Legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix (Wood Harris) innovates 1960s rock 'n' roll, then dies of a drug overdose at 27.

Orphan Bill Robinson (Gregory Hines) overcomes an impoverished childhood to become a groundbreaking actor and dancer.

Heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali speaks, visits comic Stepin Fetchit and appears in fight footage.

Filmmakers Jo Menell and Angus Gibson chronicle Nelson Mandela's rise from tribal leader to president of South Africa.

The life and times of the NAACP field secretary and civil-rights leader (Howard E. Rollins Jr.), assassinated in 1963.

Legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix (Wood Harris) innovates 1960s rock 'n' roll, then dies of a drug overdose at 27.

Orphan Bill Robinson (Gregory Hines) overcomes an impoverished childhood to become a groundbreaking actor and dancer.

Heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali speaks, visits comic Stepin Fetchit and appears in fight footage.

Filmmakers Jo Menell and Angus Gibson chronicle Nelson Mandela's rise from tribal leader to president of South Africa.

His bones stirred by Deep South voodoo, Blacula the vampire (William Marshall) is cursed to kill again.

A hooker (Pam Grier) and a radical (Margaret Markov) escape from a brutal Philippine prison, chained together.

A private investigator tries to rescue her father's financially imperiled loan business.

Photographer Friday Foster travels to an airport to capture a few shots of the richest black man in the United States. As she takes pictures, she witnesses an assassination attempt on her subject and becomes a target of the assassins.

Cohorts turn brutal while helping a man (Fred Williamson) avenge his brother's death in a racially divided town.

His bones stirred by Deep South voodoo, Blacula the vampire (William Marshall) is cursed to kill again.

A hooker (Pam Grier) and a radical (Margaret Markov) escape from a brutal Philippine prison, chained together.

A private investigator tries to rescue her father's financially imperiled loan business.

Photographer Friday Foster travels to an airport to capture a few shots of the richest black man in the United States. As she takes pictures, she witnesses an assassination attempt on her subject and becomes a target of the assassins.

Cohorts turn brutal while helping a man (Fred Williamson) avenge his brother's death in a racially divided town.

His bones stirred by Deep South voodoo, Blacula the vampire (William Marshall) is cursed to kill again.

A hooker (Pam Grier) and a radical (Margaret Markov) escape from a brutal Philippine prison, chained together.

A private investigator tries to rescue her father's financially imperiled loan business.

Photographer Friday Foster travels to an airport to capture a few shots of the richest black man in the United States. As she takes pictures, she witnesses an assassination attempt on her subject and becomes a target of the assassins.

Cohorts turn brutal while helping a man (Fred Williamson) avenge his brother's death in a racially divided town.

An adventurer's boss (Maud Adams) and other villains want his widow (Lisa Eilbacher) to lead them to his South American jewels.

A gang member goes undercover for the police to nail a drug lord (Jim Brown) who has corrupted his girlfriend.

Former gang members (Fred Williamson, Jim Brown) return to depressed Gary, Ind., to quell violence perpetrated by their successors.

An ex-commando (Jim Brown) avenges his slain parents, followed by a hunt for a mob boss (Rip Torn) in Mexico.

A convicted murderer leads a band of men through shark-infested waters in an attempt to escape the fortress prison.

Three women (Gloria Hendry, Cheri Caffaro, Rosanna Ortiz) of three races join the fundraising part of an island revolution.

A gang member goes undercover for the police to nail a drug lord (Jim Brown) who has corrupted his girlfriend.

Former gang members (Fred Williamson, Jim Brown) return to depressed Gary, Ind., to quell violence perpetrated by their successors.

An ex-commando (Jim Brown) avenges his slain parents, followed by a hunt for a mob boss (Rip Torn) in Mexico.

A convicted murderer leads a band of men through shark-infested waters in an attempt to escape the fortress prison.

Three women (Gloria Hendry, Cheri Caffaro, Rosanna Ortiz) of three races join the fundraising part of an island revolution.

A gang member goes undercover for the police to nail a drug lord (Jim Brown) who has corrupted his girlfriend.

Former gang members (Fred Williamson, Jim Brown) return to depressed Gary, Ind., to quell violence perpetrated by their successors.

An ex-commando (Jim Brown) avenges his slain parents, followed by a hunt for a mob boss (Rip Torn) in Mexico.

A convicted murderer leads a band of men through shark-infested waters in an attempt to escape the fortress prison.

Three women (Gloria Hendry, Cheri Caffaro, Rosanna Ortiz) of three races join the fundraising part of an island revolution.

