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Scott Joplin
1977 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsBrilliant African American composer Scott Joplin (Billy Dee Williams) fights against racism to break into the music business at the end of the 19th century, finally achieving success with a novel ragtime tune called "The Maple Leaf Rag." As ragtime becomes wildly popular, Joplin gains fame and fortune but longs to create a masterwork in a "respectable" genre. Clifton Davis and Art Carney co-star in this biographical drama.
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Lord Help Us
2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a recently widowed Baptist preacher (Bill Toliver) loses the respect of his congregation over rumors of his impending marriage to a woman 45 years younger, best friends Kayla (Nadia Turner, "American Idol") and Jewels (Joe Clair, BET's "Rap City") hatch a plan to help him regain his flock. Director Shavar Ross leads an impressive cast in this comedy of faith and family, including Omar Gooding, Debra Wilson, Amentha Dymally and Al Jarreau.
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Hell Up in Harlem
1973 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThe 1973 film Black Caesar proved so popular that the gangster from that movie, Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson), was resurrected from the dead for a sequel released later that same year. Gibbs springs into gun-blazing action when the Mafia kidnaps his ex-wife (Gloria Hendry of Live and Let Die). Soon, Gibbs's father (Julius Harris, also from Live and Let Die) and Reverend Rufus (D'Urville Martin, repeating his role from Black Caeser) join him.
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Second to Die
2001 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen snagging a rich husband fails to bring her happiness, Sarah Morgan decides he's worth more dead than alive. But her plan hits a snag when she can't collect on his insurance policy and realizes she may have to kill again to cover up her crime.
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