Stan Lathan Movies

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Earthquake shakes up the stage with his takes on "health is wealth," prostate exams and one particularly lengthy celebrity funeral.

An ex-convict gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.

A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the...

He launched a host of today’s comedy superstars in the ‘90s on the HBO series Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam. Now, Russell Simmons...

A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.

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...

This second made-for-television reunion film finds eldest son David on the brink of marriage to a divorcee. However, some of his sisters would prefer...

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller and Chico Bean bring their famous podcast to the stage to create a unique comedy special where nothing and no one is...

Dray is a young playboy whose only objective in life seems to be to have sex with as many girls as he can without getting caught by his girlfriend...

Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this...

From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's...

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both...

Booker tells the true story of Booker T. Washington, who, as a young slave, dreams of learning to read and write. After the Civil War frees him,...

Presents selections from the major works of choreographer Alvin Ailey as performed by his City Center Dance Theater to background music ranging from...

Dave's encore from his special Sticks and Stones.

In the prime of his career, Mikhail Baryshnikov performs solo and also shares the stage with prima ballerinas such as Gelsey Kirkland and Marianna...