Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey 1991  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Hewitt
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, Pam Grier, George Carlin, Amy Stock-Poynton, Jim Martin, Hal Landon Jr., Chelcie Ross, Annette Azcuy, Sarah Trigger, Hal Landon Sr., Robert Noble, Taj Mahal
That dumb duo–teenagers Bill and Ted (Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves)–find themselves dead at the hands of their look-alike robots. So, they must convince everyone from God to the Grim Reaper to allow them permission to come back to life in order to get to the "Battle of the Bands" where they plan to perform with their rock group. They do manage to return to Earth and now must compete against their look-alike robots in "The Battle of the Bands." Some funny lines, but boy, are they ever dumb!
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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains 1987  TV, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Val Kilmer, Charles Durning, Sonia Braga, James Keach, Elisha Cook Jr., William Sanderson, Kyra Sedgwick, Billy Bob Thornton, Clancy Brown, Taj Mahal
A man wrongfully convicted of murder escapes from the chain gang and his adventures start. The story is based on the true adventures of Robert Elliot Burns, which also resulted in the 1932 classic "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang."
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Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored 1996  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Tim Reid
Cast: Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Leon, Richard Roundtree, Polly Bergen, Paula Kelly, Bernie Casey, Isaac Hayes, Salli Richardson, Anna Maria Horsford, Willis Norwood Jr., Karen Malina White, Damon Hines, Iona Morris, Taj Mahal
Based on Clifton L. Taulbert's book, this is the inspiring story of young Clifton who is born to an unmarried sharecropper and sent to live with his grandpa (Al Freeman Jr.) and then to his loving aunt (Phylicia Rashad). Cliff grows up in Mississippi amidst the Jim Crow laws aimed at keeping him segregated and unable to achieve success in the mid-20th-century American South.
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Outside Ozona 1998 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J.S. Cardone
Cast: Taj Mahal, Robert Forster, Sherilyn Fenn, Swoosie Kurtz, Meat Loaf, Penelope Ann Miller, David Paymer, Kevin Pollak, Kateri Walker, Lois Red Elk
A series of coincidences, involving a group of strangers traveling the lonely highways outside Ozona, Oklahoma, bring them together through the local radio station KWOK's DJ Dix (Taj Mahal).
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Sounder 1972  G, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Carmen Mathews, James Best, Janet MacLachlan, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Eric Hooks, Yvonne Jarrell, Teddy Airhart, Richard Durham, Myrl Sharkey, Inez Dunham, William T. Bennett
Set during 1933 in Louisiana, this is an uplifting story about a Black sharecropper, Nathan Morgan (Paul Winfield), who is sent to jail on a false charge. His wife, Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), manages to keep the family together until Nathan's return. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Winfield) and Actress (Tyson).
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Sounder, Part 2 1976 G, 98 min.
Genre: Family
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Harold Sylvester, Ebony Wright, Taj Mahal, Annazette Chase, Darryl Young, Erika Young, Barbara Chaney, Warren Kenner, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Irene Nofles
This story continues the events of the Morgan family's life when they help get community involvement in building a much-needed school.
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| 1. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
2. The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
3. Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored (1996)
4. Outside Ozona (1998)
5. Sounder (1972)
6. Sounder, Part 2 (1976)
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