A Christmas Without Snow 1980  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: John Korty
Cast: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, Ruth Nelson, Valerie Curtin, James Cromwell, David Knell, Calvin Levels, Beah Richards, Barbara Tarbuck, William Swetland, Ed Bogas, Daisietta Kim, Joy Carlin, Anne Lawder
After her divorce, Zoe Jensen (Michael Learned) relocates to San Francisco to start a new life. She joins the church choir but has conflicts with tough, old choirmaster Ephraim Adams (John Houseman). Pressures rise as the choir practices for the big Christmas show, and the problems of other choir members– including Ephraim–are revealed.
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Convicts 1991  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Masterson
Cast: Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas, James Earl Jones, Starletta DuPois, Carlin Glynn, Gary Swanson, Mel Winkler, Calvin Levels
Adapted from Horton Foote's play, this film is about young Horace Robedaux (Lukas Haas) and his lesson learned about injustice in the early 1900s' South as taught to him by Soll Gautier, a senile plantation-owner who uses Black convicts for back-breaking field labor. This film and "On Valentine's Day" are prequels to "1918."
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Follow Me Home 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bratt
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Calvin Levels, Steve Reevis, Tom Bower, John Allen Nelson, Ahimsa Stone, Salma Hayek, Akima
Four graffiti artists take a road trip. Destination: Washington, D.C. where they plan to "paint" the White House. The artists represent minority races, while their adversaries are white. For many viewers the caricatures of white men as indecent souls may be uncomfortable, but the concept is insightful.
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Johnny Suede 1991  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Tom DiCillo
Cast: Brad Pitt, Alison Moir, Calvin Levels, Catherine Keener, Michael Luciano, Richard Boes, Cheryl Costa, Nick Cave, Tina Louise, Wilfredo Giovanni Clark, Ralph Marrero, Peter McRobbie, Samuel L. Jackson
Johnny Suede (Brad Pitt) wants to be a rock 'n' roller like his idol, Ricky Nelson, back in the 1960s. He has the hair but still needs the suede shoes, and they literally fall from the sky. Now he's ready to roll. But he learns from his love affairs and experiences with the band he forms that there may be more to life than a pair of suede shoes.
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| 1. A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
2. Convicts (1991)
3. Follow Me Home (1997)
4. Hellbound (1993)
5. Johnny Suede (1991)
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