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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Down in the Delta 1998 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Maya Angelou
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Mary Alice, Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine, Wesley Snipes, Mpho Koaho, Kulani Hassen, Anne-Marie Johnson, Justin Lord
Loretta (Alfie Woodward) is 30 years old, and her life is going nowhere. To remedy the situation her mother, Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice), sends Loretta and her two children down South for the summer to live with her Aunt and Uncle (Esther Rolle and Al Freeman Jr.). After a short time, Loretta begins to blossom and, through family ties, gets her act together.
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2005  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Jim Sheridan
Cast: 50 Cent, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles, Terrence Howard, Ashley Walters, Marc John Jefferies, Viola Davis, Bill Duke, Mpho Koaho, Russell Hornsby, Sullivan Walker, Serena Reeder, Joseph Pierre
In this loosely based biography on his own life, 50 Cent takes on the role of an inner-city drug dealer, Marcus, who later obtains success as a rapper. Beginning his life as an orphaned street kid and later sent to jail, Marcus aspires to making it in the music world. His girlfriend Charlene (Joy Bryant) supports Marcus, and he moves on and records a demo tape–but, this does not happen without complications from his former business associates.
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Haven 2006  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank E. Flowers
Cast: Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, Agnes Bruckner, Stephen Dillane, Zoe Saldana, Razaaq Adoti, Victor Rasuk, Lee Ingleby, Anthony Mackie, Mpho Koaho, Bobby Cannavale, Robert Wisdom
The seamier side of life on Grand Cayman Island is shown through three stories. A dock hand, Shy (Orlando Bloom), is in love with Andrea (Zoe Saldana) who happens to be the daughter of his boss (Robert Wisdom), and her brother Hammer (Anthony Mackie) stands in the way of their interracial union. Then there is Carl Ridley (Bill Paxton) hoping his financial advisor, Allen (Stephen Dillane), can help, while Ridley is on the run with his daughter Pippa (Agnes Brucker) and $1 million in tow. Finally, Pippa's escapades with Fritz (Victor Rasuk) become very risky when Fritz, who owes big money to gangster Richie (Razaaq Adoti), may have found Pippa to be the means of getting his hands on needed cash.
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 Saw III 2006 R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer, Mpho Koaho, Barry Flatman, Lyriq Bent, J. LaRose, Debra McCabe, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Kim Roberts, Alan Van Sprang
That evil serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is back. This time around, he has eluded the police but is bedridden and on the verge of death. With help from his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith), Jigsaw manages the kidnapping of Dr. Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) because he wants her to perform brain surgery on him, which will allow him to watch his next victim, Jeff (Angus Macfadyen), play his vicious "chess game" that takes him through a series of increasingly dangerous traps.
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| 1. Deacons for Defense (2003)
2. Down in the Delta (1998)
3. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
4. Haven (2006)
5. Saw III (2006)
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