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- DirectorJohn McDougallStarsNicole AlexanderBoosie BadazzAmeer BarakaIn the streets of Baton Rouge, there are only two sides of the track. In the midst of a street war of South vs. North, Marcus Hatch (Lil Boosie) and Jai "Savage" Carter (Webbie) find themselves as rival drug dealers struggling to make ends meet. With the streets at war, someone must suffer the consequences. This movie centers on the personal challenges, setbacks and dilemmas of street life. Keep an eye peeled for Nicole (Hoopz) Alexander, who plays Slimm's (Tyrin Turner better known as Cain from Menace II Society) love interest and medical student, rap stars Bun B and Paul Wall also appear in supporting roles, as well as cameos by Trill Entertainment's own Foxx, Lil' Phat, Lil Trill, KaDe, & Big Head.
- DirectorDennis L. Reed IIStarsNicole AlexanderKimeth AllanArmetjir AmadiMaria had a chance to reap revenge on the man that took her world away. Now with a bounty on her head because she killed this man's wife, a war has begun.
- DirectorDennis L. Reed IIStarsNicole AlexanderLemastor SpratlingKristin ClarkeWhen Maria unknowingly falls for the man that killed the love of her life, all hell breaks loose.
- DirectorDerek ScottStarsMurda PainLance WhittightonSinoWhen a woman realizes that being cheated on is not worth having the finer things in life, she stumbles upon the true definition of love.
- StarsNia MirandaMurda PainThomas L. HarrisDrug crews in southwest Detroit discover innovative reasons kill each other.
- DirectorHenry ChanStarsArt EvansKhalil KainFlex AlexanderTwo feuding brothers inherit their father's gas station, and must run it together.
- DirectorPatrick McKnightStarsPatrick McKnightDane HerefordChip JoslinScam artist Price Brown was living the good life. Now, with detectives hot on his trail he hides out in his cousinââ'¬s wacky frat house. ââ'¬Â¦ but he just may be safer on the streets!
- CreatorGregory Thomas GarciaDavid W. DuclonWarren HutchersonStarsPaul WinfieldJeremy SuarezGeoffrey OwensAn American television sitcom set in Washington, D.C. that centers around a family-run business headed by Royale Watkins. The series premiered September 24, 1997 on NBC and ended October 15, 1997 after airing 8 episodes.
- DirectorLionel C. MartinStarsBill BellamyNatalie Desselle ReidLark VoorhiesA playboy gets the tables turned on him when a party is arranged with all of the women he has been two-timing are in attendance.
- CreatorGreg CarterStarsMyaCarl Anthony Payne IIGary Anthony SturgisMina, has been struggling to make ends meet - especially since the death of her husband 2 years ago. Now a single mother of 2 sons, Mina fears for their safety after an argument at a local convenience store leaves a young girl dead.
- DirectorLeslie HarrisStarsAriyan A. JohnsonKevin ThigpenEbony JeridoWith hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams.
- DirectorMatty RichStarsGeorge T. OdomAnn D. SandersLawrence Gilliard Jr.A young man living in poverty makes a plan to rob a drug dealer and change the life of his family.
- DirectorMichael CampusStarsRony ClantonDon GordonJoyce WalkerA gifted young man is caught up in gang life.
- DirectorD. Mark GrieshopStarsLester BibbsTobin CostenSide 2 SideThe Rev. Do Wrong Ain't Right is a 1990's urban television evangelism con where a daily inspirational show, "DoWrong In The A.M." is the launch pad for unbelievable shenanigans where Rev. Do Wrong and his side-kick Deacon Hot Hands get paid. DoWrong spends his days gambling and getting his groove on. The local city councilman has had it with DoWrong and his television popularity. Councilman Thomas wants to take down DoWrong any way he can.
- DirectorJohn G. YoungStarsJulia Carothers HughesElizabeth DennisTerrance EppsAfter his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. Sequan finds refuge in a friendship with a troubled girl who astutely hones in on his true sexuality and introduces him to her cute brother.
