Biography: Vanessa A. Williams |

Although prominent roles in 1991's New Jack City and 1992's Candyman did much to enhance her Hollywood profile, actress Vanessa Williams is primarily known for her work in television. She is often confused with former Miss America-turned-actress
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Cast: Robert Townsend   
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: Josh Charles Mykelti Williamson Ernest R. Dickerson Irma P. Hall Angela Bassett   
Tags: Urban Drama Coming-of-Age Drama 
Length: 95min
Our America is the story of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman two inner-city Chicago teenagers who eloquently distilled their lives on the Mean Streets into an award-winning Public Radio documentary (and later, a book) titled Our America: Life and Death...

Tags: Drama Biopic Political Drama Docudrama 
Length: 106min
The life and times of controversial African-American politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. is chronicled in this made-for-cable biopic. Constructed in Citizen Kane fashion, the film begins as the aging Powell (Harry J. Lennix) recalls his career to an...

Tags: Psychological Thriller Thriller 
Length: 90min
The hriller Playing With Fire starts with Camille (Tangi Miller) stealing an African artifact, with the help of her boyfriend. As government officers from across the globe try to track her down, she turns to the only person she can trust: her sister...

Tags: Crime Thriller Thriller 
Length: 95min
Produced for cable's BET network, Incognito can be described as an African-American variation of the sort of TV-movie fare that had previously been the exclusive province of such Caucasian actresses as Victoria Principal and Cheryl Ladd. Wealthy,...

Cast: Brooke Shields Lloyd Bridges Sidney Sheldon Vanessa A. Williams   
Tags: Melodrama Drama 
Length: min
This drama examines the behavior of three female resident doctors working at a San Francisco hospital. It is based on a novel by Sidney Sheldon. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast: Clive Barker Virginia Madsen Bernard Rose Philip Glass Anthony Richmond Tony Todd   
Tags: Supernatural Horror Slasher Film Horror 
Length: 98min
Bernard Rose followed his moody fantasy-thriller Paperhouse (1988) with this modern horror tale, based on Clive Barker's short story "-The Forbidden". Compiling a thesis on urban legends, University of Illinois in Chicago graduate student Helen Lyle...




























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