Larry Banks

When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute teacher in order to investigate Randall's murder.

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.

A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes a deal with a weapons cop to turn in local gun dealers. However, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing.

A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.

Set in New York City in the 1990s, community activists seek to rid their neighborhood of the anguish, brutality, and violence associated with local drug dealers.

John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.

Alice and Eddie, two misfit political activists challenge the problems of their time.

The pilot for a modern Hamlet adaptation that follows a wealthy Puerto Rican family in New York.

Cherrie is determined to win her fifth Mother’s Day Hair Show with her teenage daughter Berta by her side. But when Berta pushes back, the day takes an unexpected turn that could cost them the title—or change their relationship forever.

A student leaves his friends for the humdrum commute home