Movies: Louis Gossett Jr.

  • 1987
    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)

    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

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    A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film....

    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
  • 2016
    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

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    A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining civil rights moments. From her upbringing in the De...

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
  • 1996
    Inside

    Inside (1996)

    Inside

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    A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses....

    Inside
  • 1993
    Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

    Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993)

    Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

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    An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bonds are strained as the father battles to keep his son free from the lures of street life....

    Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
  • 1995
    Zooman

    Zooman (1995)

    Zooman

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    Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though dozens of neighbors saw the unintentional shooting, no one is willing to come forward with information. ...

    Zooman
  • 1976
    The River Niger

    The River Niger (1976)

    The River Niger

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    An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even toughe...

    The River Niger
  • 1978
    To Kill a Cop

    To Kill a Cop (1978)

    To Kill a Cop

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    Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor ...

    To Kill a Cop
  • 1978
    The Lazarus Syndrome

    The Lazarus Syndrome (1978)

    The Lazarus Syndrome

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    An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taking place at the hospital where both are residing....

    The Lazarus Syndrome
  • 1999
    Strange Justice

    Strange Justice (1999)

    Strange Justice

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    In this historical drama, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement. The White House nominates Clarence Thomas as Marshall's replacement. But Thomas's confirmation hearings are rocked by charges that he sexually harassed A...

    Strange Justice
  • 2019
    Hal

    Hal (2019)

    Hal

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    Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncom...

    Hal
  • 2007
    Stories USA

    Stories USA (2007)

    Stories USA

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    Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strangers struggle to overcome their fates and find their place in a frequently harsh and unforgiving world...

    Stories USA
  • 2009
    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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    Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Feat...

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
  • 1975
    Black Bart

    Black Bart (1975)

    Black Bart

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    A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's original title). It featured Lou Gossett, Jr. as Bart and Steve Landesberg as his drunkard sidekick, a...

    Black Bart
  • 1990
    Sudie and Simpson

    Sudie and Simpson (1990)

    Sudie and Simpson

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    A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 1940s....

    Sudie and Simpson
  • 1990
    Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name! (1990)

    Zora is My Name!

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    A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and f...

    Zora is My Name!
  • 1996
    Managua

    Managua (1996)

    Managua

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    When a fellow Vietnam veteran is alleged to have thrown his lot in with the cocaine cartels, special commando Paul Gleason is dispatched to Nicaragua to sort out the mess....

    Managua
  • 2014
    The Dependables

    The Dependables (2014)

    The Dependables

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    Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission. The team quickly discovers that they are up against an enemy from their past. This time, The Dependables mission is personal. With gu...

    The Dependables
  • 2016
    A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

    A.C. Green: Iron Virgin (2016)

    A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

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    He played in a record 1,192 consecutive NBA games. As a power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, he won two NBA championships. But what made A.C. Green even more distinctive was the courage of his convictions. As this ESPN 30 for 30 Short points out...

    A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
  • 1999
    Love Songs

    Love Songs (1999)

    Love Songs

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    Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of love and family. Set in the same predominantly black neighbourhood in North Philadelphia, these threec...

    Love Songs
  • 2019
    Supervized

    Supervized (2019)

    Supervized

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    Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah....

    Supervized