3 Strikes 2000  R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: DJ Pooh
Cast: Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, E-40, David Alan Grier, Dean Norris, Starletta DuPois, George(2) Wallace, Mike Epps, Meagan Good, Bennet Guillory
DJ Pooh of rap fame wrote and directed this urban comedy/drama centered on Rob (Brian Hooks) who has just been released from jail. But–he now has two strikes and one more will be a major problem. So, when his friend shoots a cop who stops the car that Rob is riding in, Rob escapes, determined to clear himself. Little appeal to most people.
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 The Color Purple 1985  PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Dana Ivey, Laurence Fishburne, Desreta Jackson, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory
This story is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and revolves around a Black family in Georgia where success is learned from lessons in adversity. In 1909, teenager Celie (Desreta Jackson) gives birth to two children and is virtually sold off to sharecropper Alfred (Danny Glover) who marries her and then sells the children. Celie is treated like a slave. Later, Albert moves his mistress Shug (Margaret Avery) into the house. Celie (now played by Whoopi Goldberg) develops a good relationship with Shug and Alfred's take-no-guff daughter-in-law Sofia (Oprah Winfrey). Through their friendships, Celie gains the strength to leave Albert and begin a new life. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), and two for Supporting Actress (Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey). A "must see."
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| 1. 3 Strikes (2000)
2. The Color Purple (1985)
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