Acting
Taj Mahal
Born May 17, 1942 · Harlem, New York, USA (age 84)
Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments.
Known For
Six Days Seven Nights · 1998Six Days Seven Nights
★ 6.11998
MovieComedyAction
In the South Pacific, in Polynesia, on the island of Makatea, Quinn Harris, a taciturn pilot, leads a quiet life, content to earn a living by transporting goods in his De Havilland Beaver. His life is exactly as he wants it to be—until he meets Robin Monroe, a sophisticated and determined woman, the assistant editor of a New York magazine, on vacation for a week with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An urgent work assignment in Tahiti, the neighboring island, forces Robin to reluctantly hire Quinn to fly her there. But a violent storm forces them to make an emergency landing on a deserted island. This unlikely pair avoids each other at first, until they are forced to team up to escape the island... and evade the pirates who are after them. Danger and temptation are never far away...
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey · 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
★ 6.31991
MovieAdventureComedy
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood · 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
★ 6.02002
MovieComedyDrama
In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.
Sounder · 1972Sounder
★ 7.51972
MovieDrama
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
Almos' a Man · 1976Almos' a Man
★ 10.01976
MovieDramaTV Movie
Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930s, this 15-year-old's problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. "Almos' A Man", yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.
Outside Ozona · 1998Outside Ozona
★ 5.31998
MovieThrillerComedy
A widowed trucker fends off isolation in the company of a dog named Girl, two bickering sisters try to reconcile their differences and a down-and-out circus clown and his stripper girlfriend must fight the temptation of crime on the road. Their common companion is an angry disc jockey at odds with a desperate boss. All these people will find their lives intertwined by the hand of fate. And before the night gives way to day, some will breathe their last breath... Outside Ozona.
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored · 1996Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
★ 4.21996
MovieRomanceDrama
A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains · 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
★ 6.71987
MovieDramaTV Movie
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
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Sounder · 1972Sounder
★ 7.51972
MovieDrama
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
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