Biography: Aunjanue Ellis |
San Francisco-born actress Aunjanue Ellis graduated with a B.A. in African-American studies from Brown University before studying acting at NYU. She began her career in the mid-'90s, appearing in films like Girls Town and A Map of the World. In 2002,... more
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
Cast: Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Tags: Drama Inspirational Drama
Length: 90min
Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as real-life neurosurgeon Ben Carson in this made-for-TV biographical drama from TNT. Directed by Thomas Carter (Coach Carter), the film reveals Carson's inspiring life story as a poor, inner-city youth who overcame great odds...
Cast: Louis Gossett, Jr. Bill Duke
Tags: Message Movie Drama
Length: 98min
A woman accused could be either a killer or a victim in this psychological drama from director Bill Duke. Valerie Maas (Aunjanue Ellis) is a God-fearing housewife and artist who one day finds herself in a situation she never imaged possible -- being...
Cast: Kate Mulgrew Mary Beth Hurt
Tags: Drama
Length: 101min
Piper Perabo (Cheaper by the Dozen) plays Jen Marshall, a young girl in her mid-twenties who has more than a few skeletons in her closet, in Irving Schwartz's bittersweet /drama release from Empire Pictures. Though she initially appears to be nothing...
Cast: Jamie Foxx Taylor Hackford Regina King
Tags: Musical Drama Biopic Drama
Length: 152min
Directed by Taylor Hackford, this iopic profiles the life of legendary musician Ray Charles. Despite humble beginnings and the loss of his eyesight due to glaucoma at the age of six, Charles, depicted by Jamie Foxx, would nonetheless become an icon...
Cast: Anthony Mackie
Tags: Drama Gay & Lesbian Films
Length: 90min
The feature-film debut of filmmaker Rodney Evans, who wrote and produced in addition to taking on directing duties, Brother to Brother explores the life and struggles of black, gay artists in the present and past. Anthony Mackie stars as Perry...
Cast: Dave Chappelle
Tags: Parody/Spoof Comedy
Length: 85min
Undercover Brother began life as an animated series on the Internet. The satirical cartoon was created by novelist and screenwriter John Ridley (Three Kings) for the website /urbanentertainment.com. Ridley wrote the screenplay with Michael McCullers,...
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Cast: Danny DeVito Ann Magnuson Samuel L. Jackson Anthony Michael Hall
Tags: Psychological Thriller Urban Drama Paranoid Thriller Thriller
Length: 105min
A man struggles back from madness to avenge the death of someone he knew in an intelligent thriller based on the acclaimed novel by George Dawes Green. Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) once had a career as an acclaimed concert pianist, a position...
Cast: Erika Eleniak
Tags: Sports Drama Drama Feminist Film
Length: 90min
A woman finds a whole new world opens up to her when she learns to stand up to the man who beats her in this independent drama. Patty (Erika Eleniak) is a woman involved in an abusive relationship who decides to take boxing lessons to better protect...
Cast: Robert De Niro Hal Holbrook Charlize Theron Bill Cosby
Tags: Biopic Message Movie Drama
Length: 129min
This military drama is based on the true story of Carl Brashear, who was the first African-American to serve as a diver in the United States Navy. Brashear (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) was born to a poor farming family in the deep South, and joined...
Tags: Feminist Film Drama Coming-of-Age
Length: 88min
When one of their friends commits suicide, three young women learn to stand up for themselves and strike back against male-dominated society in this drama. Patti (Lili Taylor), Emma (Anna Grace), Angela (Bruklin Harris), and Nikki (Aunjanue Ellis) are...
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