Paula Jai Parker
In the wake of a messy break-up, Andy Escobedo decides to start fresh, relocating from Austin to Los Angeles. Eager to make new connections, he befriends Roger, an unusual rideshare driver. But when Roger’s behavior gets too strange for comfort, Andy blows him off, choosing to focus on a budding relationship with his new girlfriend, Sam. This unhinges Roger, who begins to torment Andy, ensuring that his stay in L.A. is short-lived.
The Sanders family is the most esteemed family in all of Los Angeles. Direct descendants of Letty Sanders, a slave who became the richest black woman in the newly formed City of Angels, their influence can be felt throughout the city. However, their world is turned upside down when their matriarch, Pamela Sanders, suddenly dies. Cameron Sanders Sr. struggles to deal with the death of his beloved wife while holding his family, and his business, together. Things go from bad to worse when Cameron becomes the target of an SEC investigation for money laundering. His proud son, Cameron “Cam” Sanders Jr., is desperate to find the truth behind the suspicious circumstances surrounding his mother’s death. He finds it difficult to stay on track, however, when terrible choices and a growing confusion over his sexuality cause him to lash out in ruthless ways. The youngest son, Torrance Sanders, is a basketball standout being chased by the NBA, but finds it hard to stay focused in the wake of his mother’s death. Stephanie, Cameron Sr.’s daughter, comes home from Paris and does everything she can to keep a leash on the ambitions of her father’s duplicitous mistress, Carissa. But Stephanie’s own search for love leads her back into the arms of Raymond, her cousin’s husband. Can the Sanders family find a way to face their enemies together and uphold the family name, or will the tangled secrets and lies tear them apart?
An easily frustrated and wise-cracking charter bus driver from the mid-west loses everything after being fired. Desperately, he moves in with his crazy cousin to become a mailman in the rough urban area of Cleveland, Ohio.
Taryln is a powerful and career-driven woman with a high tolerance for her husband’s foolishness. When she discovers that her man has been unfaithful, she hatches a devious plot to teach her “better half” a lesson he will never forget.
When someone is murdered on New Year’s Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of many years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keep her going as the revelation of her husband’s betrayal threatens to destroy all that they have known.
Closing night at a rural bar gets complicated when a blizzard traps a motley crew of misfits overnight.
After the death of his beloved wife, Mr. Brady struggles to maintain a neighborhood diner in Atlanta Georgia. His few faithful waitresses have become his only family.
She’s Got A Plan directed by and starring Fatima Washington, follows Isis Angelo, a struggling female writer-director who gives herself an ultimatum: either make her dream career take off in 30 days or throw in the towel for good. But, will she be able to go against everything she believes to become something she’s always wanted to be?
His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James “Animal”Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who changes his life. Now a reformed man, James is released only to find that his own son has assumed a life of crime and violence. Can a father haunted by his past redeem his family from the very streets he created, or will he be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice?
“The Proud Family” follows the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who’s doing her best to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. Penny’s every encounter inevitably spirals into bigger than life situations filled with hi-jinks, hilarity and heart. Her quest to balance her home, school and social lives are further complicated by friends like the sassy Dijonay, Penny’s nemesis LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if not over-protective parents and her hip-to-the-groove-granny, Suga Mama.
Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures them, refusing to let them go because Oscar won’t reveal his on of his secret Proud Snacks formulas.
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he’ll be killed… and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn’t kidding.
High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she’ll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes.
In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one’s life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three wives establish their own bond.
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
A strange funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.