Little Bill

Cotton Club

In den „Roaring Twenties“ ist der „Cotton Club“ in Harlem einer der gefragtesten, aber auch skandalträchtigsten Jazz-Clubs New Yorks. Aber nicht nur der Rhythmus, sondern auch Prohibition und Wirtschaftskrise erhitzen die Gemüter. Gangster, Musiker, Polizei - die einen besuchen den Club, andere wiederum möchten ihn am liebsten schließen. Nachdem der Jazztrompeter Dixie Dwyer einem der großen Mafiabosse Dutch Schultz das Leben rettete, wird er von diesem nun protegiert. Schultz verschafft ...

Who Killed Atlanta’s Children?

From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then considered the other cases closed. Some of the parents of the slain children were critical of the way the cases were handled and believed there was some sort of cover up. Nearly four years after the conviction of Williams, "Spin" magazine editor Ron ...

Color of Justice

Kangaroo Court

Oscar nominated short film from 1994. Directed by Sean Astin!

Dead Air

A distraught disc jockey (Gregory Hines) seeks out a mystery caller (Debrah Farentino) who may be the killer of his girlfriend (Laura Harrington).

Mr. Bill

Als Bill Rago seinen Job als Werbetexter verliert, stürzen die Probleme über ihn herein. Um seiner Tochter einen kostspieligen Traum erfüllen zu können, verdingt er sich schließlich als Lehrer bei der Army. Dort soll er tumben Rekruten geistig auf die Sprünge helfen und sie zu logischem Handeln und Denken animieren. Anfangs bekommt Mr. Bill das Kasernenleben überhaupt nicht. Doch dank seiner unkonventionellen Lehrmethoden gelingt es ihm, seine Chaotenklasse mit Hamlet zu versöhnen.

Jammin’: Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

A behind the scenes look at the Broadway production of Jelly's Last Jam, including a tribute to jazz musician and composer Jelly Roll Morton. Gregory Hines and George C. Wolfe, who wrote the book for Jelly's Last Jam, are interviewed. Includes scenes from the show.

T Bone N Weasel

A couple of con men look for paradise in a stolen car.

White Lie

A black New York man returns to his southern hometown to investigate his father's lynching at the hands of a white mob.

A Rage in Harlem

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.

Eve of Destruction

Eve is a military robot made to look exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When she is damaged during a bank robbery, the robot becomes an unstoppable killing machine. Colonel Jim McQuade is assigned to stop the robot and with the help from Dr. Simmons they have to predict where she will go next.

The Cotton Club

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Deal of the Century

Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.