Ernest R. Dickerson
1) Jungle fever
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A black architect begins an affair with his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors.
2) Future sport
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
The story takes place in a time when the hottest sport around is a high-tech combination of in-line skating and skateboarding that is so challenging that only the toughest, most dexterous athletes can thrive. Tremaine Ramsey is the greatest athlete of them all. Fame for him is a drug; it is such an obsession that it threatens his personal and professional life. When a terrorist group arises that threatens the world's safety, Tre is asked to use his...
4) Our America
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story of two African-American teenagers from the South side of Chicago and the NPR producer who takes a chance and hires them to report on the murder of a 5-year old neighbor.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this documentary traces the untold history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre. Adapting Robin Means Coleman's seminal book, this will present the living and the dead, using new and archival interviews from scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre's past trends, to those...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
King David is a cunning and charismatic leader of the streets who returns to his home turf in Los Angeles after a 10 year absence seeking redemption, but finds only brutal retribution. An aspiring reporter becomes seduced by the culture of drugs and violence that he is supposed to be reporting about. Together, the two become mixed up with ruthless gangsters and a cold-blooded killer seeking revenge.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In Bordello of blood, the seductive antics of heartless hookers are suddenly threatened when Rafe Guttman is hired by bible-toting Katherine Verdoux to go in search of her rebellious brother Caleb, who has fallen prey to the lecherous lot.
In Demon knight, an intense stranger arrives at a run-down boarding house in flight from the Collector. The Collector is after an item in the stranger's possession, which turns out to be a holy relic, and when...
Series
Criterion collection volume 97
Publisher
Universal City Studios
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
New York City Detective Mike Logan and Sargeant Paul Cerreta are working the streets of the 31st precinct in relentless persuit of criminals. Once the criminals are caught by Logan and Cerreta, it is up to Executive ADA Ben Stone and his assistant ADA Paul Robinette to bring them to justice.
13) Mo' better blues
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined"--Container.
14) Miracle's boys
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Life in the hood is tough, especially for the Bailey brothers, who find themselves on their own after the deaths of their parents. As they struggle to hold their family together, the boys have to face the challenges of raising themselves. The series follows the trio through their hardships and triumphs, as they learn to face life's challenges and rewards, together on the mean streets of Harlem.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Over a year has passed since Katrina, but residents are finding it harder than ever to rebuild their lives, much less hold on to their special cultural identity. So why bother to stay? Because it's New Orleans. And New Orleans must go on.