Paris Is Burning
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.
Ride
A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up finding things out about each other they had not previously known.
A Rage in Harlem
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Sugar Hill
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner and brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Uncle Drew
Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament.
The Cotton Club
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Summer of Soul
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
Precious
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
Lady Sings the Blues
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
The Wiz
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
Honey
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.
Harlem Nights
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
If Beale Street Could Talk
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
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Jennie Livingston
Director
Freddie Pendavis
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Fran Lebowitz
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Self
Geoffrey Holder
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Self
Gwen Verdon
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Self
Millicent Shelton
Director
Fredro Starr
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Geronimo
Guy Torry
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Indigo
Snoop Dogg
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Mente
Malik Yoba
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Poppa
Bill Duke
Director
Reynaldo Rey
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Blind Man
Arthur Burghardt
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Bo
Danny Glover
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Easy Money
Forest Whitaker
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Jackson
Leon Ichaso
Director
Bryan Clark
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Dean
Brian Donahue
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Doorman at nightclub
Abe Vigoda
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Gus Molino
Wesley Snipes
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Roemello Skuggs
J.B. Smoove
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Angelo
Rick Ross
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Customer
Erica Ash
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Maya
Nick Kroll
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Mookie
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Allen Garfield
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Abbadabba Berman
Richard Gere
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Dixie Dwyer
Diane Lane
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Vera Cicero
Nicolas Cage
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Vincent Dwyer
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
Director
Jesse Jackson
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B.B. King
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Self
Al Sharpton
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Self
Sheila E.
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Self
Xosha Roquemore
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Joann
Paula Patton
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Ms. Rain
Gabourey Sidibe
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Precious
Patty Duke
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Self
Sidney J. Furie
Director
Diana Ross
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Billie Holiday
James T. Callahan
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Reg Hanley
Ned Glass
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The Agent
Norman Bartold
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The Detective #1
Sidney Lumet
Director
Willie C. Carpenter
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Aunt Em's Party
Bill Walker
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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir
Bille Woodruff
Director
Mekhi Phifer
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Chaz
Joy Bryant
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Gina
Jessica Alba
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Honey Daniels
Eddie Murphy
Director
Christopher Jackson
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Crapshooter
Mike Genovese
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Desk Sergeant
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
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Man with Broken Nose
Brian Tyree Henry
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Daniel Carty
Dave Franco
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Levy
Diego Luna
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Pedrocito
Pedro Pascal
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Pietro Alvarez
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