Nia Long
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Are we there yet? (2005, 95 min.): The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a harrowing New Year's Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to the city from Portland, Oregon. The kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom has dated, are determined to turn the trip into a nightmare for Nick.
North (1994, 87 min.): Eleven-year-old...
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In too deep: A gritty crime drama about a dedicated young cop who goes deep undercover to take down a ruthless gangster! Officer Jeff Cole is given a dangerous mission to infiltrate the syndicate of "God," the charismatic and deadly crime lord who rules the city's streets.
The glass shield: An enthusiastic black rookie cop is gradually corrupted in the Los Angeles Police Department by a steady onslaught of racism. In the end, he unwittingly participates...
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Held up: A romantic getaway turns into one hilarious bungle after another when a successful businessman is dumped in the desert by his beautiful fiancée, has his car jacked, and is taken hostage in a stickup at the local Sip & Zip!
The wash:To earn some money quick, Sean gets a job with his friend at the local car wash and gets more than he bargained for.
The cookout: Todd Anderson's life changes overnight when he signs a
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Criterion collection volume 1095
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Sweet sweetback's baadasssss song: A young hustler's aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a Black revolutionary by two white cops.
Baadasssss: A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peebles' struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy....
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Set in different decades in the same house, these stories of three lesbian couples each reflect a specific concern. In 1961, Abby and Edith, two retired schoolteachers, lead a quiet life. Abby has a stroke and dies, and her nephew and his wife come for the funeral and to sort and sell Abby's things, unaware that she and Edith were a lifelong couple. In 1972, four college-age lesbians share the house. They have problems with the campus feminism group,...
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The best man: Share the laughter, love and surprises with a beloved group of college friends who reunite for the first time in years to celebrate a wedding and confront the wild secrets of their college days.
The best man holiday: The good times continue years later as long-forgotten rivalries and romances are passionately reignited as the whole cast reunites for the holidays.
Almost Christmas: The festive story of a beloved patriarch who asks his...
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Friday: Craig and Smokey have until the end of the day to pay back Big Worm.
Menace II society: A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Set it off: Four poor black women try to get some payback from the social system which has abused them by a staging a series of bank robberies.
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The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Watermelon man: A loud-mouthed, bigoted white man's suburban existence is jarringly upended when he wakes to discover that he has become a black man.
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song:...