Yasiin Bey
19 titles
Filmography
19 results

Something the Lord Made
(2004)Fact-based story of a white surgeon and a black lab technician who revolutionized heart surgery amidst the racial injustice of the 1940s.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2005)Seconds before Earth is destroyed to make way for a new hyperspace express route, Arthur Dent is whisked into space by his best friend Ford Prefect. And so the misadventures begin as he and his fellow travellers - including the cool but dim-witted President of the Galaxy, the Earth girl Trillian, and Marvin the paranoid android - search for answers to the mystery of Life and the Universe.

16 Blocks
(2006)From director of action blockbuster Lethal Weapon, Richard Donner. Personal demons put cop Jack (Bruce Willis - Die Hard) at rock bottom but he wasn't about to let a witness be murdered on his watch. When he's assigned to escort a petty criminal to testify before the grand jury, a violent turn of events means this down-and-out cop needs to pull it together as he is hunted across New York City.

Journey to the End of the Night
(2006)An exiled American son and father find themselves plotting to escape the desolation of their lives in the lurid underworld of Brazil's sex industry.
Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops
(2006)An exciting behind-the-scenes look into the elusive world of hip-hop moguls and their struggles with law enforcement. This documentary uncovers the existence of "Hip-Hop Cops," an alleged nationwide coordinated effort by the police and FBI to monitor the most personal details of some of hip-hop's biggest names.

Prince Among Slaves
(2008)The true story of Prince Abdul-Rahman, stolen from West Africa and sold into slavery on a plantation in Mississippi in 1788. His battle for freedom over forty years attracted the support of men such as President John Quincy Adams and he eventually became the most famous African in America. Abdul-Rahman survived the harsh ordeals of slavery through his love of family and his deep faith as a Muslim.

Brown Sugar
(2002)Two best friends finally realize that they may be in love with each other.

Life of Crime
(2013)A pampered housewife is kidnapped by a pair of blundering ex-cons in an effort to extort money from her sleazy real-estate tycoon husband.

Where's Marlowe?
(1998)Film-school grads try to make a documentary about modern private detectives and end up helping one of whom who has a puzzling case.

Next Day Air
(2009)Laughs, larceny, and mayhem are all in the delivery when a cache of cocaine is mistakenly sent by a down-on-his-luck driver to a team of inept crooks.

Carmen: A Hip Hopera
(2001)In a modern adaptation of Bizet's classic story, a police officer begins a torrid love affair with a tempting, aspiring actress who wreaks destruction wherever she goes.

Island of the Dead
(2000)A billionaire, Rupert King, buys a New York island for development, only to face deadly attacks from flies sent by vengeful spirits he's disturbed.

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
(2005)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.

Monster's Ball
(2001)Monster's Ball is a hard-hitting Southern drama tempered by a story of powerful life-changing love. It is the story of Hank (Academy Award winner, Billy Bob Thornton), an embittered prison guard working on Death Row who begins an unlikely but emotionally charged affair with Leticia (Academy Award winner, Halle Berry), the wife of a man under his watch on The Row.
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.

Civil Brand
(2003)This film, whose title is a play on the former Sybil Brand prison for women in California, is about 4 jailed women fighting corruption on the inside.

The Italian Job
(2003)Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime but didn’t plan on the double-cross. Now he's planning a tricky new caper against an old ally.

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
The lives of an emerging superstar and a filmmaker intertwine in this intimate documentary series charting Kanye West's career, filmed over two decades.

Showtime
(2002)When a patrol officer ruins a detective’s drug bust, the fireworks between them is caught by a TV news crew and now a network wants them to do a show.