Margaret Avery
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
Is That Black Enough for You?!? is a 2022 documentary film and film essay written and directed by Elvis Mitchell. It examines the history, craft and legacy of African-American cinema—with a focus on the films released in the 1970s—and makes use of film excerpts, personal history, and recent interviews with artists such as Margaret Avery, Harry Bela...
Starring: Jeff Corey•Suzanne De Passe•Sofia Vergara•Billy Brown•James Earl Jones•Sandy Dennis•Richard Pryor
Proud Mary (2018)
Proud Mary is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi, from a screenplay written by John S. Newman and Christian Swegal. The film stars Taraji P. Henson, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Billy Brown, Danny Glover, Neal McDonough, Xander Berkeley, Margaret Avery, and follows an assassin who must look after a young teenaged boy after a hit...
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•LaVan Davis•Johnny Whitaker•Margaret Avery•Clifton Davis•Laurence Fishburne
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a 2008 American comedy film written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film also features an ensemble cast featuring: Martin Lawrence, Nicole Ari Parker, Margaret Avery, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Cedric the Entertainer, Louis C.K., and James Earl Jones.
Starring: Lonette McKee•Suzanne De Passe•Rae Dawn Chong•Danny Glover•Adolph Caesar•Whoopi Goldberg•Oprah Winfrey•Xander Berkeley•Tony Frank•Samuel L. Jackson
Meet the Browns (2008)
Meet the Browns is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama film released by Lionsgate on March 21, 2008. The film was based on the play of the same name by Tyler Perry and is the third film in the Madea cinematic universe. It was written and directed by Tyler Perry with Ruben Cannon helping with the writing, and starring Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Mar...
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•Martin Lawrence•Frankie Faison•Nicole Ari Parker•Neal McDonough•Michael Clarke Duncan•Mike Epps•Cedric the Entertainer•Joy Bryant•Irma P. Hall
Riverbend (1989)
Riverbend is a 1989 film directed by Sam Firstenberg. The screenplay was written by Samuel Vance, who produced the film.
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•Jenifer Lewis•Tyler Perry
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, and marked a turning point in his career, as it was a departure from the summer blockbusters...
Starring: Suzanne De Passe•Sofia Vergara•Taraji P. Henson•LaVan Davis•Lamman Rucker•Billy Brown•Louis C.K.
Scott Joplin (1977)
Scott Joplin is a 1977 biographical film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the life of African-American composer and pianist Scott Joplin. It stars Billy Dee Williams and Clifton Davis. Its script won an award from the Writers Guild of America in 1979. The only other composers mentioned as worthy equals in the film are John Philip Sousa and Jel...
Starring: Charles Burnett•Suzanne De Passe•Jeff Corey
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
Which Way is Up? is a 1977 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor and directed by Michael Schultz. It is a remake of the 1972 Italian comedy film The Seduction of Mimi. Richard Pryor plays three roles: an orange picker who has two women at the same time, the orange picker's father, and a reverend who gets the orange picker's wife pregnant.
Starring: Ralph Bellamy•Suzanne De Passe•Darren McGavin
Something Evil (1972)
Something Evil is a 1972 American TV movie starring Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin and Ralph Bellamy. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the screenplay was written by Robert Clouse.
Starring: Sandy Dennis•Richard Pryor•John Rubinstein•Johnny Whitaker•Clifton Davis•Lonette McKee•Suzanne De Passe