Two high-school pals (Glynn Turman, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs) hang out, face a teacher and flee the police in 1964 urban Chicago.

An ex-convict (Mario Van Peebles) shows residents of his Pittsburgh ghetto how to drive out riffraff with rap music.

A student composer (Rae Dawn Chong) inspires South Bronx residents to new heights in break dancing, rap music and graffiti.

Kelly (Lucinda Dickey) quits her job dancing in a chorus line in Los Angeles and goes home. Ignoring her father's wishes, Kelly teams up with her friends for a break-dancing benefit show to save an endangered community center.

A young woman encourages a New York City teen (Brendan Sexton III) to reconsider gang values and pursue his dreams.

Two high-school pals (Glynn Turman, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs) hang out, face a teacher and flee the police in 1964 urban Chicago.

An ex-convict (Mario Van Peebles) shows residents of his Pittsburgh ghetto how to drive out riffraff with rap music.

A student composer (Rae Dawn Chong) inspires South Bronx residents to new heights in break dancing, rap music and graffiti.

Kelly (Lucinda Dickey) quits her job dancing in a chorus line in Los Angeles and goes home. Ignoring her father's wishes, Kelly teams up with her friends for a break-dancing benefit show to save an endangered community center.

A young woman encourages a New York City teen (Brendan Sexton III) to reconsider gang values and pursue his dreams.

Two high-school pals (Glynn Turman, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs) hang out, face a teacher and flee the police in 1964 urban Chicago.

An ex-convict (Mario Van Peebles) shows residents of his Pittsburgh ghetto how to drive out riffraff with rap music.

A student composer (Rae Dawn Chong) inspires South Bronx residents to new heights in break dancing, rap music and graffiti.

Kelly (Lucinda Dickey) quits her job dancing in a chorus line in Los Angeles and goes home. Ignoring her father's wishes, Kelly teams up with her friends for a break-dancing benefit show to save an endangered community center.

A young woman encourages a New York City teen (Brendan Sexton III) to reconsider gang values and pursue his dreams.

A South American reporter (Raul Julia) investigates the life of an impoverished Caribbean peasant girl who became a world-famous madam (Miriam Colon).

After eight years, a Cuban exile (Jimmy Smits) joins his wife (Greta Scacchi) and daughter in Miami, where his wife has a lover (Vincent D'Onofrio).

A drag queen (Ving Rhames) mourning the loss of his lover takes in a drug addict (Alfre Woodard) and her daughter (Jessika Quynn Reynolds).

A disc jockey and a therapist help callers on a radio program sort through their relationship issues.

The love lives of several people intersect after Chloe (Alexa Davalos) moves to an Oregon town and takes a job in a coffee shop.

A South American reporter (Raul Julia) investigates the life of an impoverished Caribbean peasant girl who became a world-famous madam (Miriam Colon).

After eight years, a Cuban exile (Jimmy Smits) joins his wife (Greta Scacchi) and daughter in Miami, where his wife has a lover (Vincent D'Onofrio).

A drag queen (Ving Rhames) mourning the loss of his lover takes in a drug addict (Alfre Woodard) and her daughter (Jessika Quynn Reynolds).

A disc jockey and a therapist help callers on a radio program sort through their relationship issues.

The love lives of several people intersect after Chloe (Alexa Davalos) moves to an Oregon town and takes a job in a coffee shop.

A South American reporter (Raul Julia) investigates the life of an impoverished Caribbean peasant girl who became a world-famous madam (Miriam Colon).

After eight years, a Cuban exile (Jimmy Smits) joins his wife (Greta Scacchi) and daughter in Miami, where his wife has a lover (Vincent D'Onofrio).

A drag queen (Ving Rhames) mourning the loss of his lover takes in a drug addict (Alfre Woodard) and her daughter (Jessika Quynn Reynolds).

A disc jockey and a therapist help callers on a radio program sort through their relationship issues.

An FBI agent (Beau Bridges) and a detective (Bubba Smith) tie ghetto drugs and mayhem to a colonel's (Lloyd Bridges) white supremacists.

A struggling black actor must decide whether success is worth compromising his integrity for a stereotypical role.

A surgeon (Ray Liotta) and his colleagues show a new doctor (Kiefer Sutherland) how to cut red tape at a poorly run hospital for veterans.

A rip-off artist (Yaphet Kotto), a racketeer (Rudy Ray Moore) and other street hustlers oppose a freeway in their Chicago ghetto.

