Alfre Woodard

An animated musical based on the life of John Henry. The story of the legendary African American folk hero, who pitted his strength against that of a machine and won the contest. The story is told from the point of view of John's wife, Polly.

A heartfelt tale about the Carmichael family living through difficult, but often wonderful, circumstances in their close-knit Brooklyn neighborhood.

A prison warden’s personal demons come to a head as she prepares to execute an inmate claiming innocence and who’s praying for an 11th-hour pardon.

Two matriarchs embark on a cross-country road trip to rediscover themselves and find a way to save their families from ruin.

Burdened by troubles in life and love, a mother of three grown children searches for hope and healing on an impromptu trip to Paper Moon, Montana.

An autistic Brooklyn young man escapes his abusive mother, to find a doctor who can help him get the right medication. A story of hope in dire times.

The story of the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for valor in combat, is told through personal accounts of bravery and daring. The medal is presented to individuals for service above and beyond the call of duty. Most have been awarded posthumously, yet in this film 13 living recipients tell their stories.

Poignant stories mixed with a healthy dose of humor lay out the case for the importance of the first five years in the care and education of children.

After a terrible accident leaves her wheelchair bound, a former soap opera star is looked after by a nurse who has her own share of troubles.

The story of a gay drag queen (Ving Rhames) who begins to care for a girl, whose mother (Alfre Woodard) is fighting drug addiction, but a dealer (Mykelti Williamson) threatens everything.

Set 65 million years ago, DINOSAUR tells the compelling story of Aladar, an iguanadon who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs, including the wisecracking Zini and the compassionate Plio.

Zurich Condoll is a student at Frederick Douglass University and is proud to be a pledge at a famous African-American fraternity. But anti-hazing rules have driven his Hell Week underground, and the veteran members of his fraternity have degenerated into a pack of vicious, drunken, sadistic louts.

Determined to follow in her cousin's footsteps footsteps,CArnelle enlists the help of local seamstress Popeye Jackson in preparing for the "Miss Firecracker" pageant.

In this contemporary re-imagining of the beloved classic film, Steel Magnolias chronicles the extraordinary friendship of six remarkable Southern Women.

A 12-year-old lives under the supervision of an agoraphobic neighbor, until the day the young girl takes a solo trip to find her true identity.

Praised by The Village Voice as the most "clear-eyed account of union organizing on film," The Killing Floor tells the little-known true story of the struggle to build an interracial labor union in the Chicago Stockyards. The screenplay by Obie Award-winner Leslie Lee, based on an original story by producer Elsa Rassbach, traces the racial and class conflicts seething in the city’s giant slaughterhouses, and the brutal efforts of management to divide the workforce along ethnic lines, which eventually boiled over in the Chicago Race Riot of 1919. The first feature film directed by Bill Duke, The Killing Floor premiered on PBS' American Playhouse series in 1984 to rave reviews. In 1985 the film was invited to Cannes and won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award. It has been showcased at the Lincoln Center and festivals around the world. New 4K restoration by Made in U.SA. Productions, Inc. Laboratory services by UCLA Film and Television Archive Digital Media Lab; Audio Services by Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc.; Digital Color Grading by Planemo (Berlin) and Alpha-Omega digital (Münich). Special thanks to Elsa Rassbach and the Sundance Institute Collection at UCLA Film and Television Archive.

No one believed her concerns. Not her doctor. Not her partner. Now alone and grieving, she fears her life's in grave danger. Why won't anyone listen?

For anyone who ever had a dream and everyone with the courage to stand up for what they believe, comes the real life story of Robert "Radio" Kennedy. Experience Radio's journey from a man no one understands to the coach no one could live without. Together with Head Coach Harold Jones, Radio inspired a football team to become champions and a town to open their hearts. Heroic performances from Ac..

A true story about a widowed dad who takes on one of the toughest jobs in the world: fatherhood.

Beginning with King Leopold II of Belgium's avaricious rape of the country and tracing the impact of this often-forgotten crime through to the modern day, this immensely shocking doc is a heart-rending tale of a country destroyed by rapacious hands.