Mississippi Summer
A racially diverse acting troupe takes their stage play on the road, one which they hope will encourage voter registration. Under escalating internal tensions, the actors split into race groups and abandon the show.
A racially diverse acting troupe takes their stage play on the road, one which they hope will encourage voter registration. Under escalating internal tensions, the actors split into race groups and abandon the show.
Robert Earl Jones
Jared Martin
J.A. Preston
Lisle Wilson
Willy
A racially diverse acting troupe takes their stage play on the road, one which they hope will encourage voter registration. Under escalating internal tensions, the actors split into race groups and abandon the show.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
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An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
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Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.
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Set shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arranged by their unscrupulous managers and the Yakuza.