Xenon Pictures | SCREENERS
Hill Harper, Taye Diggs, Da Brat, Charlie Neal, Ellen Burnstyn
Two star basketball players, Donnell, a black kid from the inner city, and Jason, a white kid from the affluent suburbs, are sentenced to 30 days’ labor in each other’s communities following a brawl between their two teams.
“…tough yet inspirational drama… a star-studded supporting cast that includes Ellen Burstyn, Taye Diggs, and former rapper Da Brat.” –Cduniverse.com
SCREENER – Standard Def
Feature is currently standard def
Eduardo Arroyuelo, Martha Higareda, Jaime Camil, Sofia Vergara, Roberto D’Amico
An unlikely friendship develops between a small-time concert promoter and a mobster who work together against all odds to bring the band U2 to Monterrey, Mexico. (U2 performs in the film)
“Engaging and heartfelt”— Leonard Maltin
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Feature (1080)
Tobar Mayo, J. Walter Smith, Roxie Young, Gladys Lum, Tony Rumford
A black scientist moves his family into an affluent neighborhood, only to be greeted with threats and vandalism by their new white neighbors. When the bigotry turns murderous, the good doctor works to transform his militant bodyguard into a black superman with fantastic physical strength and mental powers that set the stage for a remarkable climax!
“Strike fear into the hearts of intolerant racists everywhere.” Rovi
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Feature is currently standard def
Peter Coyote (narrator), Henry Kissinger
Documents the as-yet-untold WWII story of young Jewish men and women who escaped certain death at the hands of the Nazis…and returned to fight them in Europe and North Africa. Told via the recollections of these brave men and women, the film chronicles the journey from Nazi victim, to refugee and finally, to Allied soldiers and spies.
SCREENER – Work-in-Progress – Standard Def
Harrold Perrineau, Anthony DeSando, Francie Swift, Lonette McKee
Harold Perrineau and Anthony DeSando star as two friends who come together to write a speech about race problems. They talk, they sit, they argue – and what they put down on paper is both funny and insightful.
“Sincere, insightful, and sometimes flat-out hilarious….recalls vintage Spike Lee.”—Daily Variety
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Feature is currently standard def
Al Green
Reverend Al Green, founder of the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church, has become one of the world’s best-loved and well-known Gospel singers. His numerous accomplishments include winning seven Grammy Awards for his Gospel recordings. This incredible concert contains many of his greatest and award-winning hits.
SCREENER – Standard Def
Feature is currently standard def
Daron “Southboy” Fordham, Kenny Flyy, Le Kisha Raine, Tonya Harris, Demetrius Warton
When All-American college football star Day-run Southboy (Daron Fordham) and his friend, Rapper Kenny Flyy, hit the sands in Daytona Beach for Black Spring Break- the biggest, wildest, party of the year- every sports agent and gold-digger wants a piece of him. Shot against the back-drop of the real Black Spring Break and featuring an incredible soundtrack, Black Spring Break is the party movie of the century! It’s Booty and the Beach with a soundtrack that’s da bomb… ’nuff said.
SCREENER – Standard Def
Feature is currently standard def
America the Beautiful uses the story of the rise and fall of a young model’s budding career to examine America’s obsession with youth and beauty and the damage that occurs when women try to live up to impossible standards of physical perfection.
SCREENER – Standard Def
Feature is currently standard def
Joseph De Sue, Ivory Stone, Roosevelt Jackson, Liz Renay, Cardella Di Milo
Eddie, a Vietnam vet who has lost his arms and legs, is restored by DNA expert Dr. Stein. But the results turn monstrous when a rival for Eddie’s fiancée gives him the wrong medication.
SCREENER – High Def
Feature is HD, remastered from 35 mm!
