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The Color Purple
1985
Steven Spielberg's masterful adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Whoopi Goldberg, in her impressive screen debut, as Celie, a sharecropper's daughter living in rural Georgia. The Color Purple was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including one each for Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, and Oprah Winfrey. -
Lord Help Us
2007
In this comedy of faith and family, best friends Kayla and Jewels join forces to help a widowed Baptist minister win back his congregation—and take back his life—in the midst of a nasty rumor. -
Tyler Perry's
Meet the Browns
2008
A funny, moving romantic drama about the power of love and family, 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns' marks another winning portrayal of life by writer/director/actor Tyler Perry and features a return to the big screen by Madea, the indomitable, law-breaking, fun-loving grandma. -
Scott Joplin
1977
The story of ragtime great Scott Joplin in a made for television feature starring Billy Dee Williams. Joplin was an important influence on American life and culture, but his story is a roller coaster of a ride, spending more time in the depths than at the heights, but leading to his becoming the greatest ragtime composer of all time. -
Welcome Home
Roscoe Jenkins
2008A single father who has just found success as the host of an outrageous television talk show begins to question his path in life when he returns home to attend his parents' 50th wedding anniversary party in the company of his famous fiancée — a reality television star — in this crisis-of-conscience comedy.
 It's finally here! You spoke, and I listened!
We've redone the community from the ground up, to give you more of what you asked for, making it easier for everyone (especially me), and bringing more of you behind the scenes with me. It's exciting and new, and guaranteed to keep me on my toes! I look forward to sharing my thoughts, observations, and all manner of what goes on in my world— take a look at my photos from Ghana!— perhaps it will spur some conversation amongst you. My hope is that you'll make new friends, maybe even learn a thing or two (I used to be a teacher you know, or did you?) and generally have a good time as we grow this community together.
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