Esther Rolle

Tecavüzle suçlanan bir zenciyi savunan güneyli bir avukatın çevresindekilerin tepkilerine rağmen asılsız bir iddia ile suçlanan genci savunma hikayesini anlatıyor.

Sam Bowden hayatını kanuna adamış Atlanta'da yaşayan bir avukattır. Ailesi ile birlikte sakin bir hayat süren Sam'in hayatı yakında kabusa dönüşecektir, çünkü 14 yıl önce avukatlığını üstlendiği Max Cady isimli adam, hapisten çıkmıştır ve intikam için hazırlanmaktadır. Çünkü, Max Cady acımasız bir tecavüzle suçlanıyordu, okuma yazması da yoktu. Bu yüzden Sam eline Max'in hapisten kurtaracak bir belge geçmesine rağmen yine de bunu kullanmaz ve Max Cady tutuklanır. Şimdi Max hapisten çıkmıştır. Önce küçük tehditlerle başlayan intikam hırsı, gittikçe Sam'in ailesini de etkileyecektir. Sam'in bir kadın avukat arkadaşına ilk başta tecavüz eden Max Cady, bu sayede karısı ile Sam'in arasına açar ve evlerinde tartışmalar başlar. Max'in çıktığı günlerde de Sam'in evindeki köpek zehirlenerek öldürülür. Ve bu olaylar Max Cady için sadece başlangıçtır, daha sırada 16 yaşındakı kızları Danielle vardır.

Bayan Daisy, iyi bir yaşamı olsa da kendisini hiçbir zaman zengin görmeyen ve fakir olduğu günleri unutmayan kendi halinde, eski öğretmen olan yaşlı bir kadındır. Daisy, araba kullanma konusunda sürekli sorunlar yaşamaktadır. Bu sebeple, oğlu Boolie, ona bir şoför tutmaya karar verir ve çalıştığı yerde iyi bir iş çıkaran Hoke Colburn'ü annesinin şoförü olarak işe alır. Ancak Bayan Daisy, bir şoföre ihtiyacı olmadığını düşünmekte ve Hoke'u her seferinde azarlamaktadır. Oysa farklı kişiliklere sahip bu iki insanın aslında birçok ortak yönü vardır. Çıktıkları hayat yolculuğunda, ömür boyu sürecek bir dostluk kuracaklardır.

Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.

Oscar ödüllu Denzel Washington (The Hurricane) ve Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) bu "nükteli, romantik, eğlenceli ve rahat" (Vincent Canby, The New York Times) filmde başrolleri paylaşıyorlar. Baharat ve macera dolu The Mighty Quinn, "güneşin parladığı Karayipler'de içeceğiniz bir kokteyl kadar baştan çıkarıcı" (The Washington Post!) Karayipler'de hayat Polis Şefi Xavier Quinn (Washington) için pek de kolay değildir. Espritüel adalıların "The Mighty Quinn" adını taktıkları ve evde çocuk bakmasını isteyen bir karısı olan Quinn, çocukluk arkadaşı Maubee (Townsend) cinayetle suçlandığında kendisini bir anda olayların tam ortasında bulur. Kaçak arkadaşını bulmaya zorlanan Quinn, aralarında ölü adamın bir salon şarkıcısı olma hayalleri kuran güzel metresi (Mimi Rogers), evinde yılan besleyen bir Karayip büyücüsü (Esther Rolle) ve gizli niyetlere sahip esrarengiz bir Amerikalı ziyaretçinin de (M.Emmet Walsh) olduğu renkli bir şüpheliler listesiyle tanışır.

Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.

Ülkeyi yönetirlerdi. Şimdi hayatları boyunca koşuyorlar! Birleşik Devletler eski başkanlarından iki tane. Mevcut Cumhurbaşkanı tarafından skandal içine alınmış ve silahlı ajanlar tarafından takip edilen iki muhalif siyasi düşman, masumiyetlerini ortaya koyacak deliller için çılgınca çılgınca arama arayışına giriyor.

Railroad laborer Duff Anderson struggles to maintain his dignity and marriage to a preacher's daughter in the racially segregated South.

Arkeolog kocasının Maya harabelerinde gizemli ölümünden sonra Ruth (Kathleen Turner), kızı Sally'nin (Asha Menina) konuşmayı kesip sürekli kartlardan kale yapmasıyla çaresiz kalır. Çocuk psikiyatristi Jacob (Tommy Lee Jones) geleneksel yöntemlerle çözüm ararken, Ruth kızının kartlarla kurduğu sembolik dünyaya girerek şok edici gerçeği keşfeder: Sally'nin kuleleri, babasının cinayet anını temsil etmektedir.