Jerri Hayes, Ernest Williams II
COMPTON 1976: Emma Mae (Jerri Hayes), a young woman from rural Mississippi, goes to live with her aunt and cousins in Compton, CA, following the death of her mother. Green as grass and far from beautiful, Emma Mae still manages to earn the respect of her peers with her positive attitude and her remarkable ability to kick ass! She manages to find trouble on her first day in town, and his name is Jesse (Ernest Williams II), a pill-popping loser who’s wanted by the cops. Emma Mae soon finds herself in a hostage situation that ends with the arrest of Jesse and his toady Zeke. Their bail is set at $5,000 each, and she’s determined to raise it. She organizes a car wash, but when the authorities shut it down, she turns to bank robbery. Once Jesse is out of jail, Emma Mae discovers that she’s been scammed. Hell hath no fury like an ass-kickin’ country girl scorned, and this is one scorned ass-kickin’ country girl! If Jesse had any sense he’d run while he’s still able….A true classic from pioneer indie filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka (Penitentiary 1, 2 and 3)
SCREENER -High Def
Feature is restored from Original in 2K
James Fitzpatrick, Madeleine Lindley, Daniel O’Meara, Dayton Knoll, Season Hamilton
Four college students and an Iraq War vet, lost on a desert highway, rescue a terrified young woman with a black van on her trail. They survive the ensuing chase but their car doesn’t, forcing them to seek help at a nearby ranch. Only when it’s too late does the group learn that it’s crossed the threshold into Hell!
Welcome to the Web, home to a bizarre cult of murderers, perverts and mental defectives, whose sacraments include mutilation, dismemberment, unspeakable acts, and slow, agonizing death for all who enter. None of their “guests” have ever made it out alive. Tonight may be different…but don’t count on it.
SCREENER – Standard Def
Feature is currently standard def
James Iglehart, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy, Carmen Argenziano
After being left for dead, the Doug Russell is rescued by two Japanese soldiers living on a remote island. He is taught the ways of the samurai before his return to the US. Upon his arrival in the states, he quickly exacts a bloody revenge on his tormentors and reunites with his wife and son.
SCREENER – HD (720)
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Chess Game
(Jogo de Xadrez)
Tricia Helfer Lauren Stamile Christina Chambers Dan Castellaneta Ben Browder
Mina (Priscila Fantin) is sittng in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most corrupt prisons after taking the fall for a Senator in a social security fraud scandal. To survive, Mina, along with two other women has established a power base by selling drugs and other goods smuggled into the facility by her sister. Believing that Mina will eventually rat him out, the senator bribes the prison’s warden to kill her, setting the stage for a deadly game …
SCREENER – HD (720)
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Barry White, Scatman Crothers, Philip Michael Thomas, Charles Gordone
Originally reviled by activists (who had not seen the film), Coonskin has now been acknowledged by critics as the important masterpiece that it is. Rap superstars The Wu Tang Clan have expressed their love for the film, and want to produce a remake.
“Coonskin could be RALPH BAKSHI’S MASTERPIECE.”-New York Times
“The most incendiary work of the entire genre” – Quentin Tarantino
SCREENER – HD (720)
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Jerry Jones
Rudy Ray Moore stars as Dolemite, sent to prison on a frame-up by some crooked cops and his arch rival, the notorious Willy Green. Dolemite is offered an early release if he can bring down Green, who is terrorizing the city. Dolemite and his beautiful female army of kung fu killers take on the mob in one of the greatest martial arts rumbles ever filmed.
SCREENER – HD (720)
FEATURE – HD (1080) (restored from 35mm neg)
Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed, Lady Reed, Jimmy Lynch, Jerry Jones
Rudy Ray Moore is Tucker Williams, the rapping owner and main attraction of the Blueberry Hill Disco. An ex-cop with a penchant for head-whacking martial arts, Tucker is called back into action when his nephew (Julius J. Carry III) get hooked on angel dust.
Aided by the cool sensibilities of his “Gal Friday” Noel (Carol Speed-The Mack, Abbey), Tucker declares war on Stinger Ray (James H. Hawthorne), the nation’s leading angel dust producer. But as the war progresses, Tucker learns that Stinger and his goons are as deadly as the drugs they push.
