Biography: Louis Gossett, Jr. |
Louis Gossett Jr. ranks as one of the most respected African-American actors of stage, screen, and television. Tall, lanky, and bald-pated, Gossett was a basketball player in high school until a leg injury benched him and his interest turned toward... more
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Cast: William Devane
Tags: Drama Social Problem Film
Length: 97min
Inspired by a true story, the directorial debut of filmmaker Mark Young tells the tale of a young black man who is railroaded by police following the 1965 Watts riots, and subsequently forced to endure a year's probation at an all-white seminary. His...
Cast: LeVar Burton Cicely Tyson
Tags: History Social Issues
Length: min
Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (2009)
Tags: Social History Music Music History
Length: 102min
Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. narrates this dramatic look at the people who raised their voices in song against racism and inequality. Change was in the air, and it was the singers and songwriters of such unforgettable melodies as...
Cast: 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: Michael Madsen James Russo
Tags: Drama Psychological Drama
Length: 90min
A medical student with mounting debts draws on her formidable poker skills in order to stay afloat in this gambling drama starring Dominique Swain and Michael Madsen. As a young girl, Alicia "Ace" Anderson (Swain) frequently accompanied her card shark...
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Cast: Tyler Perry
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Family Drama
Length: 95min
Diary of a Mad Black Woman mastermind Tyler Perry turns the familiar Cinderella tale on its head with this story concerning a successful female attorney who falls in love with a financially strapped mechanic. Monty (Idris Elba) is struggling mechanic...
Cast: Mark Dacascos
Tags: Thriller Disaster Film
Length: 91min
The largest coronal mass emission ever detected is about to set the entire planet ablaze, and in order to save the human race, scientists will be forced to take the ultimate risk in this apocalyptic hriller starring Mark Dacascos and Louis Gossett...
Cast: Louis Gossett, Jr. Jon Voight Joe Morton
Tags: Docudrama Drama Social Problem Film
Length: 114min
The time: June 1998. The place: The sleepy town of Jasper, TX. Three young, self-styled white supremists overpower a 49-year-old black man named James Byrd Jr., chain him to the back of their pickup, and literally drag him to death. What follows is a...
Tags: Sci-Fi Action Science Fiction Psychological Thriller
Length: 95min
Throughout his life, physics professor Zach Shefford (Grayson McCouch) has regarded his telekinetic gifts as a curse rather than a blessing. This sentiment is obviously not shared by ruthless Pentagon agent Raymond Addison (Louis Gossett Jr.), who...
Left Behind: World at War (2005)
Tags: Thriller Message Movie Political Thriller
Length: 95min
The countdown to Armageddon continues as world leader Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie) brings peace to the world in this installment of the popular Left Behind series inspired by the best-selling books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. As world peace...
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