Based on book series Black Boys Dance Too: Darnell Enters A Talent Show. In Black Boys Dance Too, 9-year-old Darnell faces the stigma surrounding dance as a girl’s only activity within his community. Continue reading
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Category: Hollywood Monday
2/17/25 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: One In A Million – The Ron LeFlore Story
One In A Million: The Ron LeFlore Story is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical sports drama film telling the story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers. The film was based on LeFlore’s autobiography, Breakout: From Prison To The Big Leagues.
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210/25 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Harold Nicholas – Mister BeeBe (1944)
Harold Lloyd Nicholas (March 17, 1921 – July 3, 2000) was a tap dancer specializing in tap. Nicholas was the younger half of the tap-dancing pair the Nicholas Brothers, known as two of the world’s greatest dancers. Continue reading
2/3/25 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Island In The Sun – Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge
Island In The Sun is a 1957 Drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Robert Rossen. It features an ensemble cast including James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Juan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie, Stphen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Justin, Diana Wynyard, John Williams and Basil Sydney. Continue reading
1/13/25 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: For Love Of Ivy: A Romantic Comedy Classic With Sidney Poitier
For Love of Ivy is a 1968 Romantic Comedy film directed by Daniel Mann. The film stars Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters and Carroll O’Connor.The story was written by Poitier with screenwriter Robert Alan Aurthur. The musical score was composed by Quincy Jones. Continue reading
1/6/25 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Five On The Black Hand Side
Mr. Brooks (Leonard Jackson) is an African-American barbershop owner who runs his household with an iron fist. One day, however, Mrs. Brooks (Clarice Taylor) tires of his stern approach and embraces a nonconformist attitude that’s more in line with that of their children, including the philosophical Booker T. (D’Urville Martin) and Gideon (Glynn Turman), a black militant. Continue reading
12/23/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Home Alone 1990 Full Movie
Home Alone is a Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus, and written and produced by John Hughes. The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year old boy who defends his Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leave him behind on their Christmas vacation to Paris. The cast also features Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O’Hara. Continue reading
12/16/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY HOLIDAY ISSUE: Holly Day | Lindsay Diann, Margaret Avery, Robinne Lee
In a twist on a Charles Dickens novel, we meet Holly, a tightly-wound businesswoman who’s spent her life running from the ghosts of her past. But this holiday, they come back to find her. Continue reading
12/9/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY HOLIDAY ISSUE: Merry Liddle Christmas | Starring Kelly Rowland | Lifetime
Kelly Rowland partners with Kronicle Media for Merry Liddle Christmas. Inspired by her own recent Christmas catastrophe, Kelly Rowland plays Jacquie a successful, super-together single tech entrepreneur whose messy family descends on her gleaming new dream home for the holidays.Christmas traditions collide and family drama ensues as she struggles to keep her house together in time for a glossy video shoot of The Perfect Christmas. Continue reading
11/25/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Who Made The Potatoe Salad? | Thanksgiving Comedy
Who Made the Potatoe Salad? is a romantic comedy film directed by Damon Daniel and starring Jaleel White, Jennia Frederique, Clifton Powell, DeRay Davis, Eddie Griffin and Tommy Tiny Lister. Michael, a San Diego Policeman travels to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving with his fiancée, Ashley to meet her dysfunctional family and announce their engagement. Continue reading
