Acting
Gloria Foster
Born November 15, 1933 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died September 29, 2001 · aged 67
Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 – September 29, 2001) was an American actress, most known for her stage performances both on and off Broadway, including her acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career. In films, she was perhaps best known as the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), the latter film being her last…
Known For
The Matrix · 1999The Matrix
★ 8.31999
MovieActionScience Fiction
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
The Matrix Reloaded · 2003The Matrix Reloaded
★ 7.12003
MovieAdventureAction
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
The Matrix Resurrections · 2021The Matrix Resurrections
★ 6.32021
MovieScience FictionAction
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
Nothing But a Man · 1964Nothing But a Man
★ 7.41964
MovieDramaRomance
Railroad laborer Duff Anderson struggles to maintain his dignity and marriage to a preacher's daughter in the racially segregated South.
Coriolanus · 1979Coriolanus
★ 5.01979
MovieHistoryDrama
A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Man and Boy · 1971Man and Boy
★ 6.71971
MovieWesternAdventure
At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a frontier state and full of criminals at that time.
City of Hope · 1991City of Hope
★ 6.81991
MovieDrama
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
Leonard Part 6 · 1987Leonard Part 6
★ 2.91987
MovieActionComedy
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.
Movies
The Matrix · 1999The Matrix
★ 8.31999
MovieActionScience Fiction
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
The Matrix Reloaded · 2003The Matrix Reloaded
★ 7.12003
MovieAdventureAction
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
The Matrix Resurrections · 2021The Matrix Resurrections
★ 6.32021
MovieScience FictionAction
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
Nothing But a Man · 1964Nothing But a Man
★ 7.41964
MovieDramaRomance
Railroad laborer Duff Anderson struggles to maintain his dignity and marriage to a preacher's daughter in the racially segregated South.
Coriolanus · 1979Coriolanus
★ 5.01979
MovieHistoryDrama
A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Man and Boy · 1971Man and Boy
★ 6.71971
MovieWesternAdventure
At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a frontier state and full of criminals at that time.
City of Hope · 1991City of Hope
★ 6.81991
MovieDrama
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
Leonard Part 6 · 1987Leonard Part 6
★ 2.91987
MovieActionComedy
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.
Separate but Equal · 1991Separate but Equal
★ 6.51991
MovieHistoryTV Movie
A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.
A History of God · 2005A History of God
2005
MovieDocumentary
For over 4,000 years, adherents of the world's monotheistic faiths have wrestled with the question of God. This extraordinary, feature-length film, based on Karen Armstrong's acclaimed book of the same name, traces that elusive and fascinating quest.
Percy & Thunder · 1993Percy & Thunder
★ 8.01993
MovieActionDrama
A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.
The Angel Levine · 1970The Angel Levine
★ 5.41970
MovieDrama
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?
The Comedians · 1967The Comedians
★ 6.11967
MovieDrama
American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix · 2004Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
★ 7.32004
MovieDocumentary
An hour long discussion on the philosophical concepts that inspired, and are presented in the trilogy. This is one of the two feature-length documentaries on disc number 8 of the 10-Disc Ultimate Set.
The Cool World · 1964The Cool World
★ 5.51964
MovieDramaCrime
A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.
Top Secret · 1978Top Secret
★ 10.01978
MovieAdventureComedy
A hip American agent and his foxy associate try to recover a hundred pounds of stolen plutonium in Italy before it can be used by terrorists.
The House of Dies Drear · 1984The House of Dies Drear
★ 8.01984
MovieFantasyDrama
A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. Soon they begin to suspect that the ghosts of slaves who passed through there are haunting the house.
To All My Friends on Shore · 1972To All My Friends on Shore
★ 6.81972
MovieDramaFamily
An airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia.
TV Shows
Law & Order · 1990Law & Order
★ 7.31990
SeriesCrimeDrama
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
The Cosby Show · 1984The Cosby Show
★ 7.01984
SeriesComedyFamily
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
The Dick Cavett Show · 1968The Dick Cavett Show
★ 6.81968
Series
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
American Playhouse · 1982American Playhouse
★ 6.61982
SeriesDramaComedy
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
The Mod Squad · 1968The Mod Squad
★ 6.11968
SeriesDrama
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas.
The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Soul Food · 2000Soul Food
★ 7.22000
SeriesDrama
Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. Created by filmmaker George Tillman, Jr. and developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, Soul Food is based upon Tillman's childhood experiences growing up in Wisconsin, and is a continuation of his successful 1997 film of the same name. Having aired for 74 episodes, it is the longest running drama with a predominantly black cast in the history of North American prime-time television.
The Bill Cosby Show · 1969The Bill Cosby Show
★ 5.51969
SeriesComedy
The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co-starring role with Robert Culp in I Spy. The series also marked the first time an African American starred in his or her own eponymous comedy series.
The Outcasts · 1968The Outcasts
★ 6.51968
SeriesWestern
A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War.
The Atlanta Child Murders · 1985The Atlanta Child Murders
★ 5.81985
SeriesDrama
The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS. Inspired by true events, the miniseries examines the so-called "Atlanta child murders" of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Separate but Equal · 1991Separate but Equal
★ 6.01991
SeriesDrama
A two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, "Brown vs. Board of Education."
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years · 2002Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
★ 6.02002
SeriesDocumentary
A two-series set produced by the A&E network which explores the history of Christianity and its impact on the world from the year 0 to 2000.