Biography: Robert Townsend |
After seriously pursuing a baseball career, African American actor/writer/director Robert Townsend decided upon a life in show business. An alumnus of Illinois State University and Hunter College, Townsend worked as a stand-up comic, and with such... more
Find videos of Robert TownsendFree Robert Townsend videosWhy We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2008)
Length: 95min
Darryl Littleton's insightful book -Black Comedians on Black Comedy: How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh serves as the inspiration for Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell's take no prisoners documentary offering a critical overview and insider's...
The Robin Harris Story: We Don't Die, We Multiply (2004)
Cast: Bernie Mac Martin Lawrence
Tags: Film, TV & Radio Film & Television History Comedy Standup Comedy Biography
Length: 90min
Robin Harris was one of the best-respected African-American comedians of his day; after making his way up the ladder the hard way by playing club gigs around the country while working day jobs, he gained his first major break when he became the master...
Cast: Ving Rhames
Length: 104min
Cinematic heavyweight Ving Rhames steps into the boxing ring as controversial pugilist Sonny Liston in this sports iopic that begins as Liston realizes his talent for boxing as an inmate at a Missouri State Penitentiary, and follows his career to the...
Cast: Mos Def
Tags: Musical Drama Musical Drama
Length: 88min
Previously, and brilliantly, adapted as an opera by Georges Bizet, the Prosper Merimee novel -Carmen served as the inspiration for this updated made-for-cable movie. Set in contemporary Los Angeles, the film stars Beynoce Knowles of Destiny's Child as...
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
Cast: Charles S. Dutton Brock Peters Mario Van Peebles
Tags: Biopic Historical Film
Length: 90min
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. So in 1925, when journalist and political activist Asa Philip...
Livin' For Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000)
Tags: Biography
Length: 88min
Vocal artist Natalie Cole comments on her own life, beginning with her acclaimed father's singing career and descending into the depths of her heroin addiction. Her story of finally defeating the drug addiction is inspired by the legacy of her father...
Tags: Action Thriller Crime Thriller Action
Length: 90min
Robert Townsend directs, writes, and stars in the hriller Black Listed. He plays a lawyer who becomes enraged at the number of dangerous criminals who have managed to utilize legal loopholes in order to beat the system and escape prison time. He...
Cast: Robert Townsend
Tags: Biopic Showbiz Drama Drama
Length: 120min
Robert Townsend directs this biopic on the life of one of the great early rock & roll entertainers -- Little Richard (played by Leon). The film charts Richard's rise from his humble origins in Macon, Georgia, to his chart-topping success to his...
Tags: Comedy Teen Movie
Length: 90min
A high-schooler sells his soul to the devil in this made-for-cable comedy from writer/director Thom Eberhardt (Captain Ron). Josh Zuckerman plays the kid in question, a teen who can't catch a break in the rouch-and-tumble world of adolescence. So when...
Cast: Alfre Woodard Mykelti Williamson
Tags: Urban Drama Family Drama Drama
Length: 100min
In this drama with comic touches directed by Robert Townsend, a middle-aged drag queen (Ving Rhames) still dealing with the loss of his longtime lover meets a 12-year-old girl (Jessika Reynolds) who has no home. Touched by her plight, the drag queen...
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