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    Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2005 POSTER

    Dave Chappelle's Block Party

    2005

    English

    7.2

    8

    93%

    74%

    Action

    black people

    block party

    brass band

    classroom

    Comedy

    Documentary

    hip-hop

    megaphone

    Music

    Michel Gondry Michel Gondry Director Ahmir-Khalib Thompson Ahmir-Khalib Thompson as Self Wyclef Jean Wyclef Jean as Self - The Fugees Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill as Self - The Fugees Tariq Trotter Tariq Trotter as Self - The Roots
    The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.
    Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me 2018 POSTER

    Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me

    2018

    English

    7.7

    4

    Action

    Biography

    Documentary

    inspiring story

    legendary

    r&b artist

    tragic event

    untold story

    Olivia Lichtenstein Olivia Lichtenstein Director Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy Davis Jr. as Self Martin Luther King Martin Luther King as Self Valerie Simpson Valerie Simpson as Self - Sängerin und Liedermacherin Ahmir-Khalib Thompson Ahmir-Khalib Thompson as Self - The Roots
    The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, the man poised to be the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life forever at the age of only 31.
    Brown Sugar 2002 POSTER

    Brown Sugar

    2002

    English

    6.5

    5

    66%

    90%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    hip-hop

    jealousy

    married couple

    Music

    new york city

    rapper

    recording contract

    Romance

    Rick Famuyiwa Rick Famuyiwa Director Liza Lapira Liza Lapira as Hot 97 Receptionist Nicole Ari Parker Nicole Ari Parker as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis Ahmir-Khalib Thompson Ahmir-Khalib Thompson as Self - The Roots Marc John Jefferies Marc John Jefferies as Young Dre
    Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
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