Jamal Joseph

August Rush

Kirsten Sheridan

Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell

Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Stanley Nelson

Kathleen Cleaver, Julian Bond

The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.

Hughes' Dream Harlem

Jamal Joseph

The life and dreams of legendary jazz musician Langston Hughes.

Chapter & Verse

Jamal Joseph

Daniel Beaty, Loretta Devine

Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance Ingram, struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Unable to use the technological skills he acquired in jail, Lance is forced to accept a position delivering meals for a local food bank. It is here that he befriends Ms. Maddy, 75, a past beauty with a irreverent and hardened shell to whom he delivers dinners. Through her, Lance finds hope, relearning the joys of life and living despite the outwardly bedeviled society in which they find themselves.

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

Jens Meurer

Noam Chomsky, Kathleen Cleaver

A documentary film of The Black Panther Party as told by four former Party members

30 Days

Jamal Joseph

Taye Diggs, Hill Harper

Two star basketball players, Donnell, a black kid from the inner city high school, and Jason, a white kid from the affluent suburbs, are sentenced to 30 days of labour in each other's communities after a brawl between their two teams. When they return to their home turf, both see their new attitudes put to the test.