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

Patty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World War II. Patty feels like an outcast even in her own family and is unable to understand why her father can't seem to love her. Her town eventually becomes host to a prisoner of war camp. A young German soldier escapes from this camp, and Patty finds him hiding in her secret place in the woods outside of town. After getting to know him, she ends up harboring him from his captors and, in the way of many adolescents, falls in love with him. Patty knows what she is risking by helping him, but in his company, she feels important, special, and respected as she has never been. In the end, his regard lifts her self-esteem and helps her to face the heartbreaking events to come.

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.

Cleopatra Jones, Birleşik Devletler'de ve yurt dışında uyuşturucu kaçakçılığına son vermekle görevli Birleşik Devletler Özel Ajanıdır. Bir Türk haşhaş alanını yaktıktan sonra, uyuşturucu efendisi Mummy 'yi yok etmek ister...

A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.

In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom is killed in an auto accident and his traveling musician dad is deemed unfit to care for him, being on the road too much. Now, the only thing that can help is if a cold, bureaucratic adoption agency caseworker sees the error of her ways and allows them to be together.

When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.

P.K. runs away from home because her step-father keeps on harassing her sexually and her mother is ignoring the problem. She hides in the loading space of Kid Kane's pickup, who's on the way to the world championships in arm-wrestling. When he discovers her, he wants to send her home at first, but after he knows the story he takes her with him - and gets himself into big trouble: her step-father is behind them furiously, trying to kidnap her and take revenge for the stress he got from her mother.

A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real-life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.

Barney owns the last working farm in Manhattan. For various reasons, city officials have decided to close it down. A special event is planned to raise awareness and money to keep it running.

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows with commentary from TV producers, black actors and scholars, Marlon Riggs blends humor, insight, and thoughtful analysis to explore the evolution of black/white relations as reflected by America's favorite addiction.

Journalism Major Paxton Andrews loses the man she loves in the Vietnam War. Always having followed the beat of a different drum, she decides to work out her grief by going to Vietnam and writing a column that will hopefully help those at home better understand the War.

As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break up the party.

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.

Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Carol, and grandson Phillip.

Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from another series, Touched by an Angel.

The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private investigator who specialized in finding lost loves from the past for his heartbroken clients.

Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Donny had first become popular singing in a music group with his brothers, The Osmonds, and Marie was one of the youngest singers to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts. The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followed their series of popular remakes of oldies, such as "I'm Leaving It Up To You", "Morning Side Of The Mountain", "Deep Purple" and "Make The World Go Away". Donny and Marie were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show. A year later, The Keane Brothers would break this record.

'You're in a house. Maybe your own... maybe one you've never seen before. You feel it. Something evil. You run, but there's no escape... nowhere to turn. You feel something beckoning you... drawing you into the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!' Darkroom is an American horror/thriller anthology broadcast on ABC from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. Similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery, each hour-long episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a different story and a different cast, but James Coburn hosts all the wraparound segments.

Scarlett is a 1994 American television miniseries loosely based on Alexandra Ripley's eponymous 1991 book of the same name, a sequel to Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind' (1936). Filmed across the United States and abroad, the series stars Joanne Whalley and Timothy Dalton. The miniseries was broadcast in four parts on CBS from November 13-17, 1994. Following the death of her sister-in-law Melanie Wilkes, Scarlett O'Hara sets out to reclaim her doomed romance with Rhett Butler, as it takes her home to Tara to Charleston to Savannah to Ireland, where she learns of her family's roots.

Flamingo Road is an American prime time soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV movie on May 12, 1980, and as a series on January 6, 1981, after a rebroadcast of the pilot on December 30, 1980. The show is based on the 1949 movie starring Joan Crawford, which is, in turn, based on the novel by Robert Wilder. Flamingo Road was created to compete against CBS's Dallas and Knots Landing, nighttime dramas that were inspired by the daily afternoon soap operas that had been a staple of TV for years. The character of Constance Weldon ranked at #16 on E!'s list of The 50 Most Wicked Women in Primetime.

Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982–1983, and was an updated version of the 1970s television series The Odd Couple. The New Odd Couple was the second attempt to remake a series of one of Neil Simon's plays with a primarily African-American cast. The first was Barefoot in the Park.

Singer & Sons is an American sitcom television series that aired from June 9 until June 27, 1990.