Movies: Angela Bassett
- 1999
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
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Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life....
- 1990
Challenger (1990)
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A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surround...
- 1991
Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991)
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A fire breaks out on the 12th floor of the First Interstate Tower building in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Paul and Susan are working late on the 37th floor, along with cleaning staff, security, and building engineers, some of whom are installing sprinkle...
- 2002
The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
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A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama....
- 2013
Betty and Coretta (2013)
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The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands....
- 2022
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda (2022)
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Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in love with in 2018; director Ryan Coogler; Whoopi Goldberg interviews Chadwick Boseman's widow, Simone Ledward Boseman....
- 2008
Gospel Hill (2008)
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Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist. Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the former sheriff who never got to the bottom of...
- 2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)
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A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in....
- 1985
Doubletake (1985)
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Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives investigating. Meanwhile, Janek is trying to find out why an old friend and colleague committed suicide, whic...
- 1991
One Special Victory (1991)
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A fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a certain charge. He is sentenced to community service. He is assigned to coach a basketball team of mentally handicapped citizens. At first, he is reluctant an...
- 2017
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017)
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Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum....
- 2025
Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special (2025)
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10 News First takes you behind the scenes on the making of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Angela Bishop chats with Tom Cruise for all the inside info....
- 2008
Of Boys and Men (2008)
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Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud....
- 1986
Liberty (1986)
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Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation....
- 2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
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Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Feat...
- 2024
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
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Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved and ubiquitous nature of the classic children’s literary television show that introduced millions of...
- 2004
The Lazarus Child (2004)
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A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter....
- 1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)
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Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager....
- 1991
The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)
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The first Iraq war saw many tragedies and acts of heroism. This is the story seen through the eyes of the men and women involved....
- 2016
The Snowy Day (2016)
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Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner....