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You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South

2015

You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South

2015
6
In 1952 Ruby McCollum, a black woman, killed her white doctor in Live Oak, Fla after years of sexual abuse. The remarkable secrets and terrible truths revealed during her trial and incarceration haunted jurors and prosecutors for decades.
Just Caught a Body

2023

Just Caught a Body

2023
Deeply indebted gambling addict, Curtis, decides to steal from drug dealer, Vic, to pay off his debts. Curtis then tries to leave town with his girlfriend Sasha, but things go completely awry when Vic confronts them before they can skip town.
CHAAW: Chapter 1

2023

CHAAW: Chapter 1

2023
A Celebration of Hip Hop through beatboxing and unique storytelling by the Legendary Biz Markie who rhymes while telling the stories of victims of injustice. CHAAW - Five interconnected stories highlighting victims of injustice. China, Hector, Africa, Ardnas and Wesley.(CHAAW) These are the stories of victims of Injustice in America. The effect of injustice not only impacts the individuals but also their families and community.
The Devil Made Me Do It

2012

The Devil Made Me Do It

2012
1
Manhattan, New York, 1973. All low level mafia associate Donnie DiMaggio wants to be is funny until he finds out he's the main suspect in the murder of underboss Jimmy De Luca. Frankie Fredonna, head of the family asks Donnie to arrange his son's eighteenth birthday party. Frankie never asks these things. Donnie knows the score, he's getting whacked. Kill or be killed he counteracts the plot against him by moving up the ranks in the rival Vincenzo crime family. Old scandals intimidate Frankie's Uncle, corrupt Priest Father Roberto Fredonna and position Donnie favorably with rival crews. As the party approaches, Donnie continues to blind side Frankie's plans until the day of reckoning arrives and the brutal climax unfolds.
Block Burner

2012

Block Burner

2012
10
Based on the true-life rags to riches story of Young Block. Born without a father, and raised by his mom and her abusive boyfriend, Young Block learns the games and struggles of growing up in the hood.
Jerry Powell & the Delusions of Grandeur

2011

Jerry Powell & the Delusions of Grandeur

2011
6
Jerry Powell is a gas-huffing thief with memory distrust syndrome. At the brink of insanity, Powell finds himself chased by a pulpy gang of criminals as he attempts to deliver a mysterious package for a money-launder.
Stories Forlorn

2014

Stories Forlorn

2014
5
Struggling to find answers to his brother's questionable suicide, a sixteen year old aspiring writer is lured into the underground world of Hong Kong, as the Chinese march their way over the border during the last summer under British rule, 1997.
Heavy Duty

2013

Heavy Duty

2013
3
An ex-soldier and his wife witness a brutal murder during their camping holiday, and find themselves hunted by the killers. However, the former soldier has plans of his own... As darkness falls, the enemy scours the woods for the couple, unaware of the chilling fate that awaits them.
Black Cat Whiskey

2013

Black Cat Whiskey

2013
2
In a small rural town hit hard by the Depression, Katie Connors resides in a middle-class home with her bootlegging husband Melvin. When the opportunity arises to bump him off without getting her hands dirty, she takes a chance she may never get again. After his murder at the hands of criminal Richard Hayden, she begins to receive inopportune visits by Melvin's old business partners about a large shipment of moonshine in her possession. Contacting the FBI for help, agent Ron Sheridan is assigned to her case and develops an unrequited love for Katie. But when a full-scale war develops, she learns the FBI may not be much help to her as she thought, and Katie must take matters into her own hands to pay off her husband's debts for good.
Skeem

2011

Skeem

2011
6
South African crime/comedy movie. Forced to spend the night at a creepy old holiday resort, two wannabe gangsters run into trouble when, unpacking the car, their box of cash splits open, spilling a million bucks in eye-catching bundles all over the driveway
Unknowns

2012

Unknowns

2012
10
A group of young unknown actors arrive in Hollywood with dreams of fame and fortune. When they are cast in a horror film they become the unsuspecting participants in a snuff film - theirs.
When Girls Ride

2023

When Girls Ride

2023
When Samantha leaves the South to have a fresh start with her husband, she ends up meeting two biker girls named Raquel and Tammy. The three women grow close, and decide to start their own women's bike club. Things take a turn for the worse when they lose a girl from their group to violence. The women respond accordingly in order to get justice for their friend.
Black Birds in a Storm

2023

Black Birds in a Storm

2023
Set in Chicago, Samuel "Smooth" Alexander is making a name for himself in the fashion world. But the people he is closest to in his life could bring it all down. Samuel struggles with stalkers, street thugs and the mob to save his friends. But will it kill him in the end?
Home Kills

2023

Home Kills

2023
It's desperate times for a small rural home kills and butchery service, as big business begins to threaten their livelihood the owners fall into offering a new service - killing people, to make ends meet.
The Pharmacist

2010

The Pharmacist

2010
4
A drug-dealing pharmacist quits dealing when he falls in love with a recovering addict. But when a psychotic killer informs the pharmacist that they are now business partners, quitting is no longer an option.
Gumnaam: The Mystery

2008

Gumnaam: The Mystery

2008
6
Mumbai-based model and aspiring actress, Ria (Mahima Chaudhary), meets with stuntman, Dev (Dino Morea), and both fall in love. Shortly thereafter, she gets an offer to act as a lead actress with renowned film-maker, Muni Gandhi, and accordingly re-locates to Shimla to start the filming. Enroute, she excitedly telephones Dev and tells him of the scenic surroundings as well as the echo of bells in a tunnel that emanate from a Hanumanji Mandir. Several days later, when he does not hear from her, he decides to travel there. But before he could do so, he does get her telephone call in which she sounds distressed and asks him to help her. When he asks about her location, she is unable to provide any, and the phone gets disconnected. The question that haunts Dev is: Where is Ria, and how is he going to assist her when he does not even know her location?
Identity Theft

2007

Identity Theft

2007
8
When a drug deal turns into a bloodbath, a junkie-gangster crosses paths with an illegal alien. The illegal alien ends up with the gangster's ID and uses it to create a new successful life as a US citizen. A near death experience causes the gangster to re-evaluate his life, and when he leaves prison three years later, he is clean, sober, and ready to put his life back together. But both men are haunted by their pasts and they are soon set on a collision course that may destroy them and the women they love.
I Love Juliet

2023

I Love Juliet

2023
When Kyle, a pimp in love with Juliet, and Trevor, her wanna-be mob-affiliated boyfriend, find themselves in dire straits, they devise a plan to kidnap Romeo, a wealthy movie producer who is infatuated with Juliet.
Plugged

2023

Plugged

2023
Two West Memphis brothers on the run from a murder rap, make a name for themselves in the streets of Houston.
Hot Girls

2023

Hot Girls

2023
Five sisters, who grew up under rough conditions, try to escape the harsh realities in place for them, after their mother leaves them an inheritance with stipulations.