SCREENER – SD
Feature will be available in HD (restored from 35mm neg)
Danny Glover, Kate Del Castillo, Snoop Dogg, Elizabeth Peña, Emily Rios, Jessica Romero
15-year-old Rascal attends high school in East LA and is one of the leaders of a young Latina street gang. Rascal‘s gang has a blood feud with a rival gang of African-American teens and as the territorial battle escalates, the violence increases and the stakes grow higher. But Rascal’s English teacher Mr. Shannon believes she has a real talent for writing, and wants to offer her a chance to escape the cycle of crime around her by sending her to a writing workshop for promising young students in Iowa. Even if Rascal decides to change her life she knows that loyalty is very important to the gang, and trying to leave could be even more dangerous than staying.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – Remastered in HD
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Narrated by Arthur Burghardt
He was the conscience of the struggle for civil rights—and one of its many heroic martyrs. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: An Historical Perspective offers a one-of-a-kind examination of Dr. King’s extraordinary life. Using rare and largely unseen film footage and photographs, this film -endorsed by the King Foundation- explores how Dr. King’s ideas, beliefs and methods evolved in the face of the rapidly changing climate of the Civil Rights Movement. To study Dr. King’s compelling and magnificent life is to understand that social change and enlightenment are brought about only by the overwhelming force of the human spirit.
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FEATURE – SD
Esther Rolle, Mabel King, Avon Long, Joe Keyes Jr.
The film version of Melvin Van Peebles hit Broadway show. Two imps are sent by the devil to break up a house party in Harlem.
“A FIND….broadly, humorously and exuberantly acted by its cast, which includes Esther Rolle from ‘The Jeffersons’….those who think of Van Peebles only as an angry young man with a single message will be pleasantly surprised.” —The Onion
SCREENER – SD
Feature will be available in HD (restored from 35mm neg)
Before Pablo Escobar…before El Chapo…there was El Rey
Fernando Solórzano, Cristina Umaña, Marlon Moreno, Vanessa Simon, Olivier Pagès
The story of Pedro Rey, the mythical father of the Colombian cocaine trade. A riveting drama based on the real-life exploits of Jaime Caicedo, the legendary Al Capone of Colombia, the film tracks Rey’s evolution from opportunistic businessman to megalomaniacal drug lord.
“Shows how drug trafficking permeated the entire society-to the point where few of us can raise our hands and say, ‘We had nothing to do with that.’”—Dr. Juan Carlos Vallejo, Amnesty International
SCREENER – SD
Feature will be available in HD (restored from 35mm neg)
Huey P. Newton, The Black Panther Party
Filmmaker John Evans’ never-before-seen interview with jailed revolutionary and founder of the Black Panther Party, Huey P. Newton.
“You see bullet riddled walls, ransacked family dwellings and shattered windows. This is the very terrorism that Huey and the Black Panther Party were standing up against.”—activist Assata Shakur
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
Jay Leno, Ray Combs, Fred Willard, Steve Oedekerk, Howie Gold
America’s best-known comedian hosts the 1984 LA Comedy Competition. The show includes 25 minutes of Leno’s world-famous nightclub act from that era. Fred Willard is hilarious as one of the celebrity judges.
