From: Blockbuster on Fri, Mar 11 2011 8:17 PM

Director Carl Franklin and actor Denzel Washington team up again (following 1995’s Devil in a Blue Dress) for the crime thriller Out of Time. Washington stars as Matt Lee Whitlock, the well-respected chief of police in a quiet Florida community. While in the process of getting a divorce from fel...

From: Blockbuster on Fri, Mar 11 2011 2:11 PM

Inspired by the Herman Melville novel Billy Budd, writer Charles Fuller created the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier’s Play, which he then adapted into this film drama in 1984, for socially conscious, liberal director Norman Jewison. In the racially-divided 1940s, Fort Neal, Louisiana, is a mili...

From: Blockbuster on Sat, Jul 31 2010 1:29 AM

This 90-minute documentary explores the history of a century of films involving African-American people, and takes a look at the lives and work of many accomplished actors and directors. The program includes rare footage, scenes from classic movies, and commentary from Sidney Poitier, James Earl...