Here's What I Found Under "Robert Townsend"

Hollywood Shuffle: Against Type

Hollywood Shuffle: Against Type

by Aisha Harris | Criterion.com Laying bare the typecasting of Black actors in the 1980s, Robert Townsend’s crackling directorial debut, Hollywood Shuffle (1987), is a satire that has lost none of its bite. The film’s protagonist, Bobby Taylor (Townsend), a young...

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Making the Five Heartbeats (2018)

Making the Five Heartbeats (2018)

https://youtu.be/OHjfecG2R_4 Director: Robert Townsend Writer(s): Robert Townsend Starring: Hawthorne James, Leon, Robert Townsend, Tico Wells, Michael Wright Synopsis: The behind the scene look at the casting calls; selection of cast members, story board ideas...

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In the Hive (2012)

In the Hive (2012)

https://youtu.be/boHVK_pkEWQ Director: Robert Townsend Writer(s): Cheryl L. West Starring: Michael Clarke Duncan, Loretta Devine, Vivica A. Fox, Jonathan ‘Lil J’ McDaniel, Ali Liebert, Yasmine Abriel, Joshua Adams, Maylah Chanel, B.J. Clinkscales, Michael Coley, Percy...

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Undercover Brother (2002)

Undercover Brother (2002)

https://youtu.be/nDsHC3iFeTI Director: Malcolm D. Lee Writer(s): John Ridley, Michael McCullers Starring: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis, Dave Chappelle, Chi McBride, Neil Patrick Harris, Gary Anthony Williams, Billy Dee Williams, Jack...

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B*A*P*S (1997)

B*A*P*S (1997)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJmJ4r4bxs Director: Robert Townsend Writer(s): Troy Byer Starring: Halle Berry, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson, Natalie Desselle Reid, Troy Byer, Luigi Amodeo, Jonathan Fried, Pierre Edwards, Anthony Johnson, Bernie Mac, Darrel Heath,...

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The Meteor Man (1993)

The Meteor Man (1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_d-GKfhJY Director: Robert Townsend Writer(s): Robert Townsend Starring: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Roy Fegan, Cynthia Belgrave, Marilyn Coleman, Don Cheadle, Bobby McGee, Bill...

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Comic Relief V (1992)

Comic Relief V (1992)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsakqSLf1hY Director: Walter C. Miller Writer(s): Louie Anderson, Jim Carrey, Buz Kohan, Pauly Shore, Robert Townsend, Bruce Vilanch, Keenen Ivory Wayans Starring: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Jason Alexander, Louie...

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The Five Heartbeats (1991)

The Five Heartbeats (1991)

Director: Robert Townsend Writer(s): Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans Starring: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Tico Wells, Diahann Carroll, Harold Nicholas, Tressa Thomas, John Canada Terrell, Chuck Patterson, Hawthorne James, Roy Fegan, Troy...

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