During the intense
discussion, they cover a wide range of topics, from dating to holidays to music, making
numerous allusions to pop culture.
Genre(s): Comedy; Drama
Cast: Harold Perrineau, Anthony DeSando, Francie Swift,...
Rating: TV-MA
Length: 85 min.
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Dangerous Evidence:
The Lori Jackson Story
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African-American Marine Corporal Lindsay Scott (Richard Yearwood) is charged with
raping another Marine's wife, a white woman, near the Quantico military base in Virginia.
Civil rights activist Lori Jackson (Lynn Whitfield), who has no formal legal training, takes on
the case. After Scott is convicted -- despite a lack of evidence -- Jackson refuses to give up,
instead using the power of the media to fight the considerable forces of the military justice
system and seek freedom for Scott.
Genre(s): Interests
Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Richard Lineback, Richard Yearwood,
Rating: PG
Length: 100 min.
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The Simple Life of Noah
Dearborn
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A developer hires a psychiatrist (Mary-Louise Parker) to declare a farmer (Sidney Poitier)
mentally incompetent in order to gain his land.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Dianne West, Mary-Louise Parker,
Rating: PG-13
Length: 90 min.
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Two U.S. Navy officiers (Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman) clash aboard a nuclear
submarine bound for Russia, while that country is under rebel siege.
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a
possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) signs on a
relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) to the
USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When
Ramsay insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather
than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
Genre(s): Mystery & Suspense;
Cast: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James
Gandolfini, Matt Craven, Lillo Brancato,...
Rating: R
Length:120min
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A 10-year-old boy (Elijay Wood) spends a summer in the country with a childless couple
(Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson) and a precocious girl.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood, Thora Birch, Sheila Macarthy,...
Rating: PG-13
Length:115min
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In 1955 Montgomery Alabama, Odessa Carter (Whoopi Goldberg) needs to get to work as a
nanny in the home of the affluent Miriam Thompson (Sissy Spacek), but she refuses to take
the bus. Odessa is participating in the Montgomery bus boycott, protesting against the
inequality between blacks and whites, so Miriam decides to offer Odessa a ride to work
every day. Though the community and Miriam's husband (Dwight Schultz) insist she not
get involved, the relationship between Miriam and Odessa has already changed for the
better.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames, Dylan Baker, Erika
Alexander, Lexi Randall, Richard Habers...
Length: 105 min
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A historical drama that chronicles the first Black infantry unit in the Civil War and their
relationship with their white commander.
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, Jihmi
Kennedy, Andre...
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2hr 3min
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A fisherman's son (Matthew Modine) goes through medical school with a bad attitude,
especially in cadaver class.
Genre(s): Shows
Cast: Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti,...
Rating: PG-13
Length: 110 min.
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In this fact-based film, a New Jersey superintendent, Dr. Frank Napier (Robert Guillaume),
watches helplessly as East Side High becomes the lowest-ranked school in the state. With
nowhere else to turn, Dr. Napier enlists maverick ex-teacher Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) to
take over as principal of the declining school. Unfortunately for Clark, before he can focus
on improving the student body's state exam scores, he has to somehow rid the school of its
gang and narcotics problems.
Genre(s): Interests; Drama
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume, Beverly Todd, Lynne Thigpen, Jermaine Hopkins,
Karen Malina White,..
Rating: PG
Length: 180 min.
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When tow men (Roddy Piper, Keith David) put on special sunglasses they see aliens and
subliminal message. Nada (Roddy Piper), a wanderer without meaning in his life discovers
a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the
streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised
of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that the most social
elite are skulled-faced aliens bent on world domination,. With this shocking discovery,
Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.
Genre Horror; Science Fiction:
Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David Meg Foster, George “Buck” Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St.
Jacques, Jason Robards III, Larry…
Rating: R
Length: 1hr 45min
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Leroy Green (Taimak), a young martial artist living in New York City, trains tirelessly to
attain the same level of mastery as the great Bruce Lee. One night, his life changes forever
when he rescues television personality Laura Charles (Vanity) from evil businessman Eddie
Arkadian (Chris Murney). I… MORE
Release date: March 22, 1985 (USA)
Director: Michael Schultz
Producer: Rupert Hitzig
Screenplay: Louis Venosta
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Robbers Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) and his brother are shot and taken to the local
hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks (Sidney Poitier), the hospital's only black
doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying
on the operating table, Ray accuses the doctor of murdering him. Blind with rage, Ray
works to turn the white community of the city against Brooks, who finds an unlikely ally in
the dead man's widow, Edie (Linda Darnell).
Genre(s): Drama
Cast: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Sidney Poitier, Stephen Mc...
Rating: PG
Length: 110min.
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A married Frenchman (Albert Prejean) meets a raw North African beauty (Josephine Baker)
and refines her, "Pygmalion" style.
A young Bedouin girl, Alwina (Josephine Baker), becomes the object of desire and
inspiration for an idealistic French writer, Max (Albert Prejean). Max intends to write a
book about the exotic Alwina, as well as molding her into a sophisticated, alluring woman.
He brings Alwina back to Paris, presenting her as an Indian princess, and immediately sets
off fireworks with his wife -- who is not impressed with her husband's dalliance.
Genre(s): Shows
Cast: Josephine Baker, Albert Prejean, Germaine Aussey, Robert Armoux, Georges Peclef,
Viviane Romance, Jean Gailand
Rating:
Length: 90min.
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