Movies: Wendell Pierce

In the play, Calvin Jones (Pierce), a hip, coolly intellectual African American college professor moves his 82-year-old ailing but doggedly independent father, Donald Jones (Charlie Robinson), from Greenwald, Mississippi, into his Harlem penthouse. T...

The story of a broken family striving to stay together while a curse and the ghosts of a haunted house try to tear them apart....

Valentino Dixon is a talented artist that used art to keep his sanity while in prison, often drawing up to ten hours a day after he was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1991....

When he finds out that his estranged brother is dying, a proud but stubborn old man decides to drive in his lawnmower all the way to the far away hospital. Local sheriff keeps helping him along the way and they start to form a bond....

In 1920, a young African-American woman sets off to Africa to find a tree that promises eternal life....

A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school, and within wears the line between her personas thin with explosive consequences....

Upcoming biopic of Master P, the hip-hop mogul, CEO, and founder of No Limit Records....

An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway....

The lives of a loving husband and wife collide with that of a wealthy hustler....

Det. Moreland does not like his new partner, McNulty, until they find they have a common hobby....

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School was a significant landmark in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, serving as an important educational institution for African-American students for nearly half a century. The school was known for its innovative m...

an intimate look at the traditions associated with New Orleans’ music and the preservation of those traditions through the work of local musicians and educators who mentor young talent; museum curators who care for musical treasures; historians and a...

A drama centered on the friendship between B.B King and young musician Michael Zanetis....