A white executive (George Segal) with a white wife (Susan Saint James) learns he has an illegitimate 17-year-old son (Denzel Washington) who's not white.

An FBI agent (Beau Bridges) and a detective (Bubba Smith) tie ghetto drugs and mayhem to a colonel's (Lloyd Bridges) white supremacists.

A struggling black actor must decide whether success is worth compromising his integrity for a stereotypical role.

A surgeon (Ray Liotta) and his colleagues show a new doctor (Kiefer Sutherland) how to cut red tape at a poorly run hospital for veterans.

A rip-off artist (Yaphet Kotto), a racketeer (Rudy Ray Moore) and other street hustlers oppose a freeway in their Chicago ghetto.

A white executive (George Segal) with a white wife (Susan Saint James) learns he has an illegitimate 17-year-old son (Denzel Washington) who's not white.

An FBI agent (Beau Bridges) and a detective (Bubba Smith) tie ghetto drugs and mayhem to a colonel's (Lloyd Bridges) white supremacists.

A struggling black actor must decide whether success is worth compromising his integrity for a stereotypical role.

A surgeon (Ray Liotta) and his colleagues show a new doctor (Kiefer Sutherland) how to cut red tape at a poorly run hospital for veterans.

A rip-off artist (Yaphet Kotto), a racketeer (Rudy Ray Moore) and other street hustlers oppose a freeway in their Chicago ghetto.

A white executive (George Segal) with a white wife (Susan Saint James) learns he has an illegitimate 17-year-old son (Denzel Washington) who's not white.

The spirit of a zoot-suited, razor-wielding 1940s hoodlum possesses a New Orleans law student (Glynn Turman).

An anti-terrorist (Gregory Hines) hunts a walking bomb made by a scientist (Renée Soutendijk) in her own image, with all of her hang-ups.

Former gang members (Fred Williamson, Jim Brown) return to depressed Gary, Ind., to quell violence perpetrated by their successors.

Five women learn martial arts in order to punish a rapist (Peter Brown) who wears a hockey mask.

A woman (Farrah Fawcett) is brutally attacked in her own home by a man (James Russo) who lives to regret it.

The spirit of a zoot-suited, razor-wielding 1940s hoodlum possesses a New Orleans law student (Glynn Turman).

An anti-terrorist (Gregory Hines) hunts a walking bomb made by a scientist (Renée Soutendijk) in her own image, with all of her hang-ups.

Former gang members (Fred Williamson, Jim Brown) return to depressed Gary, Ind., to quell violence perpetrated by their successors.

Five women learn martial arts in order to punish a rapist (Peter Brown) who wears a hockey mask.

A woman (Farrah Fawcett) is brutally attacked in her own home by a man (James Russo) who lives to regret it.

The spirit of a zoot-suited, razor-wielding 1940s hoodlum possesses a New Orleans law student (Glynn Turman).

An anti-terrorist (Gregory Hines) hunts a walking bomb made by a scientist (Renée Soutendijk) in her own image, with all of her hang-ups.

Former gang members (Fred Williamson, Jim Brown) return to depressed Gary, Ind., to quell violence perpetrated by their successors.

Five women learn martial arts in order to punish a rapist (Peter Brown) who wears a hockey mask.

A woman (Farrah Fawcett) is brutally attacked in her own home by a man (James Russo) who lives to regret it.

An emerging African nation pits soldiers of fortune (Peter Fonda, Reb Brown, Ron O'Neal) against rebels blocking a dam project.

Rival Texas chemical magnates (Edward Albert, Joe Don Baker) hold Dallas hostage over nerve gas stolen from the Soviets.

A psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) analyzes a sleepless Nazi (Bobby Darin) imprisoned by the U.S. government.

Leaving Johannesburg's political upheaval, a South African news cameraman (Sean Bean) searches for a renegade Nama (Lesley Fong) who may be killing farm laborers.

A white lawyer (James Brolin) defends an activist (Dorian Harewood) accused of killing two policemen in a racially tense town.

An emerging African nation pits soldiers of fortune (Peter Fonda, Reb Brown, Ron O'Neal) against rebels blocking a dam project.

Rival Texas chemical magnates (Edward Albert, Joe Don Baker) hold Dallas hostage over nerve gas stolen from the Soviets.

A psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) analyzes a sleepless Nazi (Bobby Darin) imprisoned by the U.S. government.

Leaving Johannesburg's political upheaval, a South African news cameraman (Sean Bean) searches for a renegade Nama (Lesley Fong) who may be killing farm laborers.

