Cynda Williams – MRQE

The Courage to Love (TV)

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn’t let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of “Carmen Jones”, becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star – with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn’t wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.

The Sweeper (V)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young cop, haunted by the murder of his entire family years earlier, is recruited by a shadowy organization to hunt down criminals who are beyond the reach of the law.

The Wedding (TV)

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade’s family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby’s parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.

Life Ain’t Like the Movies

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A 16-year-old quirky black teen deals with love, death, bullies, and social awkwardness, as he goes through high school.

The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ava Moriarty, Art History PhD dropout-turned-dominatrix, wants OUT. But there’s no safeword for golden handcuffs. When her mobster ex gives her 30 days to repay a massive loan, she’s forced to agree to one last job–seducing and extorting “Father Dracula,” a small town Episcopal priest. But Father Radovan Markovic brought his own secrets from Serbia, and moonlights as an MMA fighter while unwittingly hiding the world’s greatest lost painting. Not to mention he’s the one hot guy avoiding Ava like loose glitter. Certain he’s embezzling a priceless art collection, will she win his heart only to destroy his life, or doom herself to a custom pair of concrete stilettos?

Ray Meets Helen

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ray meets Helen during a random collision of altered fates. They are strangers, over sixty, lonely, luckless. He hit rock bottom in the big city, she on a small farm. Its a struggle not to give up or in. But then separately and without warning, each becomes overwhelmed by unrelated and extraordinary events.

With or Without You

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Robert Hightower (Mushond Lee) thinks he’s got the perfect life … until his girlfriend (Cynda Williams) discovers that she’s pregnant and decides she wants to get married and “nest.” In a quandary, Robert begins to buckle under the pressure as his homeboys line up to watch his back, while girlfriends of Robert’s better half rush some much-needed moral support in her direction.

Relax… It’s Just Sex

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A tight-knit group of thirty-somethings — gay, lesbian and straight — struggle to live, love and stay friends in modern-day Los Angeles as circumstances conspire to tear them apart.

Caught Up

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can’t find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after them, and Vanessa tells Daryl that this is her former lover Ahmad who wants revenge.