Deacons for Defense 2003  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Silverman, Ossie Davis, Paul Benjamin, Gene Mack, Tyrone Benskin, Mpho Koaho, Melanie Nicholls-King, Serena Lee, Khafre Armatrading, Adam Weiner, Beau Starr
This made-for-cable-TV film was originally aired during Black History Month and focuses on events following passage of the Civil Rights Act. The African-American citizens of a Louisiana town are still considered to be second-rate citizens. The town's mill, controlled by Whites, is the major employer, and the black men are denied upward mobility while being subjected to indignities. Finally, war veteran Marcus (Forest Whitaker) fights back by forming the Deacons of Defense and Justice to help protect the people in Black neighborhoods from combative whites. When more KKK members arrive in town, war is sure to follow.
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Jump In! 2007 TV, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Hoen
Cast: Corbin Bleu, Keke Palmer, David Reivers, Shanica Knowles, Laivon Greene, Kylee Russell, Patrick Johnson Jr., Micah Williams, Jujube Mandela, Mazin Elsadig, Gene Mack, Rebecca Williams, Paula Brancati, Elle Downs
Continuing in the family tradition as a boxer, young Izzy Daniels (Corbin Bleu) uses the exercise of jumping rope when he works out in his family's gym. One day, he is called to substitute for a team member in a Double-Dutch tournament, and Izzy discovers a new passion for jumping rope. Now, instead of boxing, Izzy secretly practices jumping rope in the gym, and his efforts bring him closer to Double-Dutch jumper Mary (Keke Palmer) who he has a crush on. By story's end, Jimmy learns about teamwork and that it is O.K. to choose a sport that is right for you.
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Our America 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Josh Charles, Roderick Pannell, Brandon Hammond, Vanessa Williams, Serena Lee, Irma P. Hall, Peter Paige, Mykelti Williamson, Gene Mack, Neil Crone, Chris Collins, Dan Willmott
After teenagers Lloyd Newman (Brandon Hammond) and LeAlan Jones (Roderick Pannell) are hired by NPR to work as reporters, they use past knowledge to uncover the gang that was responsible for a five-year-old boy being tossed from a 14th-story window in one of Chicago's housing projects.
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Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder 1992  PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Graeme Campbell
Cast: Jason Gedrick, Jessica Steen, Stephen Shellen, Gary Farmer, Sam Malkin, Lubomir Mykytiuk, Dave McKay, Johnie Chase, Ted Loviseek, Gene Mack
The "Artistic Killer," better known as "AK," commits murder and poses the victims in positions shown in famous paintings. Pianist Peter (Jason Gedrick) is framed for the murders by AK. Not much here.
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| 1. Deacons for Defense (2003)
2. Jump In! (2007)
3. Our America (2002)
4. Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder (1992)
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