Movies: Angela Bassett

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...

A White House concert and celebration in honor of the 8-year Presidency of Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama....

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....

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from t...

This is the story of Morris Dees, a civil rights lawyer, who's being threatened, so he has to have an armed bodyguard....

A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in....

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....

This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit (drug dealing), arrested and locked up behind bars....

In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love, conscious art, and undying activism....

Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy....

The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus Attucks....

This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women since the earli...

Oprah invites legendary actress Angela Bassett to The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to discuss her recent, well-deserved honorary Academy Award....

Follows life of Malika, a lioness in South Africa’s Kruger National Park as she battles to survive....

What if after meeting "the one", you get to know what happens before you commit?...