Oscar Brown Jr.

Oscar Brown Jr.

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Original Gangstas
Title: Original Gangstas
Character: Marvin Bookman
Released: May 10, 1996
Type: Movie
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to Gary to be with his father and, with a little help from his friends, to destroy the Rebels his way.
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Title: Roc
Released: August 25, 1991
Type: TV
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
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Title: Roc
Character: Miles Taylor
Released: August 25, 1991
Type: TV
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
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Sunday in Paris
Title: Sunday in Paris
Character: O.S. Dickson
Released: July 7, 1991
Type: Movie
A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career as a daytime-drama actress in New York to move back with her extended family on their Texas farm.
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Up Against the Wall
Title: Up Against the Wall
Character: Coach
Released: January 18, 1991
Type: Movie
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.
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Title: Brewster Place
Character: Jessie
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: TV
Brewster Place is a short lived American drama series which aired on ABC in May 1990. The series was a spinoff of the 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place, which was based upon Gloria Naylor's novel of the same name. The series starred talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who also served as co-executive producer.
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Zora is My Name!
Title: Zora is My Name!
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.
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Keep Cool
Title: Keep Cool
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
An animation (long before there were such things) for Oscar Brown Jr’s track “But I Was Cool”, from his 1961 debut album Sin & Soul.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Making It
Title: Making It
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A documentary that looks at the obstacles African-American males face when building a career. As the narrator states, "this film is about his chances, about the changes that have been made and the problems still remaining." The film includes interviews with men who are "making it," or who are some of the first African Americans in their field.