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The range of Angela Bassett

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The range of Angela Bassett

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Betty & Coretta: Two extraordinary women-Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X-come to life in this Lifetime Movie Network movie. After their husbands' tragic assassinations, they developed a unique friendship spanning three decades as they carried on the Civil Rights movement while supporting their families as single mothers. Through their strength and dignity, they became role models for millions of womenBoyz n the hood: For three young men growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the "hood" is a place of drive-by shootings, unemployment, drugs and pain. But their reactions to the world around them vary-- one is an unambitious drug dealer, his brother is a college bound teenage father, and the brother's best friend is guided by a strong father who hopes for a better life for his sonWaiting to exhale: The story of four African-American women who journey through a modern labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and makeoversAkellah and the bee: Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from Dr. Larabee, an English professor, for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of. First Akeelah has to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers

Betty & Coretta / produced by Yves Simoneau, Jacquline Lavoie ; story and teleplay by Shem Bitterman and Ron Hutchinson ; directed by Yves Simoneau (2013 : Unrated : 90 min.) -- Boyz n the hood / written and directed by John Singleton ; produced by Steve Nicolaides (1991 : R : 112 min.) -- Waiting to exhale / screenplay by Terry McMillan and Ronald Bass ; produced by Ezra Swerdlow and Deborah Schindler ; directed by Forest Whitaker (1995 : R : 124 min.) -- Akeelah and the bee / written and directed by Doug Atchison ; produced by Nancy Hult Ganis, Sidney Gan, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Romersa, Danny Llewelyn (2006 : PG: 112 min.)

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