Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles

Born: January 15, 1957
in Mexico City, Mexico
Mario Cain Peebles Marx (born January 15, 1957) is a Mexican-born American director and actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films. He is son of filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles.

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Movies for Mario Van Peebles...

Outlaw Posse
Title: Outlaw Posse
Character: Chief
Released: March 1, 2024
Type: Movie
1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana but is chased by Angel, whose rationale to the gold leaves a trail of dead bodies.
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Sharksploitation
Title: Sharksploitation
Character: Self
Released: January 26, 2024
Type: Movie
The ultimate deep dive into the world of shark cinema: filmmakers, critics, scholars and conservationists explore the weird, wild cinematic legacy of sharks on film and audiences' undying fascination with these misunderstood creatures.
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Christmas Rescue
Title: Christmas Rescue
Released: December 14, 2023
Type: Movie
A man abducts the love of his life from her holiday-themed wedding in a desperate last attempt to win her back.
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Title: Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2022
Type: Movie
A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.
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Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Title: Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the Blaxploitation movement, a short-lived but highly influential sub-genre in the years that followed.
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Seized
Title: Seized
Character: Mzamo
Released: October 13, 2020
Type: Movie
Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero’s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to slaughter the members of three rival crime syndicates. If he fails, Taylor will die. Now, with bullets flying and bodies dropping as Nero completes his mission, he races to find Mzamo’s hideout and seek revenge.
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AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
Title: AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
Character: Self
Released: May 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For our third tape, we’re diving into the most controversial, hotly debated topic of all time: HORROR SEQUELS! Thank you for your generous support during these difficult times. And remember: “This makes Guns N’ Roses look like THE BRADY BUNCH.”
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A Clear Shot
Title: A Clear Shot
Character: Gomez
Released: May 1, 2020
Type: Movie
An electronics store erupts into chaos as four young Vietnamese gunmen storm the premises, setting the stage for the largest hostage situation in US history. Rick Gomez, SAC PD's top hostage negotiator, quickly realizes that his job is not simply to talk down the gunman and keep everyone safe, but must also juggle the politics of an arrogant sheriff and a trigger-happy SWAT commander to prevent a national tragedy.
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Immortal
Title: Immortal
Character: Carl
Released: October 16, 2019
Type: Movie
Thrown into the face of death only to emerge unharmed, characters are left staring at their lives in the face with uncertainty and fear like they've never imagined.
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Title: Sherman's Showcase
Character: Detective
Released: July 31, 2019
Type: TV
Travel through time via music and comedy drawn from the forty-year library of the legendary, but fictional, musical variety show called “Sherman's Showcase.”
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Title: Sherman's Showcase
Released: July 31, 2019
Type: TV
Travel through time via music and comedy drawn from the forty-year library of the legendary, but fictional, musical variety show called “Sherman's Showcase.”
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Run the Race
Title: Run the Race
Character: Pastor Baker
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and his dreams—on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
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Title: A Million Little Things
Character: Ronald
Released: September 26, 2018
Type: TV
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.
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Armed
Title: Armed
Character: Chief
Released: September 14, 2018
Type: Movie
A former U.S. marshal discovers that all of the survivors of his old unit are experiencing the same symptoms simultaneously and there may be a larger conspiracy at hand.
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Submerged
Title: Submerged
Character: Hector
Released: February 12, 2016
Type: Movie
A limo ride turns hellish as several kidnappers set their sights on the young people inside.
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Title: Blindspot
Character: Frank Davenport
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: TV
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.
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Drumline: A New Beat
Title: Drumline: A New Beat
Character: Mr. Bolton
Released: October 27, 2014
Type: Movie
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
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Title: Z Nation
Character: Cooper
Released: September 12, 2014
Type: TV
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
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Title: Z Nation
Character: Martin Cooper
Released: September 12, 2014
Type: TV
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
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Mantervention
Title: Mantervention
Character: Steve
Released: September 5, 2014
Type: Movie
Spencer turns to his best friend who's planned an unorthodox "mantervention" filled with debauchery to convert him from hopeless romantic to forever player, and in the process they discover that being in love is not so bad after all.
