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An 11-year-old boy learns about manhood as he accompanies the uncle he worships, an ex-con, on a mission to raise money through a drug deal.

Stand up and make yourself heard--that is the message that went out to more than 500 teenagers as they assembled in Los Angeles for the Brave New Voices 2010 National Slam team championships. Capturing all the excitement and poetry of the five-day festival, this special culminates in the Grand Slam Finals between four teams as they compete in front of a raucous audience.

Hip hop artists discuss the dramatic changes they've made in their lives to improve their health as part of urban communities’ self-love revolution.

A film tracing the relationship between hip-hop and the President of the United States.

Administrators at an elementary school scramble to hide a dead body from students and parents on Career Day.

This doc looks back on 1964, when civil rights activists and musicians shared a goal to track down a blues singer and bring him out of retirement.

Follow the three-year journey of two young men, through small triumphs and big setbacks, as they train to become professional magicians.

In an underground society, Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) investigates a co-worker’s death and uncovers shocking secrets.

John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and battles against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

After moving to Los Angeles, a stand-up comic finds her love life getting complicated just as her career is about to move up to the next level.

A female physical therapist is drafted by an all-star basketball player to help him recover from a career-threatening injury. The two soon fall in love in what is a modern-day Cinderella story.

An enslaved woman escapes a secluded Georgia plantation, making a shocking discovery when she finds herself in a post-civil rights era American south.

A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip-hop, but her parents demand that she finish college. She dutifully agrees to complete her education. However, her spoken word proves to have a powerful impact in the classroom.

Exploding the myth that Hip-Hop is merely 'rap music,' "5 Sides of a Coin" is an overview of the worldwide phenomenon of Hip-Hop. Today Hip-Hop is a multi-billion dollar industry and a socially relevant culture. "5 Sides of a Coin" features exclusive interviews and footage of Hip-Hop's pioneers, insiders, critics and fans, including Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jay, Gil Scott-Heron, RunDMC, Jurassic 5, De La Soul, Dilated Peoples, Beat Junkies, Q-Bert, Mix Master Mike, The Pharcyde, DJ Spooky, The Stereo MC's and many, many more Hip-Hop artists interviewed around the world. Their voices define the culture in their own words: the good, the bad and the flossy. Embraced by a diverse cross-section of youth, Hip-Hop is a powerful force, one that transcends its commercial trappings and controversies, that stands alone as the number one youth movement in the world.

Actor, writer and comic Dave Chappelle loads up a bus with residents of his Ohio hometown and takes them to Brooklyn, N.Y. Once there, the travelers enjoy a concert featuring Kanye West, the Fugees, Big Daddy Kane and others. Rehearsal footage and Chappelle's brand of comedy enliven the proceedings.

During the 1990s, Stretch and Bobbito introduced the world to an unsigned Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang, and Big Pun as well as an unknown Jay-Z, Eminem, and the Fugees. The total record sales for all the artists that premiered on their radio show exceeds 300 million. The late night programme had a cult following in the worlds of art and fashion as well as with the nation's prison population.

Pete Koslow is a former special operations soldier working as an informant for the FBI to help dismantle the Polish mafia's drug trade in New York. But when the FBI's operation goes wrong, resulting in the death of an undercover NYPD cop, Pete is coerced into returning to Bale Hill, the prison he previously served time in for manslaughter, to take down the cartel from the inside.

The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood, and how she single-handedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.

Diane Warren: Relentless is a groundbreaking documentary that reveals the unique genius of a woman who has shaped an entire generation of music. Having written over 400 songs for iconic artists such as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Celine Dione, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, and Aerosmith, Diane Warren resides in the pantheon of music greats. This is her untold story.

Follows composer Charles Fox from LA to Paris and Havana, as he and a group of world class musicians play phenomenal live music.