Coach Carter 2005  PG-13, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Carter
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez, Nana Gbewonyo, Antwon Tanner, Channing Tatum, Ashanti, Texas Battle, Denise Dowse, Debbi Morgan, Mel Winkler, Carolina Garcia, Vincent Laresca, Octavia Spencer
This film is based on a true story that took place in 1999 when basketball team members signed a contract to maintain good grades at their high school. When they failed to live up to the commitment, Coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) benched the undefeated team and insisted on a 2.5 grade point average for his players. The community was outraged.
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 Never Die Alone 2004  R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: David Arquette, DMX, Michael Ealy, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Clifton Powell, Antwon Tanner, Jennifer Sky, Luenell Campbell, Keesha Sharp, Drew Sidora, Aisha Tyler, Rhoda Jordan
Recently slain drug dealer King David (DMX) tells this story through flashbacks that are made possible when an aspiring journalist (David Arquette) recreates events through King David's audio tapes, which provide an oral history of his days in the drug world.
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Sunset Park 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Gomer
Cast: Rhea Perlman, Fredro Starr, Carol Kane, Terrence Howard, De'aundre Bonds, Talent Harris, Camille Saviola, Anthony Hall, Shawn Michael Howard, Antwon Tanner
Phyllis Saroka (Rhea Perlman) is a physical education teacher at a high school in Brooklyn. To make some extra money, she agrees to take on the job of coaching a team made up of young African Americans who end up teaching their coach almost as much as she teaches them about victories over adversities.
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| 1. Coach Carter (2005)
2. Never Die Alone (2004)
3. Sunset Park (1996)
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