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Red Sky
Title: Red Sky
Character: Jason Zimmerman
Released: March 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.
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American Warships
Title: American Warships
Character: Captain Winston
Released: May 15, 2012
Type: Movie
When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.
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We the Party
Title: We the Party
Character: Sutton
Released: April 6, 2012
Type: Movie
In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, social media, fitting in, standing out, and finding themselves.
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Title: The Finder
Character: Fontana
Released: January 12, 2012
Type: TV
Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.
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Herschel
Title: Herschel
Character: Narrator
Released: September 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Profiling former Georgia running back Herschel Walker. The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner overcame teenage bouts with bullying for being overweight and having a severe stutter.
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Tied to a Chair
Title: Tied to a Chair
Released: May 27, 2011
Type: Movie
After one burned dinner too many, a husband divorces his wife. She decides to return to acting and goes to France. There she meats a forgotten one-hit wonder director who's also looking for a chance to make a comeback.
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5th & Alameda
Title: 5th & Alameda
Character: Trevor
Released: April 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Sara, a pregnant woman, is the innocent bystander in a robbery, committed by reluctant criminal, Derek. After being accidentally shot in the robbery, Sara loses her child. Returning home, she is shocked to find Derek there with a gun, but things are not as they seem. Determined to do penance for a lifetime of bad choices, Derek places himself in Sara's power, and Sara, who has been viciously abused by men in the past, takes the opportunity for vengeance. As they grow to know each other, they both will form a lifesaving bond or kill each other first!
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All Things Fall Apart
Title: All Things Fall Apart
Character: Eric
Released: March 5, 2011
Type: Movie
50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his professional ambitions -- and causes him to look at himself and his life in a new way.
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Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Title: Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Character: Agent Hobbs
Released: December 28, 2010
Type: Movie
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is pursued by a Mexican gangster, a federal agent and thugs sent by a former client looking to retrieve his money.
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Multiple Sarcasms
Title: Multiple Sarcasms
Character: Rocky
Released: May 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, Elizabeth. But slowly it dawns on him that he is not really happy. Gabriel decides that he wants to write a play about the sorry state of his life. He quits his job, gets a pushy literary agent friend to represent him and starts writing. Although his marriage ends in a divorce, the play is success and although his life is different than it was, he is happier.
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A Letter to Dad
Title: A Letter to Dad
Character: Norman
Released: July 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams. But on the night he is going to propose, he is overcome by deep-rooted anger caused by the father who abandoned him as a boy. Dan confronts his feelings of bitterness head on as he pours his heart out in a letter to his father.
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Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Title: Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Character: Pirate Captain
Released: August 22, 2008
Type: Movie
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again
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Sharpshooter
Title: Sharpshooter
Character: Flick
Released: October 11, 2007
Type: Movie
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
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Title: Damages
Character: Man #2
Released: July 24, 2007
Type: TV
Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.
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Title: Damages
Character: Agent Randall Harrison
Released: July 24, 2007
Type: TV
Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.
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Hard Luck
Title: Hard Luck
Character: Captain Davis
Released: October 17, 2006
Type: Movie
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Title: Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Character: Earl
Released: September 27, 2005
Type: Movie
Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Luis Guzmán (Carlito's Way) and Sean Combs (Monster's Ball) star in the gripping tale of the early years of gangster legend Carlito Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underworld, he enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution. Assisted by his two brothers-in-crime, Carlito is on the fast track to becoming Spanish Harlem's ultimate kingpin. He quickly learns, however, that the only way to survive at the top is through loyalty to his friends and respect for the rules of the street. (FILMAFFINITY)
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How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Title: How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Released: April 7, 2005
Type: Movie
Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." In this documentary, the life of Van Peebles is discussed, including his work not only in film, but also as a novelist, actor, musician, stock trader and even Air Force pilot. Interview subjects include Gil Scott-Heron, Spike lee and Melvin's son and fellow filmmaker, Mario Van Peebles.
