Yasiin Bey
17 titles
Filmography
17 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.

Be Kind Rewind
(2008)Jack Black and Mos Def star in Be Kind Rewind, a unique comedy from Academy Award-winning writer/director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Black stars as a lovable loser stuck in a life that's too small for his big dreams. But when he unintentionally erases all the tapes in a video store where his best friend works, he devises a plan to satisfy the store's few loyal customers by re-creating and re-filming every movie they decide to rent.
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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Amy
(2015)Uncover the story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse—in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archive footage and previously unheard tracks.

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
(2011)Actor Michael Rapaport turns documentary filmmaker with this look at the turbulent career of progressive New York hip-hop outfit A Tribe Called Quest.

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.

Begin Again
(2014)In New York City, a disgraced record business executive forms a bond with a young, hopeful singer-songwriter that changes each of their lives