SCREENER – SD
Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Jimmy Lynch, Ernie Hudson
In this sequel to the smash hit Dolemite, Dolemite is on the run from a redneck sheriff who has caught him with his woman. Dolemite and his posse (including a young Ernie Hudson) dodge the sheriff and his bullets in a high-speed chase that takes them to LA. Upon Dolemite’s arrival, he learns that Queen Bee (Lady Reed) and her Kung Fu Girls have been pushed out of the night-club business by a ruthless competitor who … Read more
“The most essential Dolemite movie…”-ColeSmithey.com
SCREENER – HD (720)
Feature will be available in HD (1080p) (restored from 35mm neg)
Marshall Mathers (a.k.a. Eminem), Treach, Debbie Mathers, Kim Mathers, Todd Mathers
The story of rap superstar Eminem and his rise to fame, as told through interviews with family and friends. Featuring extensive interviews with his mother (the notorious Debbie Mathers who sued her son for defamation of character), his grandmother and his late Uncle Todd, as well as music industry colleagues and others who knew him in his formative years, here at last is the real 8 Mile.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
Laura Harring, John Hannah, Pete Postlethwaite, Mosa Kaiser, Mary Twala
Mark and his new American wife, Stacey, find true happiness on a remote ranch in South Africa. But their happiness is short-lived-Mark dies in a car crash and Stacey suddenly finds herself alone, grieving, and suicidal. Well, not entirely alone. Mark’s ghostly apparition pays her a nocturnal visit, taking her to the brink of both ecstasy and terror, after which Stacey discovers that she’s pregnant! A year later, Stacey suspects that something’s not right with her infant son, and it becomes apparent that he’s possessed by Mark’s spirit. She convinced that the baby is trying to kill her, and his behavior in the presence of her naked body is bizarrely inappropriate. In desperation, Stacey resorts to the ancient shamanistic traditions of her adopted country to save both her own life and that of her child.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
GUADALUPE
Angelica Aragon, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Eric del Castillo, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Ivana Miño
The story of the 16th century native Mexican, St. Juan Diego, and his encounters with the Virgin is interwoven with the present-day story of archaeologist Jose Maria (Aleix Albareda), who reassesses his own neglect of his wife and children, and his sister, Mercedes (Ivana Miño), who comes to terms with her desire for a home and family. As these stories unfold, Our Lady of Guadalupe reveals herself to each of the characters, guiding them toward the happiness and serenity they seek. Guadalupe is an epic film that inspires, informs and entertains-and one that should be seen by everyone!
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
The Gracie Killer and his Favella Fighters
Ice-T (narrator), Gabriel Gonzaga, Lyoto Machida, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Jose Aldo
An inside look at the violent world of Brazilian MMA Jungle Fights, where founder/promoter Wallid Ismail stages events in the wilds of the country looking for the next stars that will fight in the UFC in the United States. Narrated by Ice-T and featuring current UFC stars Gabriel Gonzaga, Lyoto Machida, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Jose Aldo, Renan Barao, John Lineker and Bethe Correia.
SCREENER – HD (720)
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Dennis Hopper, Francoise Yip, Phillip Rhys, Bumper Robinson
From Albert Ruddy, the producer of The Godfather and Billion Dollar Baby comes this groundbreaking epic in which sci-fi and martial arts are brilliantly blended. For 4000 years an apocalyptic battle has been raging in an alternate timeline. In the year 2010 the battle lands in Hong Kong where two ancient foes have been reincarnated to fight to the death. This is the story of a private war between good and evil–and the fate of the entire planet is at stake.
22 episodes at 26 minutes a piece!
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
Jimmy Cliff, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman, Winston Stona, Toots & The Maytals
Restored and remastered in HD
Lauded by critics and the cannabis-enhanced audiences that made it a midnight-movie hit, Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff stars as an aspiring young singer who records a song for an unscrupulous music mogul. When the song becomes a hit, but is cut out of his share, the singer turns outlaw and takes on the music industry, the ganja trade, and the police. Fully restored from original elements.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – Remastered in HD
Peter Sarsgaard, Katharina Wressnig, Angeline Ball, Geoffrey Lower, Liz Stauber
The housebound victim of a brutal rape enters into an affair with her boarder, even though his suspicious behavior seems to link him to a series of young, female murder victims.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – Remastered in HD
Wood Harris, Roger Guenveur Smith, N’Bushe Wright, Obba Babatundé, Christian Mathis
Attorney Tony Smalls (Wood Harris—“The Wire”) is devoted to helping the people of the Detroit ghetto he once called home. Burned out on practicing law, he and his wife Kim (Melle Powers—“Chapelle’s Show”) work to make their dream of a community education center come true. But Tony has to put his plans on hold when his sister Nia (N’Bushe Wright—Zebrahead), asks him to defend her fiancé Bigboy, kingpin of the gang known as MVP (Christian “Trick Trick” Mathis—Street Life), who is under arrest for a triple murder that he says he didn’t commit. Suddenly the feds and a shadowy corporation get involved, along with a private investigator who seems to be working all sides. Meanwhile, Nia starts an investigation of her own, bringing her closer to the truth—and putting both herself and Tony in harm’s way.