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Title: Black in the 80s
Released: February 1, 2005
Type: TV
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Baadasssss!
Title: Baadasssss!
Character: Melvin Van Peebles
Released: May 28, 2004
Type: Movie
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
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Crown Heights
Title: Crown Heights
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
After the Crown Heights riots, an orthodox Rabbi and a community activist help two youths--one a Hasidic Jew, the other African-American--form a hip-hop group to heal their neighboorhood.
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Gang of Roses
Title: Gang of Roses
Character: Jessie Lee
Released: October 10, 2003
Type: Movie
Set in the 1800's, the town of Flat ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for dominance, the outlaws kill Sally, a whore who happens to be the sister of Rachel and a 1/5 member of the Roses Gang. With the weight of grief on her heart, Rachel decides to shed her new found religious faith to bring vengeance upon her sister's killers. After placing Sally to rest, she goes in search of her former posse to assist her in the reckoning of the outlaws wrong doing.
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The Hebrew Hammer
Title: The Hebrew Hammer
Character: Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim
Released: January 23, 2003
Type: Movie
A Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus's evil son.
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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
Title: 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
Character: Henry Jones
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
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The Street Lawyer
Title: The Street Lawyer
Character: Mordecai Green
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
An attorney leaves his high-priced firm to work for the less fortunate.
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Jim Brown: All-American
Title: Jim Brown: All-American
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2002
Type: Movie
Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present and future—focusing on his athletic career, acting and activism. Many people from Hollywood and sports backgrounds were interviewed for the film. Members of Brown's family were also interviewed for the film.
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10,000 Black Men Named George
Title: 10,000 Black Men Named George
Character: Ashley Totten
Released: February 24, 2002
Type: Movie
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact Pullman porters were often called "George" by white passengers, which was considered a racial slur.
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Ali
Title: Ali
Character: Malcolm X
Released: December 10, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
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Guardian
Title: Guardian
Character: Detective Kross
Released: June 12, 2001
Type: Movie
With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates its cause: a new drug called Chaos. With help from his partner Carpenter, they delve into the mystery, only to discover a link between the drug and a terrifying supernatural power unleashed during the gulf war, witnessed by Kross twelve years ago. Now, Kross must race against time to stop the destruction, battle his own demons and come to grips with his destiny as he discovers that his reality has been mapped by a power much greater than himself.
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Title: Soul Food
Character: Quentin James
Released: June 28, 2000
Type: TV
Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. Created by filmmaker George Tillman, Jr. and developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, Soul Food is based upon Tillman's childhood experiences growing up in Wisconsin, and is a continuation of his successful 1997 film of the same name. Having aired for 74 episodes, it is the longest running drama with a predominantly black cast in the history of North American prime-time television.
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Blowback
Title: Blowback
Character: Insp. Don Morrell
Released: March 10, 2000
Type: Movie
After a psychotic religious killer is captured and sentenced to death, he is instead recruited by the US government and trained to become a professional assassin. He now seeks revenge on all those who participated in sentencing him to death.
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Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Title: Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Character: James Hemings
Released: February 13, 2000
Type: Movie
Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love affair, spanning an ocean, ultimately producing children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.
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Judgment Day
Title: Judgment Day
Character: Thomas Payne
Released: November 12, 1999
Type: Movie
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from striking the earth, but a fanatical religious cult have made it their business to stop him. A convicted murderer (Ice-T) with ties to the group must now join forces with an FBI agent (Suzy Amis) to free the scientist from the cult's clutches and prevent millions of needless deaths. Mario Van Peebles and Linden Ashby appear in supporting roles
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Love Kills
Title: Love Kills
Character: Poe Finklestein
Released: October 4, 1999
Type: Movie
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.
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Raw Nerve
Title: Raw Nerve
Character: Detective Blair Valdez
Released: September 16, 1999
Type: Movie
A cop, who is losing his sanity, lures his girlfriend and his former partner into the dangers of arson, robbery, and murder.
