a/k/a Central Park Five Release Date: 5/31/19; Limited Series – Netflix Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: Ava DuVernay Studio(s): Forward Movement, Harpo Films, Participant Media, Tribeca Productions, Netflix. Cast: Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, Justin Cunningham, Freddy Miyares, Jharrel Jerome, Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Blair Underwood, Chris Jackson, Joshua…
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Just Mercy
Release Date: 1/17/2020; In Theaters Genre: Drama/Biography Rating: PG-13 Director: Destin Daniel Cretton Studio(s): Netter Productions, Warner Bros. Running Time: Unknown Cast: Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson; Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian; Brie Larson as Eva Ansley; O’Shea Jackson, Jr. as Anthony Ray Hinton; Tim Blake Nelson as Ralph Myers; Rob Morgan as Herbert…
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Release Date: 10/28/17; Lifetime Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 Director: Bruce Beresford Studio(s): Sony Pictures Television; Lifetime Television Cast: Queen Latifah (Iza Banks), Jill Scott (Nayyirah Shariff), Betsy Brandt (LeeAnne Walters), Rob Morrow (Professor Edwards), Marin Ireland (Melissa Mays), Lyndie Greenwood (Adina Banks). Story: Inspired by the Time Magazine cover story, “The Toxic Tap,” by Josh…
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Release Date: 8/4/17; In Theaters Genre: Drama/Based on Actual Events Rating: Unknown Running Time: Unknown Director: Kathryn Bigelow Studio: Annapurna Pictures, First Light Production, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast: John Boyega, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Ben O’Toole, Hannah Murray, Anthony Mackie, Jacob Latimore, Algee Smith, Joseph David-Jones, Kaitlyn Dever, Jason Mitchell, John Krasinski, Jeremy Strong, and Laz Alonso.…
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a/k/a Darker Than Blue Release Date: (2017) Genre: Drama Rating: NR Running Time: 94 mins. Director: Matt Ruskin Studio(s): Iam21 Entertainment, Washington Square Films, Black Maple Films. Cast: Keith Stanfield (Colin Warner), Nnamdi Asomugha (Carl King), Natalie Paul (Antoinette), Bill Camp (William Robedee), Nestor Carbonell (Bruce Regenstreich). Story: On April 10, 1980, a shot rang…
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Release Date: 4/16/16; HBO Genre: Drama Rating: NR Running Time: Unknown Studio(s): ABC Signature Studios, Groundswell Productions, HBO Films. Director: Rick Famuyiwa Cast: Kerry Washington (Anita Hill), Wendell Pierce (Clarence Thomas), Erika Christensen (Shirley Wiegand), Zoe Lister-Jones (Carolyn Hart), Greg Kinnear (Joe Biden), Grace Gummer (Ricki Seidman), Jeffrey Wright (Charles Ogletree), Eric Stonestreet (Ken Duberstei),…
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