By Jazz Tangcay| Variety In George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” tensions rise as Ma Rainey, played by Academy Award winner Viola Davis and her ambitious trumpet player, Levee, played by Chadwick Boseman. Based on the August Wilson play of the same name, it...
https://youtu.be/ord7gP151vk Director: George C. Wolfe Writer(s): August Wilson (play), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (adaptation) Starring: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Jeremy Shamos, Jonny Coyne, Taylour Paige, Dusan Brown,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBNWKVnolME Director: Goran Dukic Writer(s): Michael Andrews Starring: Mekhi Phifer (Sonny), Elika Portnoy (Larissa), Brian Matney (Boss), Brad Dourif (George), Jared Bankens (The Thief), Jeff Grays (Patrol Officer), Candi Brooks...
https://youtu.be/X-jxEX1XQpY Director: George C. Wolfe Writer(s): Peter Landesman (adaptation), Rebecca Skloot (book), George C. Wolfe (screenplay), Alexander Woo (revisions) Starring: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds,...
https://youtu.be/x6t7vVTxaic Director: Ava DuVernay Writer(s): Paul Webb Starring: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Jim France, Trinity Simone, Mikeria Howard, Jordan Rice, Ebony Billups, Nadej k Bailey, Elijah Oliver, Oprah Winfrey, Clay Chappell, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni...
https://youtu.be/BV_nssS6Zkg Director: Ridley Scott Writer(s): Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson (article) Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Hawkes, RZA, Yul Vazquez, Malcolm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7j1M-Rf9-Y Director: John Sayles Writer(s): John Sayles Starring: Danny Glover, LisaGay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Gary Clark Jr., Mable John, Stacy Keach, Nagee Clay, Absalom Adams, Arthur Lee...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc5T4c_mj1U Director: Darnell Martin Writer(s): Zora Neale Hurston (novel), Suzan-Lori Parks, Misan Sagay, Bobby Smith Jr. Starring: Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Mel Winkler, Michael Ealy, Terrence Howard, Lorraine Toussaint,...
https://youtu.be/sofw5pY9Va8 Director: George C. Wolfe Writer(s): Ruben Santiago-Hudson Starring: S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin, Yasiin Bey, Carmen Ejogo, Bill Simms Jr., Louis Gossett Jr., Macy Gray, Terrence Howard, Ernie Hudson, Delroy Lindo, Rosie...
https://youtu.be/trOuMvapW8E Director: John Singleton Writer(s): Ernest Tidyman (novel), John Singleton (story & screenplay), Shane Salerno (story), Richard Price (screenplay) Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40hHA9n4C2o Director: Taylor Hackford Writer(s): Andrew Neiderman (novel); Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen, Craig T. Nelson, Tamara Tunie, Ruben...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF2aION-NzE Director: Stephen Hopkins Writer(s): John Rice, Joe Batteer, Jay Roach Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges, Forest Whitaker, Stephi Lineburg, John Finn, Caitlin Clarke, Christofer de Oni, Loyd...