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Killers in the House
Title: Killers in the House
Released: November 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Bank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.
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Title: Mama Flora's Family
Character: Luke
Released: November 8, 1998
Type: TV
A black matriarch in the early 20th century is determined to free her children from the bonds of prejudice.
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Title: Rude Awakening
Character: Marcus Adams
Released: August 1, 1998
Type: TV
An alcoholic former soap opera actress joins AA and tries to stay sober while dealing with an overbearing family and romantic entanglements.
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Valentine's Day
Title: Valentine's Day
Character: Jack Valentine
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was about to turn states evidence. The killing came as the mobster was with his girlfriend Alma. Jack suspects Alma of being involved - even more so when he finds her involved with one of the mob family, Michael. However he begins to fall for her himself and finds himself involved in the deadly game where not everything is what it seems.
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Crazy Six
Title: Crazy Six
Character: Dirty Mao
Released: November 1, 1997
Type: Movie
In a crumbling Europe, powerful mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of the lucrative arms trade.
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Title: Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Character: Self
Released: July 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
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Riot
Title: Riot
Character: Turner
Released: April 27, 1997
Type: Movie
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
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Stag
Title: Stag
Character: Michael Barnes
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host's home.
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Los Locos
Title: Los Locos
Character: Chance
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.
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Gang in Blue
Title: Gang in Blue
Character: Michael Rhoades
Released: September 8, 1996
Type: Movie
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
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Solo
Title: Solo
Character: Solo
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom and protect their village. Contrary to his programming, Peebles decides to stay and assist the rebels in their plight. Having gained this information, his "creators" develop a more powerful android to try and defeat him.
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Panther
Title: Panther
Character: Stokely Carmichael
Released: May 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Captain William Clark
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Highlander: The Final Dimension
Title: Highlander: The Final Dimension
Character: Kane
Released: November 29, 1994
Type: Movie
Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano. When an evil immortal named Kane kills the old wizard, the resulting battle leaves him buried in an underground cave. When Kane resurfaces in the 20th century to create havoc, it's up to McLeod to stop him.
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Full Eclipse
Title: Full Eclipse
Character: Max Dire
Released: November 27, 1993
Type: Movie
The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, but his methods are unconventional, and so is he - he's a werewolf.
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Title: Living Single
Released: August 29, 1993
Type: TV
Living Single is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone. Throughout its run, Living Single became one of the most popular African-American sitcoms of its era, ranking among the top five in African-American ratings in all five seasons. The series was produced by Yvette Lee Bowser's company, Sister Lee, in association with Warner Bros. Television. In contrast to the popularity of NBC's "Must See TV" on Thursday nights in the 1990s, many African American and Latino viewers flocked to Fox's Thursday night line-up of Martin, Living Single, and New York Undercover. In fact, these were the three highest-rated series among black households for the 1996–1997 season.
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Gunmen
Title: Gunmen
Character: Cole Parker
Released: May 21, 1993
Type: Movie
A New York DEA agent springs an outlaw from jail to lead him to stolen money in South America.
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Posse
Title: Posse
Character: Jesse Lee
Released: May 14, 1993
Type: Movie
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.
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In the Line of Duty: Street War
Title: In the Line of Duty: Street War
Character: Raymond Williamson
Released: October 25, 1992
Type: Movie
In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the dead cop's partner, who is also the brother of the gangster. There's nothing civil about this war that has two brothers squaring off against each other. The strong cast includes Mario Van Peebles, Ray Sharkey and Peter Boyle.
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Stompin' at the Savoy
Title: Stompin' at the Savoy
Character: Walter
Released: April 19, 1992
Type: Movie
As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs, dreaming of stardom, riches and happiness. By night, they dance their troubles away at the famous Savoy Ballroom. But when World War II appears on the horizon, the girls find their fortunes unfolding too unevenly to reconcile, and they inevitably begin to drift apart.
