What begins as an uproarious comedy evolves into a provocative, disquieting drama as director Spike Lee chronicles trivial events that bring festering racial tensions to the surface on a sweltering day in a largely black Brooklyn neighborhood. After a number of minor misunderstandings -- and an... Read More

In this black comedy, Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) is an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home who switched identities with an impersonator years before his "death" and missed his chance to switch himself back. When the King teams up with a fellow resident (Ossie Davis) who thinks he's John... Read More

Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie Davis) are a truly odd couple who wryly comment on modern urban life as it strolls by their bench in Central Park. When Midge, who's also the manager of Nat's apartment building, is forced into retirement, Nat springs to his defense -- taking on a... Read More

Based on director Mary Pat Kelly's book Proudly We Served, this rousing drama recounts the true story of the U.S.S. Mason, the only World War II battleship with a largely black crew. Fighting racism, German submarines and a horrendous North Atlantic storm, the young sailors prove their... Read More

When Ossie Davis's "Purlie Victorious" premiered on Broadway in 1961, America's Civil Rights movement was gearing up for a tumultuous decade. This film version of the play follows the dogged efforts of a black preacher (Davis) and the young girl (Ruby Dee) who fancies him to swindle an inheritance... Read More