4 Movies Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall

Glitter

Glitter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-09-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

2.1 (18840 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Cheryl L. West (story)

Kate Lanier (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Billie Frank is a shy, young multiracial girl who is sent away by her alcoholic mother at a very early age. At an orphanage, she befriends Louise and Roxanne. Flash forward to 1983. Billie and her friends are spotted by a record producer, Timothy Walker, who wants them to sing backup for his latest pop-music discovery. But when super DJ Julian Dice hears Billie's incredible voice, he makes a shady deal with Timothy to get her out of that dead-end situation. Soon, Billie and Dice are making hits inside the studio, and falling in love outside of it. Eventually, the pressure of her newfound celebrity puts too heavy a strain on Billie, forcing her to decide what it is she really wants from Dice, and what she wants for herself.

Gridlock'd

Gridlock'd

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(10948 Reviews)

Fullplot:

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2686 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaCrime

Fullplot:

Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison, California; he was declared dead on December 13, 2005 at 12:35 a.m. PST (08:35 UTC). Williams is the 12th person to be executed by California since it reinstated the death penalty in 1977.

Waist Deep

Waist Deep

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-06-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (7873 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Vondie Curtis-Hall (screenplay)

Darin Scott (screenplay)

Michael Mahern (story)

Fullplot:

In South Los Angeles, while bringing his beloved son Junior back home from school, the paroled ex-convicted O2 promises his son that he would always come back to him and never leave him alone. However, his car is hijacked and Junior is kidnapped. Without any lead, O2 forces the street vendor Coco to help him to find where his car might have been sent for disassembling. Meanwhile, O2's addicted brother Lucky discovers that the cruel leader of the Outlaw Syndicate, the drug lord Meat, is keeping the boy arrested in a room and asking a ransom of US$ 100,000.00 that he believes O2 have from an old heist. O2 and Coco plot a scheme to put the pimp P-Money and Meat against each other and steal their money.

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