A white lawyer (James Brolin) defends an activist (Dorian Harewood) accused of killing two policemen in a racially tense town.

An emerging African nation pits soldiers of fortune (Peter Fonda, Reb Brown, Ron O'Neal) against rebels blocking a dam project.

Rival Texas chemical magnates (Edward Albert, Joe Don Baker) hold Dallas hostage over nerve gas stolen from the Soviets.

A psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) analyzes a sleepless Nazi (Bobby Darin) imprisoned by the U.S. government.

Leaving Johannesburg's political upheaval, a South African news cameraman (Sean Bean) searches for a renegade Nama (Lesley Fong) who may be killing farm laborers.

A white lawyer (James Brolin) defends an activist (Dorian Harewood) accused of killing two policemen in a racially tense town.

A white executive (George Segal) with a white wife (Susan Saint James) learns he has an illegitimate 17-year-old son (Denzel Washington) who's not white.

A feisty old woman (Moms Mabley) forces moral support on a big-city candidate (Moses Gunn) for mayor.

Fed up with his intrusiveness, members of a family shoot a census taker and try to hide his body from a detective.

Back talk and a wedding change a couple's (Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson) household in the Watts section of Los Angeles.

A CIA agent (Fred Williamson) in a pancake house closes the case of five blind bank robbers in the Philippines.

A white executive (George Segal) with a white wife (Susan Saint James) learns he has an illegitimate 17-year-old son (Denzel Washington) who's not white.

A feisty old woman (Moms Mabley) forces moral support on a big-city candidate (Moses Gunn) for mayor.

Fed up with his intrusiveness, members of a family shoot a census taker and try to hide his body from a detective.

Back talk and a wedding change a couple's (Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson) household in the Watts section of Los Angeles.

A CIA agent (Fred Williamson) in a pancake house closes the case of five blind bank robbers in the Philippines.

A white executive (George Segal) with a white wife (Susan Saint James) learns he has an illegitimate 17-year-old son (Denzel Washington) who's not white.

A feisty old woman (Moms Mabley) forces moral support on a big-city candidate (Moses Gunn) for mayor.

Fed up with his intrusiveness, members of a family shoot a census taker and try to hide his body from a detective.

Back talk and a wedding change a couple's (Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson) household in the Watts section of Los Angeles.

A CIA agent (Fred Williamson) in a pancake house closes the case of five blind bank robbers in the Philippines.

A struggling black actor must decide whether success is worth compromising his integrity for a stereotypical role.

As Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) and Harriet prepare to leave for their honeymoon, Forbes (Carl Weathers) clashes with a charismatic cult leader (Peter Fonda) who has arrived in Sparta.

The trail of a serial killer leads the sheriff (Carroll O'Connor) and police chief (Carl Weathers) to a prominent citizen in Sparta, Miss.

Only the sheriff (Carroll O'Connor) knows the identity of an actress (Sydne Rome) returned home to Sparta, Miss.

A murder suspect (Corbin Bernsen) works for a businessman running against Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) for sheriff.

Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) and Forbes (Carl Weathers) link a suspect to a witness of a hit-and-run fatality.

As Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) and Harriet prepare to leave for their honeymoon, Forbes (Carl Weathers) clashes with a charismatic cult leader (Peter Fonda) who has arrived in Sparta.

The trail of a serial killer leads the sheriff (Carroll O'Connor) and police chief (Carl Weathers) to a prominent citizen in Sparta, Miss.

Only the sheriff (Carroll O'Connor) knows the identity of an actress (Sydne Rome) returned home to Sparta, Miss.

A murder suspect (Corbin Bernsen) works for a businessman running against Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) for sheriff.

Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) and Forbes (Carl Weathers) link a suspect to a witness of a hit-and-run fatality.

As Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) and Harriet prepare to leave for their honeymoon, Forbes (Carl Weathers) clashes with a charismatic cult leader (Peter Fonda) who has arrived in Sparta.

The trail of a serial killer leads the sheriff (Carroll O'Connor) and police chief (Carl Weathers) to a prominent citizen in Sparta, Miss.

Only the sheriff (Carroll O'Connor) knows the identity of an actress (Sydne Rome) returned home to Sparta, Miss.

A murder suspect (Corbin Bernsen) works for a businessman running against Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) for sheriff.

Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) and Forbes (Carl Weathers) link a suspect to a witness of a hit-and-run fatality.

Two men (Robert Urich, Carl Weathers) of different races, who loathe each other, escape from a chain gang shackled together.