Bill Duke – MRQE

American Playhouse:: The Killing Floor (TVE)

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

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city’s slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.

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.”

Cover

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

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.

Deep Cover

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

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LAthe Colombian foreign minister’s nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

Not Easily Broken

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

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV)

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

Interrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find themselves drawn into a strange case when their young informant is found murdered. The victim’s mother soon appears with his life savings totally $4.30, Wolfe’s fee for taking the case! Archie’s fancy legwork brings Wolfe to a mysterious woman with golden spider earrings. And when everyone else investigating the matter hits a dead end, only the inimitable Wolfe can get to the bottom of the crime.

Hoodlum

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

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running ‘the numbers’. When Madam Queenthe powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlemis arrested, Ellsworth ‘Bumpy’ Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

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

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun’s habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn’t bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

The Cemetery Club

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

The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband’s graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.

A Rage in Harlem

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A beautiful black gangster’s moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma’s boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.