SCREENER – HD (720)
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Rudy Ray Moore, Mike D. (Beastie Boys), Ice T, Eddie Griffin, LaWanda Paige
Rudy Ray Moore tells all as only he can in this all-new retrospective of his fine, fine, super-fine career. From his humble post-war beginnings as turbaned adagio dancer, comedian and singer Prince Dumar to his crowing as “King of the Party Records,” Rudy Ray guides through his struggles with the music industry establishment and his efforts to press and promote his own records when nobody else would.
SCREENER – SD
HD in Progress!
In this atmospheric blaxploitation classic, a young Christian mother turns away from her faith to a more ancient religion… and summons a tribal priest from the dead to avenge her teenage daughter.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Brian Hooks, Maia Campbell, Troy Winbush, Faizon Love
Cedric needs money fast—his dad is demanding rent and the neighborhood gangstress is demanding that he pay off his gambling debt—so he throws a luau for profit. A great idea if every freak in the neighborhood doesn’t show up…which they do!
SCREENER – SD
Shane Jacobson, Eve von Bibra, Chris Davis, Jesse Jacobson, Ronald Jacobson
This hilarious mockumentary film follows the numerous misadventures of a porta-john worker through both his personal and professional life, including an oddly glamorous excursion to the Pumper & Cleaner Expo in Nashville, TN.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Mahalia Jackson, Studs Terkel, Jessie Jackson, George Avakian, Brother John Sellers
Meet the gospel great who has influenced many of today’s pop superstars. This special edition DVD combines the outstanding documentary Mahalia Jackson: The Power & the Glory, with over two hours of vintage kinescope performances from the 1961 series, “Mahalia Jackson Sings”.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Marco Leonardo, Julieta Díaz, Juan Leyrado, Emiliano Kaczka, Luis Machín
Marco Leonardi stars as Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona, considered the greatest player in the history of the sport. Dramatizing many of the shocking highs and lows of this extraordinary athlete, the film explores his impoverished childhood, his rise from teenage celebrity to international idol, his drug abuse problems and frequent run-ins with the law, and his controversial “hand of God” goal, which came to symbolize the ongoing rivalry between England and Argentina. This is an affectionate, unflinchingly honest portrait of a man touched by God, yet pursued by demons.
SCREENER – HD No Color Correction
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Also available without subtitles
Out of the steaming slave markets come the ravaging sea-savages…THE MUTHERS!
Jeannie Bell Jayne Kennedy Rosanne Katon Trina Parks
Climb aboard THE MUTHERS, the meanest, toughest and most action packed pirate ship in the pacific. Join Jayne Kennedy, Rosanne Katon, Jeannie Bell and their all female crew on a daring rescue mission to save one of their own from the clutches of vicious white slavers. Directed by the master of Filipino sleaze, Cirio Santiago. Newly restored from its 35mm negative.
SCREENER – HD
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Leonardo Cesare Abude, Anna Bonaiuto, Franco Scaldati, Toni Bertorelli, Marcelo Mazzarella
A young scholar, believed by an influential rabbi to be the new Messiah, crosses land and sea, encountering believers of the Qur’an, the Gospels and the Torah, only to fulfill his tragic destiny, paralleling the fate of Jesus of Nazareth, another Jewish scholar who fell victim to prejudice masquerading as authority.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
Leon Isaac Kennedy, Donovan Womack, Badja Djola
Jamaa Fanaka’s raw and violent indictment of prison life is a masterpiece of Urban Cinemas and was the most successful independent film of 1980. A potent combination of “blaxploitation” prison film and social commentary, PENITENTIARY busted genres and galvanized audiences from the art houses to the inner city, becoming the cornerstone of urban independent film for generations to come.
SCREENER – HD
FEATURE – 2k Restored from original
Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ernie Hudson, Mr. T, Stephanie Mills, Rudy Ray Moore
This sequel to the urban masterpiece PENITENTIARY, directed and written by pioneering independent filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka, may have garnered comparisons to the Rocky films, but its ultra-violent fight scenes, unsentimental view of urban life and elements of 80’s kitsch make it a perennial classic that stand alone.