- DirectorAlex AcostaStarsStephen D. Barrett IIMilas BiggarOne Way BoobeTwo hustlers come up the hard way. When a group of savage stick up boys start terrorizing the city.
- DirectorVan ElderStarsBrandon FobbsEddie GoinesKeena FergusonDating While Black is a very honest and comedic look at the dating process through the eyes of several individuals.
- DirectorJordan Walker-PearlmanStarsObba BabatundéRae Dawn ChongCharmin Lee WhiteA young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
- CreatorFelischa MaryeStarsTanisha LongTristen J. WingerChase AnthonyA woman living in East Atlanta wonders if there is something bigger and better in life.
- DirectorPaul D. HannahStarsWesley JonathanPaula Jai ParkerJaleel WhiteTodd is at the pinnacle of his game; a great job, great friends and more women than he knows what to do with. He owns a lounge that frequents some of the finest women and talent mid-town Chicago has to offer. Unsatisfied with his level of romantic achievements, he goes on a quest to date three women at one time. He believes the laughable exhaustion of just keeping his story straight is his only penance to pay until he finds out that all three women share a common bond and the aftermath is more than he bargained for.
- CreatorKevin HartChris SpencerRalph FarquharStarsDuane MartinKevin HartNick CannonKevin Hart and other celebrities play a comic fictionalized version of themselves in this parody of similarly named reality shows. Episodes often feature Kevin Hart's attempts to gain celebrity and his jealousy of his friends.
- DirectorLawrence PageStarsTamala JonesLynn WhitfieldBokeem WoodbineA story revealing a woman's struggle to find balance as she fights a secret addiction while struggling to save her family and find herself.
- DirectorMann RobinsonStarsMarian BerryTorrei HartBenzinoThis is a story of a young man named Kenny Stanford who had dreams of being an Successful artist in the music industry, but these dreams were cut short.
- DirectorMann RobinsonStarsHarry LennixPatrice FisherJamal WoolardLibaraiers "Rilla" Stanford, has just been released from prison and finds that his immediate world has changed, knowing that the dangers of the streets remain the same, his only mission it to take care of his 6yr old son, Kevin.
- DirectorVan ElderStarsOmar GoodingGerald 'Slink' JohnsonDomiNque PerryA conservative and socially awkward optometrist decides to take a leap of faith on quest for fulfillment in a male companion at the urging of her friends as a last-ditch effort to find happiness. Her arduous journey leads her to a potential young suitor, but more important down a path to self-discovery.
- DirectorRoger RothStarsBrandon KarrerTrent CameronNadège AugustHe thought he knew what life was about. He was dead wrong. Rob's an ambitious photographer who is trying to boost his career. He attempts to document life in the 'hood and hooks up with a gang who shows him what life is like on their turf, with their rules. Rob realizes he is in too deep as the bodies start to drop. Will he make it out alive?
- DirectorTony GerberStarsShabana AzmiValeria GolinoShashi KapoorStaten Island cab-driver Bipin Raj picks up a passenger and mistakes her for a movie star; he tells her that his brother, Vikram Raj, is a Bollywood megastar with millions of fans and is currently living with him and his wife and two children. But all is not hunky-dory in the Raj household, for Mrs. Chandra Bipin Raj's initial thrill at meeting her megastar brother-in-law has simmered down and she is anxious for him to leave. Vikram Raj might have been a handsome man in his younger years, but now he is a grossly-overweight, macho, lazy alcoholic. But all is not lost: several ardent fans visit him and dance to his film songs, much to Chandra's exasperation. A few days later, Vikram claims that Al Pacino has phoned him and wants to meet to discuss a film script. The Raj family gives him a fond farewell. This short story, as well as the stories of a dress-designer, a drug-dealer working at a meat-shop, and a beauty queen's slacker husband, introduce people of diverse cultures living their separate yet inter-connected lives in this busy metropolis.
