Angela Bassett Movies

  • 2022
    20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

    20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

    20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

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    Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in love with in 2018; director Ryan Coogler;...

    20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
  • 2012
    I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

    I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

    I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

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    I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU is a documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in underground Chicago comedy clubs to the Big Screen in...

    I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
  • 2020
    Between the World and Me

    Between the World and Me

    Between the World and Me

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    Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements...

    Between the World and Me
  • 2013
    Betty and Coretta

    Betty and Coretta

    Betty and Coretta

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    The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

    Betty and Coretta
  • 2006
    Time Bomb

    Time Bomb

    Time Bomb

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    The Department of Homeland Security receives a threat that a bomb has been set to explode during a sports event in Washington, D.C.

    Time Bomb
  • 2016
    The Snowy Day

    The Snowy Day

    The Snowy Day

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    Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.

    The Snowy Day
  • 2010
    For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

    For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

    For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

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    This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and...

    For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
  • 1970
    Wildwood

    Wildwood

    Wildwood

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    Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even supposed to know it exists. But...

    Wildwood
  • 2019
    The Apollo

    The Apollo

    The Apollo

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    The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

    The Apollo
  • 1985
    Doubletake

    Doubletake

    Doubletake

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    Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives...

    Doubletake
  • 1991
    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage

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    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...

    Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
  • 1991
    Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

    Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

    Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

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    A fire breaks out on the 12th floor of the First Interstate Tower building in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Paul and Susan are working late on the 37th...

    Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
  • 2001
    Ruby's Bucket of Blood

    Ruby's Bucket of Blood

    Ruby's Bucket of Blood

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

    Ruby's Bucket of Blood
  • 2004
    The Lazarus Child

    The Lazarus Child

    The Lazarus Child

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    A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.

    The Lazarus Child
  • 2003
    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    5.92003HD

    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...

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
  • 1986
    Liberty

    Liberty

    Liberty

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    Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.

    Liberty
  • 2017
    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

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    Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
  • 2009
    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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    Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
  • 2014
    We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

    We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

    We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

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

    We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
  • 2000
    Boesman and Lena

    Boesman and Lena

    Boesman and Lena

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

    Boesman and Lena