I Wish I Were Pretty

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home...

A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the...

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while...

Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed...

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent...

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the...

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work...

A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When...

The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his...

Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments rise to the surface.

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.