Christmas Comes Twice

Release Date:  12/13/20; Hallmark
Genre:  Comedy/Holiday
Rating:  NR
Director:  Michael M. Scott
Studio(s):  BET
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:  Tamera Mowry-Housley, Michael Xavier, Sheryl Lee Ralph.

Story:  Emily (Tamera Mowry-Housley) is a top newscaster who has achieved her career dreams but still has regrets about the guy (Michael Xavier) who got away five years earlier. When the Christmas carnival comes to town, a ride around the carousel takes her magically back in time to the carnival five years before…giving her a second chance at love before she must return to Christmas present.  Source(s):  Shadow & Act; Black Film & TV; urbanbridgez.com.

To Sleep With Anger 

To Sleep With AngerRelease Date:   8/28/16; Chicago Black Harvest Film Festival (1990)
Genre:  Drama
Rating:   PG
Running Time:  102 mins.
Director:  Charles Burnett
Studio(s):   SVS Films; The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Cast Danny Glover (Harry), Paul Butler (Gideon), DeVaughn Nixon (Sunny), Mary Alice (Suzie), Reina King (Rhonda), Cory Curtis (Skip), Richard Brooks (Babe Brother), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Linda), Carl Lumbly (Junior), Vonetta McGee (Pat).

Story:  Danny Glover stars as Harry Mention, a mysterious drifter from the South who visits an old acquaintance (Paul Butler), now leading a middle-class life with his family in South Central Los Angeles.  Though imbued with charm and traditional manners, Harry has a knack for mischief that creates powerful rifts throughout the family.  Source:  Film Society Lincoln Center; IMDB.

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