America Brown 2004  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Black
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Hill Harper, Karen Black, Natasha Lyonne, Elodie Bouchez, Leo Burmester, Frankie Faison, Michael Rapaport, David Dayan Fisher
After high-school football star Ricky "America" Brown (Ryan Kwanten) leaves his Texas home to begin a new life in NYC, he finds refuge in Williamsburg with John Cross (Hill Harper) who had left Texas years before and is now a priest. Ricky becomes involved with waitress Vera (Natasha Lyonne), while Cross has his own problems to deal with–involving an affair with Rosie (Elodie Bouchez).
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The Badge 2002 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Behind the Badge
Director: Robby Henson
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette, Sela Ward, William Devane, Jena Malone, Tom Bower, Ray McKinnon, Julie Hagerty, Deana Carter, Hill Harper, John McConnell
Darl (Billy Bob Thorton) is sheriff in a small Louisiana town in this made-for-TV film. When a transsexual is murdered and the local judge attempts to keep the murder quiet, Darl, whose prejudices against transsexuals is apparent, decides to dig deeper to find out what's going on.
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Constellation 2007  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Gabrielle Union, Melissa De Sousa, Hill Harper, Zoe Saldana, Ever Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, David Clennon, Rae Dawn Chong, Clarence Williams III, Daniel Bess, Alec Newman, Adam Nelson, Trey Rogers
As Carmel Boxer's (Gabrielle Union) African American relatives gather in Alabama for her funeral, her brother, Helms (Billy Dee Williams), arrives from Paris but wants nothing to do with the funeral or his extended family. Although society has changed over the years, Carmel's interracial affair with Bear Korngold (young Bear played by Daniel Bess) in the 1950s forced a wedge in the family that has remained for half a century. Now, Helms must confront his family and the demons that have plagued them over the years.
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Get on the Bus 1996  R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher, Richard Belzer, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Harry Lennix, Isaiah Washington, Roger Guenveur Smith, De'aundre Bonds, Hill Harper, Gabriel Casseus, Albert Hall, Bernie Mac, Steve White, Joie Lee
A group of African-American men board a bus in Los Angeles and head for Minister Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March in Washington, D.C., during October 1995. Along the way, conversations reveal the complex racial problems that exist in the United States as the men strive for unity and understanding.
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Hav Plenty 1997 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Scott Cherot
Cast: Christopher Scott Cherot, Chenoa Maxwell, Hill Harper, Tammi K. Jones, Betty Vaughn, Robinne Lee, Reginald James, Kim Harris, Margie St. Juste, Chuck Baron
A struggling would-be writer, Lee Plenty (Christopher Scott Cherot), accepts an invitation from the well-to-do Havilland Savage (Chenoa Maxwell) to spend New Years Eve at her home. It is clear to those around them that romance is in the air–it takes Havilland longer to figure it out.
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 In Too Deep 1999 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Rymer
Cast: Omar Epps, LL Cool J, Nia Long, Stanley Tucci, Hill Harper, Pam Grier, Veronica Webb, Jake Weber
A rookie cop, Jeff Cole (Omar Epps), infiltrates a Cincinnati cocaine ring, under the alias of J. Reid, to take down the powerful drug lord, Duane Keith Gittens, a.k.a. "God" (LL Cool J).
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Loving Jezebel 1999 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kwyn Bader
Cast: Hill Harper, Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, David Moscow, Phylicia Rashad, Sandrine Holt, Elisa Donovan, Lysa Aya Trenier, Andre B. Blake, John Doman
Cursed with falling for Jezebels (women who are romantically involved with more than one man), Theodurus Melville (Hill Harper) narrates this story of his failures in forming lasting relationships with the opposite sex. While the story is amusing, its parade of beautiful women does not allow time to develop depth in its characterizations, which results in the film's overall lack of substance.
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Mama Flora's Family 1998  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Werner
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah, Erika Alexander, Mario Van Peebles, Hill Harper, Preston Brant, Della Reese, Sharon Blackwood, DJ Qualls
This TV miniseries is based on Alex Haley's book and is the saga of a large family during a 50-year span with Mama Flora (Cicely Tyson) at the center during a time of great change in the U.S.
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The Nephew 1998  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eugene Brady
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Hill Harper, Aislin McGuckin, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin, Sinead Cusack, Phelim Drew, Lorraine Pilkington, Luke Griffin, Tony Rohr
Tony's sister sailed to America years ago, never to be heard from again until her son, Chad (Hill Harper), appeared in the little Irish town of her birth to scatter her ashes. Old conflicts soon resurface between Tony (Donal McCann) and a bar owner, Joe Brady (Pierce Brosnan), and come into focus when Chad begins dating Brady's daughter (Aislin McGuckin).
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Park Day 1998 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sterling Macer Jr.
Cast: Hill Harper, Monica Calhoun, Lande Scott, Brock Peters, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Sonya Hensley, Darius McCrary, Jaqueline Fleming, Edwin Morrow, Henry Calvin, Ron Canada
Long-time friends Steve and John (Hill Harper and Lande Scott) are at decision points with regard to what they will make of their lives. Things become clearer on Park Day in their home town.
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The Skulls 2000 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Hill Harper, Leslie Bibb, Christopher McDonald, Steve Harris, William Petersen, Craig T. Nelson, David Asman, Scott Gibson, Nigel Bennett, Jennifer Melino, Andrew Kraulis, Derek Aasland, Noah Danby
Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson) enters a secret society, "The Skulls," at Yale. After numerous questionable episodes (including the suspicious suicide of Luke's roommate Will Beckford (Hill Harper), Luke realizes that his own life is in danger.
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The Visit 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Cast: Hill Harper, Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Marla Gibbs, Billy Dee Williams, Phylicia Rashad, Talia Shire, David Clennon, Glynn Turman, Efrain Figueroa
Based on a play that, in turn, is taken from a true story, "The Visit" is about convicted rapist Alex Waters (Hill Harper) who is dying in prison when he calls on his family to visit. Along with psychiatrist Dr. Coles (Phylicia Rashad), his mother (Marla Gibbs), father (Billy Dee Williams), and brother (Obba Babatunde) try to sort out what went wrong.
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| 1. America Brown (2004)
2. The Badge (2002)
aka: Behind the Badge
3. Constellation (2007)
4. Get on the Bus (1996)
5. Hav Plenty (1997)
6. In Too Deep (1999)
7. Loving Jezebel (1999)
8. Mama Flora's Family (1998)
9. The Nephew (1998)
10. Park Day (1998)
11. The Skulls (2000)
12. The Visit (2000)
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