Ossie Davis – MRQE

Proud

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Chris, a ten-year-old boy, has always been at the wing of his father. Hes been encouraged to be as manly as possible and knows that it makes his father happy. But at times he feels distant from him because he feels that he is missing a part of himself.

Finding Buck McHenry (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.

A Vow to Cherish (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

John and Ellen have a picture-perfect life: while John runs a successful business, Ellen works as a schoolteacher, and they’ve raised two beautiful children. But that picture is shattered when Ellen is diagnosed with a devastating disease. The couple’s relationship faces its hardest test yet, and before long, John’s business starts to suffer and his eye begins to wander after he finds a lovely new jogging partner.

Death of a Prophet (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death…and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation, Malcolm marched on – continuing to spread the word of equality and brotherhood right up until the moment of his brutal and untimely assassination. Highlighted by newsreel footage and interviews, this is the story of the last twenty-four hours of Malcolm X. Featuring the music of jazz percussionist Max Roach.

The Tenth Level (TV)

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

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor’s study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to “just follow orders” and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict “in the name of science.”

Making ‘Do the Right Thing’ (TV)

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

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (TV)

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

Join tennis greats John McEnroe and Billie Jean King and world leader Nelson Mandela as they pay homage to the life and work of Arthur Ashe, the sports legend who transcended his athletic gifts and grew to become one of the most inspirational celebrities to lend their name in the fight against racism and the race to find a cure for AIDS. Ashe developed the incurable illness after contracting HIV through blood transfusions.

Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (TV)

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

Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.

Feast of All Saints (TV)

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

Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.

Deacons for Defense (TV)

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

Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings persistently trampled by the white power structure, in general, and the local branch of the KKK. The story follows the formation of local black men, particularly ex-war veterans who after the struggles become too overbearing organizes the group, “Deacons for defense”, an all-black defense group dedicated to patrolling the black section of town and protecting its residents from the more violent aspects of “white backlash.”