Angela Bassett Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1991
    City of Hope

    City of Hope

    City of Hope

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    This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who...

    City of Hope
  • 2002
    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

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    A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real...

    Sunshine State
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2024
    Butterfly in the Sky

    Butterfly in the Sky

    Butterfly in the Sky

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    Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!”...

    Butterfly in the Sky
  • 2013
    Black Nativity

    Black Nativity

    Black Nativity

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    A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged...

    Black Nativity
  • 2008
    Of Boys and Men

    Of Boys and Men

    Of Boys and Men

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    Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family...

    Of Boys and Men
  • 2016
    BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

    BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

    BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

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    A White House concert and celebration in honor of the 8-year Presidency of Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama.

    BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1991
    Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

    Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

    Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

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    This is the story of Morris Dees, a civil rights lawyer, who's being threatened, so he has to have an armed bodyguard.

    Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
  • 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
  • 2025
    Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

    Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

    Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special

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    10 News First takes you behind the scenes on the making of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Angela Bishop chats with Tom Cruise for all the...

    Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
  • 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
  • 2021
    Malika the Lion Queen

    Malika the Lion Queen

    Malika the Lion Queen

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    Follows life of Malika, a lioness in South Africa’s Kruger National Park as she battles to survive.

    Malika the Lion Queen