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Story about everyday life in Watts as seen through the eyes of a teenager who is trying to overcome his bleak surroundings.

Directed by twenty-year-old twins, Allen and Albert Hughes, this groundbreaking film goes beyond its docudrama setting in the L.A. hood to explore the roots of gangsta violence among its fatherless…

Evincing a greater affinity for the studied "cool" of a Quentin Tarantino than the overt social messages of fellow African-American filmmakers Spike Lee and John Singleton, Hughes transcended the…

Underrated but brilliant character actress Khandi Alexander began her career as a dancer on Broadway before becoming famous on the small screen. A well-known face on television, Alexander wowed…

Film audiences came to know Brandon Hammond as the young Michael Jordan in "Space Jam" (1996) and as Ahmed, the narrator of the hit film "Soul Food" (1997), but TV audiences know this young, rising…

A compact, serious actor, Plummer's work often falls into the category of "Black hoodlums", but he always brings a sensitivity to those roles. Plummer has worn dreadlocks for most of his roles…

Evincing a greater affinity for the studied "cool" of a Quentin Tarantino than the overt social messages of fellow African-American filmmakers Spike Lee and John Singleton, Hughes transcended the…