- DirectorDamon DashStarsDamon DashCam'ronMurda MookA drug lord's lieutenant struggles to protect his crime family and his own honor after a shootout.
- DirectorMichael T. Fitzgerald Jr.StarsCoolioSam SarpongAloma WrightNine friends one crazy night, grad night.
- DirectorKennedy GoldsbyStarsGlenn PlummerAnthony JohnsonMerlynne WilliamsTo save the live of his friend Roscoe from the clutches of organized criminals, Clyde must devise a way to create a world-class recipe and then turn a struggling cafe into a legendary soul-food restaurant.
- DirectorRuhkiya S. WilliamsStarsChaysen BeachamAngell ConwellDebra GlennThe story of a group of friends whose devotion to each other is tested when one of them is raped, and another one is murdered at a weekend party. Now they are forced to take the law into their own hands.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsTaimakVanityChristopher MurneyIn New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow.
- DirectorBill GunnStarsDuane JonesMarlene ClarkBill GunnAfter being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsStephen Tyrone WilliamsZaraah AbrahamsRami MalekAn anthropologist awakes with a thirst for blood after an assistant stabs him with a cursed dagger.
- DirectorXavier BurginStarsRusty CundieffErnest R. DickersonRobin R. Means ColemanA look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.
- DirectorDavid WolfgangStarsMalik BarnhardtStarletta DuPoisOmar GoodingThe trilogy picks right up where True 2 left us. Gena's awakes to find that her mysterious savior is Quadir. Before happily ever after, Gena has 72 hours to go back to Philly to check on Bria and Gah Git and let them know of her plans.
- DirectorJamal HillStarsVivica A. FoxAndra FullerRotimiAfter her friend's death, a NYC journalist becomes the target of a criminal looking to collect on a debt.
- DirectorChristine SwansonStarsTeyonah ParrisGary DourdanDarius McCraryStory of Miki Howard, an American R&B and Jazz singer, whose hits include "Ain't Nobody Like You" and "Ain't Nuthin' in the World."
- DirectorMykel Shannon JenkinsStarsGabriel B. AlexanderFrancisco AntonioDavid BlakTwo wolves is an urban thriller drama that builds on the story of Special Agent Artemis in a world of secrets, mystery and intrigue. As a child, Artemis watched his family get torn apart.
- DirectorPreston A. Whitmore IIStarsRobert CostanzoMalcolm David KelleyIyana HalleyFor Dutch, survival is the ultimate score, and power is the deadliest high of all. When he gains control of an African drug lord's stolen heroin business, Dutch quickly makes it the most feared drug empire on the East Coast.
- StarsCassandra BlairShelli BooneNiketta Scott30-something lesbians of color living in southern California struggle with their tangled love lives.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsRichard PryorFranklyn AjayeWhile it's unclear what the film was about, it is believed that it followed a group of Black Panthers who kidnap a wealthy white man and put him on trial for all the racial crimes in American history.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsCharlayne WoodardCleavant DerricksMae MercerThis version of the Cinderella tale with an all-black cast has Cinderella, who wants to marry a dashing army officer, finding out out that her father, who she thought had an important job at a big hotel, is actually the men's room attendant. Her wicked stepmother finds out, too, and complications ensue.
- DirectorGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsStefano SibaldiSusan HampshireDick GregoryTwo documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
- DirectorRene Martinez Jr.StarsSteve GallonJoycelyn NorrisBenny LatimoreSuper Soul Brother was originally going to be the "Black Superman". However, it ended up an action comedy. Wildman Steve plays a bum who agrees to allow an experimental drug to be administered to him. What he doesn't realize is that the doctor who's doing the experiment is a criminal, trying to create an unstoppable thief that's immune to bullets. Steve gains all the powers that Superman has, and after getting his revenge against all those who harassed him on the street, discovers the truth about the doctor's plans for him.