Movies: Wendell Pierce

Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring some of the greatest musicians of all time, she never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But f...

In 1920, a young African-American woman sets off to Africa to find a tree that promises eternal life....

Valentino Dixon is a talented artist that used art to keep his sanity while in prison, often drawing up to ten hours a day after he was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1991....

Max can't face his yuppie future. Graduation's only weeks away and he's having second thoughts. Inspired by the campus radio station, he decides to get a little crazy....

An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway....

an intimate look at the traditions associated with New Orleans’ music and the preservation of those traditions through the work of local musicians and educators who mentor young talent; museum curators who care for musical treasures; historians and a...

Two kids on the run from a scary life come across two adults running away from their past....

The lives of a loving husband and wife collide with that of a wealthy hustler....

In the play, Calvin Jones (Pierce), a hip, coolly intellectual African American college professor moves his 82-year-old ailing but doggedly independent father, Donald Jones (Charlie Robinson), from Greenwald, Mississippi, into his Harlem penthouse. T...

Upcoming biopic of Master P, the hip-hop mogul, CEO, and founder of No Limit Records....

When he finds out that his estranged brother is dying, a proud but stubborn old man decides to drive in his lawnmower all the way to the far away hospital. Local sheriff keeps helping him along the way and they start to form a bond....

A drama centered on the friendship between B.B King and young musician Michael Zanetis....