Released Date:
1997-02-23
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
92 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (175 Reviews)
Director:
Johnny E. JensenGenres:
DramaYvonne S. Thornton (book)
Jo Coudert (book)
Paris Qualles
In many ways "The Ditchdigger's Daughters" adheres to the well worn path of a genre best described as the black struggle in an injust white America. But the real plot in this movie revolves around the tyranny of a father and the effect it has on his six daughters as he cajoles, demands, blusters, and drives his daughters to reach for his notion of excellence. Demanding all "A" report cards, prohibiting dating, punishing with housework, and insisting that each daughter aim her sights on a career as a doctor all harken to the underlying fact of his own failure to complete school, and his own view of being poor and black.
Released Date:
2004-05-02
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
165 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
4.5 (3242 Reviews)
Director:
John LafiaChristopher Canaan
John Lafia
Ronnie Christensen
The West coast of Northern America suffers an unprecedented series of major earthquakes in a matter of days, puzzling seismologists, including Dr. Jordan Fisher's team. His maverick assistant Samantha Hill comes up with a theory, which they confirm on site, that a deep tectonic rift links them and is likely to sink most of California into the Pacific. The only imaginable countermeasure are subterranean nuclear explosions. Three succeed, one rather causes a new problem. Meanwhile federal and other authorities as well as various people wrestle with side-effects like landslides and cope with a huge refugees exodus.
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