Sonny Jim Gaines Movies

  • 1993
    The Pelican Brief

    The Pelican Brief

    The Pelican Brief

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    A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

    The Pelican Brief
  • 1992
    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

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    A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he...

    Malcolm X
  • 1992
    The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman

    6.0361992HD

    A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his...

    The Distinguished Gentleman
  • 1981
    Death of a Prophet

    Death of a Prophet

    Death of a Prophet

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    After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed...

    Death of a Prophet
  • 1979
    Freedom Road

    Freedom Road

    Freedom Road

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    Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate...

    Freedom Road
  • 1972
    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

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    Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit....

    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
  • 1976
    Just an Old Sweet Song

    Just an Old Sweet Song

    Just an Old Sweet Song

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    Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South....

    Just an Old Sweet Song
  • 1979
    Lawman Without a Gun

    Lawman Without a Gun

    Lawman Without a Gun

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    During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a...

    Lawman Without a Gun
  • 1979
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    3.71979HD

    Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she...

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • 1973
    Five on the Black Hand Side

    Five on the Black Hand Side

    Five on the Black Hand Side

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    Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values...

    Five on the Black Hand Side