Khalil Kain
For Colored Girls (2010)
For Colored Girls is a 2010 American drama film adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 original choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, the film features an ensemble cast which includes Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandiwe Newton, Loretta De...
Starring: Ossie Davis•Adam West•Bill Cosby•Melvin Van Peebles•Richard Lawson•Saul Rubinek•David Alan Grier•Mario Van Peebles•Vincent Schiavelli•Whoopi Goldberg
Baadasssss! (2004)
Baadasssss! is a 2003 American biographical drama film, written, produced, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is based on the struggles of Van Peebles' father Melvin Van Peebles, as he attempts to film and distribute Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, a film that was widely credited with showing Hollywood that a viable African-Am...
Starring: Paul Rodriguez•Nia Long•Loretta Devine•Janet Jackson•Thandie Newton•Kimberly Elise•Phylicia Rashad•Kerry Washington•Hill Harper•Michael Ealy