The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

The Biscuit Eater

1972

English

5.7

♡ 6

46%

Vincent McEveety Director

Beah Richards as Charity Tomlin

Cosmo Sardo as Gun Club Member

Johnny Whitaker as Lonnie McNeil

Lew Ayres as Mr. Ames

Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."

Mahogany

1975

English

6.2

♡ 3

29%

Berry Gordy Director

Billy Dee Williams as Brian Walker

Robert Townsend as Extra

Beah Richards as Florence

Diana Ross as Tracy Chambers

An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2003

English

8.8

♡ 2

Action

Biography

Documentary

LisaGay Hamilton Director

Ossie Davis as Self

Whitman Mayo as Self

Beah Richards as Self

Bill Cobbs as Self

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it won the Documentary Award at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival in 2003.