SCREENER – HD
FEATURE – 2k Restored from original
Brian Hooks, Kelita Smith, Darryl Brunson
Cedrik (Brian Hooks- Soul Plane, UPN’s “Eve”) has been left in charge of his parents’ house with the promise of a new Jeep if he doesn’t have any wild parties or female “companionship” in their absence. But they never said anything about a barbecue…
So Cedrik decides to make some extra money throwing a little “Q” in the backyard. Murphy’s Law kicks in as every freak in the neighborhood descends on the house to partake of the pool, the Spam, and the empty bedrooms. Cedrik’s dream car will remain a dream unless he can destroy the evidence and deodorize the guest room.
SCREENER – SD
Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy & Skillet, Eboni Wryte, Wildman Steve
Gunned down by the mob, a comedian is given a second chance at life if he will marry the Devil’s hideous daughter.
“…[Moore] delivers his particular brand of humor forcefully…” – Variety
Feature HD (1920×1080)
Angélica Aragón, Guillermo Iván, Luis Felipe Tovar, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Part of the new wave of Mexican cinema, this serial-killer-thriller in the vein of Se7en and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is as entertaining as it is scary. In Mexico City, a lonely and schizophrenic young man has become a serial killer after a childhood of being abused by a priest in his hometown. While the police follow his steps, he struggles between what he knows to be right, and the justification of his crimes in a bizarre interpretation of his Catholic faith.
SCREENER – HD
Feature HD (restored from 35mm neg)
Rudy Ray Moore
Rudy Ray Moore brings his infamous original rap-comedy to the screen, featuring the routines that earned him the title “The Godfather of Rap”.
SCREENER – SD
Feature will be available in HD (restored from 35mm neg, and with original credits)
The Bloods street-gang
NOT YET RELEASED Over a period of 10 years, filmmakers Joachim Schroeder and Tommy Sowards hit the streets to follow a group of teenagers from L.A.’s Rollin’ 20s Bloods documenting the violent and troubled lives of one of the toughest gangs in the country.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – HD
Marlo Monte, Reatha Grey
Convicted of a crime he did not commit, Charlie is bent on getting revenge on the cop who not only framed him, but mutilated his manhood. In his restored state, he can destroy his enemies and mesmerize their women!
SCREENER – HD
FEATURE – 2k – Remastered from original elements!
Chris R. Wright, Dan Palmer, Warwick Davis, Howard Lew Lewis, Simon Stanley-Ward
Lord Beesly and his bizarre henchmen keep a watchful eye over their domain, quickly dispatching any strangers who enter. Featuring a cast of both new and familiar faces, including Leprechaun star Warwick Davis, Small Town Folk has been heralded as the best horror/comedy to come out of the U.K. in years.
“Imagine if Terry Gilliam dropped acid and wrote a horror script”
-horrormovies.ca
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – HD
Snoop Dogg, Ernie Hudson, Anson Mount, Danny Trejo, Jason Alexander, Lin Shaye
Welcome to the Hood of Horror, a place where your actions in this life determine your ultimate fate. Follow Snoop Dogg through three terrifying tales from this nefarious neighborhood, whose depraved denizens can all look forward to a very unpleasant eternity.
“GLEEFULLY DISGUSTING”—Variety
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – HD (720)
Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Christian Marin, Pierre Doris
Infused with quirky jazz and pop music and shot in a style that has since become the quintessential expression of ‘60s European cinema, Story of A 3-Day Pass tells the tale of an African American soldier stationed in Europe, and the racism he encounters from his fellow soldiers following his idyllic three-day affair with a young French woman (Nicole Berger).
Film historians cite Story of A 3-Day Pass, based on Van Peebles’ French novel La Permission, as the first major film by a black director released in the United States.
SCREENER – SD
Feature will be available in HD (restored from 16mm )
Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon, Luny Tunes, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee
STRAIGHT OUTTA PUERTO RICO explores the burgeoning Reggaeton music scene, from its roots in Jamaican Reggae and Latin American Soca rhythms to its meteoric rise in popularity and the multitude of artists that are the driving force behind this scorching musical phenomenon. Features top Reggaeton stars Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon, DJ Playero, The Luny Tunes and many more!
