Robert Townsend Filmes

  • 2015
    Playin' for Love

    Playin' for Love

    Playin' for Love

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    Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But...

    Playin' for Love
  • 1991
    The Five Heartbeats

    The Five Heartbeats

    The Five Heartbeats

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    In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky...

    The Five Heartbeats
  • 1997
    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

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    Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations,...

    Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
  • 1979
    The Warriors

    The Warriors

    The Warriors

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    Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader...

    The Warriors
  • 2018
    Making The Five Heartbeats

    Making The Five Heartbeats

    Making The Five Heartbeats

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    In 1990, actor, comedian, writer and director, Robert Townsend, went against every obstacle in Hollywood, relying on his faith, street smarts, and...

    Making The Five Heartbeats
  • 2019
    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    A Walk with Charles Burnett

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    Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it,...

    A Walk with Charles Burnett
  • 2002
    Undercover Brother

    Undercover Brother

    Undercover Brother

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    An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the...

    Undercover Brother
  • 1989
    The Mighty Quinn

    The Mighty Quinn

    The Mighty Quinn

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    Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found...

    The Mighty Quinn
  • 1986
    Ratboy

    Ratboy

    Ratboy

    3.41986HD

    A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.

    Ratboy
  • 1999
    Love Songs

    Love Songs

    Love Songs

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    Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of...

    Love Songs
  • 2009
    Directors on Directing

    Directors on Directing

    Directors on Directing

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    A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.

    Directors on Directing
  • 1975
    Mahogany

    Mahogany

    Mahogany

    5.81975HD

    An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her...

    Mahogany
  • 1997
    B.A.P.S

    B.A.P.S

    B.A.P.S

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    Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.

    B.A.P.S
  • 1984
    Streets of Fire

    Streets of Fire

    Streets of Fire

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    Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be...

    Streets of Fire
  • 1988
    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

    6.41988HD

    Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local...

    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
  • 2008
    Of Boys and Men

    Of Boys and Men

    Of Boys and Men

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    Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family...

    Of Boys and Men
  • 1980
    Willie & Phil

    Willie & Phil

    Willie & Phil

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    Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking...

    Willie & Phil
  • 1975
    Cooley High

    Cooley High

    Cooley High

    6.91975HD

    In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting...

    Cooley High
  • 1987
    Hollywood Shuffle

    Hollywood Shuffle

    Hollywood Shuffle

    6.51987HD

    Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled...

    Hollywood Shuffle
  • 2008
    Phantom Punch

    Phantom Punch

    Phantom Punch

    5.1762008HD

    From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which...

    Phantom Punch