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A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
Title: A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
Released: April 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Ricky Bell, an all-pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who died of a rare muscle disease in the prime of his career. The plot centers on Bell's relationship with a father-less handicapped boy, and his efforts to be a big brother to him. The boy ends up being an inspiration for Bell when his disease makes the athlete more afflicted than the boy.
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New Jack City
Title: New Jack City
Character: Stone
Released: March 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Mr. Carsley
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Blue Bayou
Title: Blue Bayou
Character: Jay Filley
Released: January 15, 1990
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.
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Identity Crisis
Title: Identity Crisis
Character: Chilly D
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
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Title: Sonny Spoon
Released: February 12, 1988
Type: TV
Sonny Spoon is a detective program aired in the United States on the NBC television network in 1988. The series was created by Michael Daly, Dinah Prince, Stephen J. Cannell and Randall Wallace and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions.
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The Child Saver
Title: The Child Saver
Released: January 18, 1988
Type: Movie
Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.
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Jaws: The Revenge
Title: Jaws: The Revenge
Character: Jake
Released: July 17, 1987
Type: Movie
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
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The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Title: The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 1987
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Released: April 12, 1987
Type: TV
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Character: Dana
Released: April 12, 1987
Type: TV
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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The Facts of Life Down Under
Title: The Facts of Life Down Under
Character: David Johnson
Released: February 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Blair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo, Beverly Ann, and Andy visit the land down under. Blair and Jo are warned of a planned jewel heist; Beverly Ann visits a beau from many years ago; Natalie is stranded in the outback; and Tootie meets a Yale student who pretends to be a young Aborigine.
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Hotshot
Title: Hotshot
Character: Winston
Released: January 23, 1987
Type: Movie
The story of an American soccer player trying to make it big who turns to Pele, the greatest soccer player of all time, for guidance.
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Heartbreak Ridge
Title: Heartbreak Ridge
Character: Corporal 'Stitch' Jones
Released: December 5, 1986
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Andrew Taylor
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Last Resort
Title: Last Resort
Character: Pino
Released: March 31, 1986
Type: Movie
George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable accomodation and undesirable holiday makers, but everyone except for George manages to have fun in the sun.
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3:15 the Moment of Truth
Title: 3:15 the Moment of Truth
Character: Whisperer
Released: January 31, 1986
Type: Movie
Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here the cobras rule the school and everyone in it. Everyone except for Jeff Hanna.
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Children of the Night
Title: Children of the Night
Character: Roy Spanish
Released: October 25, 1985
Type: Movie
A sociology graduate student researches her doctoral thesis on female crime by interviewing street prostitutes. Shocked by her findings, she offers her own apartment to teenage prostitutes seeking refuge from the streets, many of whom are rejected by their parents and are dependent on their pimps.
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South Bronx Heroes
Title: South Bronx Heroes
Character: Tony
Released: October 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from their child pornographer foster parents.
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Rappin'
Title: Rappin'
Character: John
Released: May 10, 1985
Type: Movie
An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.
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Delivery Boys
Title: Delivery Boys
Character: Spider
Released: April 2, 1985
Type: Movie
A gang of boys under the Brooklyn Bridge are united by their common interest in break dancing. Some work as pizza delivery boys, hence they call themselves the "Delivery Boys". They form a dance team and enter a local break dance contest, sponsored by a woman's panty manufacturer. A rival gang's sponsor intimidates their employer into thinking she must keep the boys working so they won't be harmed. She gives the boys some "specialized" deliveries to make them late for the contest. The antics and calamities abound as the boys wrestle with her work assignments and getting to the contest on time.
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The Cotton Club
Title: The Cotton Club
Character: Dancer
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
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Title: The Cosby Show
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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Exterminator 2
Title: Exterminator 2
Character: X
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: Movie
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
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Crosscurrent
Title: Crosscurrent
Character: Raphael
Released: November 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a shipping tycoon. The trail leads to a drug dealer, a shady physician and a nervous police captain
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Title: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Character: The Young Sweetback
Released: March 31, 1971
Type: Movie
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.