Obba Babatundé
26 titles
Filmography
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Noble Intentions
(2023)The choice between his mother’s life and his own is one a teen must make when her $6,000-a-month cancer treatment forces him to make dirty money.

If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
(2015)One-by-one the students of College Professor Dr. Black (Obba Babatundé) are found dead. More disturbing than the fact that they died, was how they perished and why. As Dr. Black becomes the prime suspect in the case being investigated by Detective Harris (Keith David), the clock is ticking for him to solve the mystery of the murders before all are lost. As the search draws closer to who or what is responsible, all beliefs are challenged, and true destinies are revealed, heating up to a shocking conclusion that no one involved would have expected.

Death's Door
(2015)What starts as a thrilling party at an old mansion, quickly turns into a nightmare when all the doors won't open and there’s only one way out.

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
(2007)Unseen for 40 years, a rare and candid interview with Martin Luther King Jr. with fresh insight from notable figures into his life and personality.

Redeemer
(2002)A writer is touched by the story of a former Black Panther who seams to have been wrongfully convicted to life imprisonment 20 years ago. The writer decides to try to help the now middle-aged convict get exonerated.

Life
(1999)Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are two 1930s New Yorkers sentenced to spend the rest of their days in a Mississippi jail.

How High
(2001)Two regular guys smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
God Bless the Child
(1988)Abandoned by her out-of-work husband and evicted from her home, Theresa Johnson (Mare Winningham, Academy Award-nominee for Georgia, Emmy Award-winner for George Wallace) now faces life with her daughter Hillary (Grace Johnston, Beaches) among America's homeless.

Joy Road
(2011)A defense attorney, desperate to leave his career behind, is begged by his sister to represent her boyfriend, the alleged leader of a notorious gang.

Jingle Belle
(2018)Returning to her hometown to help with a Christmas pageant, a songwriter is shocked to find that her high school sweetheart is directing the show.

Trapped: Haitian Nights
(2011)A determined detective takes on a complicated case involving the missing wife of a prominent doctor, and finds more than she ever expected.

Dolls of Voodoo
(2013)Reality-TV icon Kenya Moore stars in and directs this horror tale of newlyweds terrorized by a voodoo priest out of revenge for his scorned daughter.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
(1999)Dorothy Dandridge was a movie star who had it all, but behind the glamour was the reality. Halle Berry stars in this fact-based story of passion, tragedy and tremendous success. The film spans the life and career of the luminous actress who overcame discrimination to become the first African American woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Oscar(R) (for Carmen Jones in 1954).

The Last Fall
(2012)Cut from the league at just 25, an ex-NFL player with no money or prospects returns home where he must make the most important decision of his life.

The Millennial
(2022)A young privileged African American millennial recently receives his master' degree from a prestigious university and sets out to pursue a career in his chosen field only to find out it's not the plain sailing he imagined.

Miss Evers' Boys
(1997)Emmy-winning story of a 1930s experiment in which the U.S. government withheld treatment from African American syphilis patients.

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
(2012)Daphne stars in a vampire movie. But when a real vampire shows up, the Scooby gang must investigate.

Trigger
(2020)Collin escaped the hood and found his wife and fortune. His brother Trey is paroled from a murder charge and comes to stay with him. After a disastrous accident, Trey holds Collin and friends hostage vowing he is never going back to prison.

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(2004)This doc tracks the progression of black entertainers on the small screen through the years, and includes rare footage and exclusive interviews.

'Til Death Do Us Part
(2017)When her husband becomes abusive, Madison flees by faking her death and changing her identity. But she soon learns there's no escaping this nightmare.