3 Movies Starring Paula Kelly

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-12-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (740 Reviews)

Director:

Ivan Dixon

Cast:

Writer:

Sam Greenlee (screenplay)

Melvin Clay (screenplay)

Sam Greenlee (novel)

Fullplot:

In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator starts a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all are graded on a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran named Dan Freeman. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped treatment by his superiors, he quietly resigns to return to his native Chicago to work for a social services agency...by day. By night, he trains a street gang to be the vanguard in an upcoming race war, using all that the CIA has taught him...

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-01-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (418 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Reid

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Clifton L. Taulbert (book)

Paul W. Cooper (screenplay)

Fullplot:

This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on each other in a world where racist oppression is everywhere, as told by a boy called Cliff who spent his childhood there. Despite this, we see the life of the community in all its joys and sorrows, of those that live there while others decide to leave for a better life north. For those remaining, things come to a serious situation when one prominent businessman is being muscled out by a white competitor using racist intimidation. In response, the community must make the decision of whether to submit meekly like they always have, or finally fight for their rights.

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-01-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (420 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Reid

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Clifton L. Taulbert (book)

Paul W. Cooper (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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