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
Louis Gossett Jr. Sara Gilbert Frances Fisher John Jackson
A white 12-year-old girl becomes friends with a shy, lonely Black man who has been ostracized from their rural Georgia town. Eventually, the small community becomes enraged about their friendship, and Simpson is unjustly accused of child molestation. Based on Sara Flanigan Carter’s semi-autobiographical novel.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales
Melvin Van Peebles’ breakthrough film, in which an idealistic hustler becomes militant after witnessing police brutality and corruption.
“This guy is a genius” —Bill Cosby
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – Restored to HD from 35mm
Pope John Paul II
The late Pope John Paul II was one of the world’s greatest proponents of religious freedom and human rights. Based on George Weigel’s book of the same name, this is a complete and intimate portrait of an extraordinary leader.
SCREENER – SD and LOW QUALITY VERSION
Lindsay Younce, Leonardo Defilippis, Mandy Rimer, Linda Hayden, Jen Nikolaisen
The true story of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, who demonstrated a path of spirituality known as the “Little Way”, through the actions of unconditional love, human compassion and selfless devotion to duty.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – HD
Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Sam Maccarone
TV: The Movie is a celebration of the ever-increasing ridiculousness of society reflected through television…who are we trying to kid? We just want to break stuff, throw Steve-O off a building and get some chicks naked. “Jackassian” stunts combined with sketch comedy form the basis of this demented channel-surfing adventure for the unfocused youth of the world. This spoof comedy stars pop-culture icons of the past and present like Lee Majors, Judd Nelson and the cast of “Jackass!” From “Fear Factor” to “Wife Swap” to “The Apprentice” to “Girls Gone Wild,” nothing is off limits. So sit back, relax and let us change the channel for you!
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Kellan Lutz, Adam Beach, Gabrielle Anwar, Ashley Greene, Chord Overstreet
Twilight’s Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene re-team in this story of young love and the values that can be learned through a shared passion. Also starring Chord Overstreet of “Glee”.
“A feel-good film” – CBS News
SCREENER – HD (720)
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Emilio Rivera, Clancy Brown, Roger Guenveur Smith, Nicholas Gonzalez, Enrique Muricano
Edward James Olmos presents the feature film directorial debut of writer/director Richard Montoya. Based on his award-winning play of the same name (originally produced at the Mark Taper Forum) this is the story of two brothers nicknamed “Water” and “Power” by their hard-working father, an irrigation field man for the infamous Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. From the blue-collar housing projects of East LA to the very corridors of power where deals are made, the two -one a state senator and the other a ranking official in the LAPD- have risen beyond their modest roots…but at what cost?
Told in the classic L.A. noir style WATER & POWER explores a cautionary tale – with a Chicano twist.
SCREENER – HD (720)
FEATURE – HD (1080)
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight, Tupac Shakur, Kevin Powell, Eazy E
Death Row Records exploded on the music scene in 1993 with a “gangster rap” sound that took world by storm. Yet despite its unprecedented success with stars such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tupac, it quickly unraveled in a firestorm of rivalries, greed, violence and scrutiny by the government and the media as Marion “Suge” Knight’s unconventional business methods increasingly mirrored the violent, hard-edged themes of its music. This is the complete and untold story of this unique enterprise, told entirely in the words of the people who were there. It is an inside look at the American Dream gone insane. This summer’s Straight Outta Compton was developed by the producers as a follow up to Welcome to Death Row.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – HD in Progress
Pope John Paul II
The late Pope John Paul II was one of the world’s greatest proponents of religious freedom and human rights. Based on George Weigel’s book of the same name, this is a complete and intimate portrait of an extraordinary leader. Spanish language version “Testigo en Espiranza” also available.
SCREENER – SD
FEATURE – SD
Cicely Tyson, Will Geer, Orson Welles
This sprawling miniseries tells the true story of Harriet Tubman, a founder of the underground railroad, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom in the North before the Civil War.
“One of the most movi
SCREENER – HD
Further restoration is in progress