Filmography

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Madea Goes to Jail – Director/Writer: Tyler Perry.
Character: Joshua Hardaway
Genre: Comedy / Crime / Drama.
Plot: Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters. Links: Info ¦ Photos ¦ Videos

Notorious – Director: George Tillman Jr. Writers: Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker.
Character: Sean “Puffy” Combs
Genre: Biography / Drama / Music.
Plot: The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
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A Miracle in St. Anna – Director: Spike Lee. Writer: James McBride
Character: 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps
Genre: Action / Drama / Crime / Thriller / War.
Plot: Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.
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Definitely, Maybe – Director/Writer: Adam Brooks
Character: Russell T. McCormack
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Romance.
Plot: A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
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Lions for Lambs – Director: Robert Redford. Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan
Character: Arian Finch
Genre: Drama / War.
Plot: Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
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Catch A Fire – Director: Phillip Noyce. Writer: Shawn Slovo
Character: Patrick Chamusso
Genre: Drama / History / Thriller.
Plot: A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.
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Glory Road – Director: James Gartner. Writers: Chris Cleveland and Bettina Gilois
Character: Bobby Joe Hill
Genre: Drama / Sport.
Plot: In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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Friday Night Lights – Directors: Peter Berg and Josh Pate. Writers: Buzz Bissinger and David Aaron Cohen.
Character: Boobie Miles
Genre: Drama / Action / Sport.
Plot: Based on H.G. Bissinger’s book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
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Spartan – Director/Writer: David Mamet.
Character: Curtis
Genre: Drama / Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller.
Plot: The investigation into a kidnapping of the daughter of a high-ranking US government official.
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Biker Boyz – Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood. Writers: Michael Gougis and Craig Fernandez.
Character: Kid
Genre: Drama / Action / Crime.
Plot: A son of the leader of a legendary group of an urban biker gang tries to retain his championship title.
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Pieces of April – Director/Writer: Peter Hedges.
Character: Bobby
Genre: Drama / Comedy.
Plot: A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Antwone Fisher – Director: Denzel Washington. Writer: Antwone Fisher.
Character: Antwone Quenton ‘Fish’ Fisher
Genre: Drama / Biography / Romance.
Plot: Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.
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