Angela Bassett Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2018
    The Flood

    The Flood

    The Flood

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    Surrounded by the unforgiving Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta is a lush, vibrant oasis that pulses with life each year as the great flood...

    The Flood
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1990
    Challenger

    Challenger

    Challenger

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    A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its...

    Challenger
  • 2014
    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

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    In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1999
    Our Friend, Martin

    Our Friend, Martin

    Our Friend, Martin

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    Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.

    Our Friend, Martin
  • 2003
    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

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    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
  • 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
  • 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