The Glass Shield 1995  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Richard Anderson, Ice Cube, Bernie Casey, Elliott Gould, Michael Ironside, M. Emmet Walsh, Don Harvey, Sy Richardson
This film is based on the real-life story of two cops (Michael Boatman and Lori Petty) who stumble onto a trail of both racism and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Nightjohn 1996 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Allison Jones, Lorraine Toussaint, Kathleen York, Patty Mack, Robin McLamb-Vaughn
During the early 19th century, African slave Nightjohn (Carl Lumbly) teaches a young slave girl, Sarny (Allison Jones), that knowledge is power–despite the fact that literacy among slaves is not allowed on plantations in the South.
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Selma, Lord, Selma 1999 TV, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Mackenzie Astin, Jurnee Smollett, Stephanie Zandra Peyton, Clifton Powell, Ella Joyce, Yolanda King, Elizabeth Omilami, Afemo Omilami, Brett Rice, Tom Nowicki, Zach Rogers, Von Coulter
After listening to Martin Luther King Jr. (Clifton Powell) speak during 1965 in Alabama, 11-year-old Sheyann Webb (Jurnee Smollett) and her best friend, Rachel West (Stephanie Zandra Payton), join the Civil Rights Movement. Despite racial violence permeating their world, the girls persevere in support of Dr. King and join him on the march from Selma to Montgomery.
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To Sleep with Anger 1990  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Danny Glover, Richard(2) Brooks, Paul Butler, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Vonetta McGee, Wonderful Smith, Ethel Ayler, Sy Richardson
A drifter, Harry (Danny Glover), arrives at the doorstep of a couple he grew up with. The family, headed by Gideon (Paul Butler) and Suzie (Mary Alice), is undergoing strife, and Harry assists by helping them rediscover their roots. But, he also starts bringing in his shady friends and begins to drink heavily. After Gideon has a stroke, Harry takes over the household with disastrous results.
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| 1. The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
2. The Glass Shield (1995)
3. Nightjohn (1996)
4. Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
5. To Sleep with Anger (1990)
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