Loretta Devine
21) Khumba
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A half-stripped zebra blamed for the drought in Great Karoo embarks on a quest to earn his stripes by finding the legendary waterhole and saving the animals back home.
22) In the hive
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Sixteen-year-old Xtra Keys lives by a few simple rules, all rooted in a world of brazen retaliatory violence. Only his infant son is excluded from his hard-shell persona. Xtra hopes to raise his son better than his boozy, razor-edged mother raised him and his younger siblings and he just might get his wish when he's thrust into the world of the HIVE, an unorthodox alternative school full of other discarded boys.
23) First Sunday
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Best friends and criminals Durell Washington and LeeJohn are two thieves who haven't got a prayer. Sentenced to 5,000 hours of community service, Durell's life quickly goes from bad to worse. Realizing that the Lord helps those who help themselves, he eventually decides to help himself to the neighborhood church's building fund. Accompanied by LeeJohn, the two down-on-their-luck men are dismayed to discover the cash has already been stolen, so they...
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"Latrice Monroe [is] a therapist who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime, high-profile, psychiatrist, boyfriend/business partner. She movies into a predominately African-American and psychologically ignored neighborhood and navigates her practice, her relationships, and her sanity with the town's biggest personalities Davis, Jeanette, and Theona. Her private practice is located in a vacant, street-front office space in the middle of...
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The story of Michelle Jordan, a young woman raised in an environment of abuse and molestation at the hands of her mother's boyfriend Reggie, which her mother Cassie unwittingly condons. While incarcerated, Michelle sends Bishop Jakes a letter requesting a visit. Jakes agrees to meet Michelle and soon uncovers the painful history that led to her personal demise.
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Upon his return from serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. His life changes when he takes a delivery job for a local food pantry, where he meets and befriends Ms. Maddy, a 60-year-old strong and spirited grandmother.
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Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter, and the revelation...
28) Freedom song
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Stirring account of the civil rights struggle in the early 1960s, based on first-hand recollections of veteran activists, burning with realism, commitment, and the urgency of the lives in crisis.
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After winning a lottery worth $370 million, Kevin Carson, a young man living in the projects, suddenly has the sexy girl who wouldn't give him the time of day wanting to hook up, a local gang boss willing to take him under his wing, and a surly thug just looking to pummel him and take the ticket.
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After winning a lottery worth $370 million, Kevin Carson, a young man living in the projects, suddenly has the sexy girl who wouldn't give him the time of day wanting to hook up, a local gang boss willing to take him under his wing, and a surly thug just looking to pummel him and take the ticket.
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Riley Parks continues to work at The Rub, a massage parlor that offers additional, illegal services to its clientele. Raising her kids as a single mother, Season Two brings the return of her ex-husband, Kyle, who has been thrown in jail. Riley tries to help Kyle, causing friction in her relationship with Kyle's brother Evan, who also has feelings for Riley.
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When San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone awakens to an unending George Michael soundtrack that only he can hear, gets dive-bombed by a WWI biplane on a busy San Francisco street and faces a fire-breathing dragon outside his office window, there are two possible explanations: delusions caused by a potentially fatal brain aneurysm or the chance that something greater is at work. He might just be a prophet sent to change the world.
35) This Christmas
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For the first time in years, all the Whitfield kids have come home to spend the holiday with Ma'Dere and her boyfriend Joe. And each has brought plenty of baggage along with them. As the lights are hung and the tree is trimmed, secrets are revealed and ties are tested. But as their lives converge again, they join together to rediscover and celebrate the wonderful gift of family.
36) Grandma's house
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A teenager and her siblings are forced to move in with their Grandma because their parents are going through some hard times. They come to learn the true meaning of love, faith, and family not only through the strict rules she imposes, but also the strength and devotion she maintains, as the extended family goes through ups and downs.
39) No regrets
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A romantic comedy about a stewardess, who after twelve years of dating, as college sweethearts along with several marriage proposals in between, meets a business man going through a divorce on one of her job layovers. As expected, sparks fire and unexpectedly a traumatic past is revealed, and the couples lives are changed forever.