Jasper, Texas 2003  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Byrd
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Jon Voight, Joe Morton, Emily Yancy, Bokeem Woodbine, Blu Mankuma, Roy T. Anderson, Karen Robinson, Michelle Moffatt, Demor Barnes, Ron White, Eugene Clark, Samantha Bee
This Showtime film is based on events that transpired after three White men dragged a Black man to death after tying him to their pickup truck in 1998. A media frenzy stormed through Jasper–straining relationships, including those of the White sheriff (Jon Voight) and the town's first Black mayor (Louis Gossett Jr.).
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 King's Ransom 2005  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jeff Byrd
Cast: Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Kellita Smith, Nicole Ari Parker, Regina Hall, Loretta Devine, Donald Faison, Leila Arcieri, Charles Q. Murphy, Brooke D'Orsay, Jackie Burroughs, Lisa Marcos
When Renee (Kellita Smith) sues wealthy Malcolm King for divorce, to keep his fortune out of Renee's hands, Malcolm plots his own kidnapping in which the demand will be $10 million. Not only does the inept kidnapper nab the wrong man, but Renee has plans of her own to kidnap Malcolm as do Malcolm's disgruntled business employees.
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| 1. Jasper, Texas (2003)
2. King's Ransom (2005)
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