Movies: Ernest R. Dickerson

  • 1983
    Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

    Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)

    Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

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    Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy. All Zack wants to do is run a traditional barbershop giving traditional haircuts, but modern styles have passed him by and business i...

    Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
  • 1990
    Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

    Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (1990)

    Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

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    Set in Curacao in the 1940s, Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story tells of the painter Gabriel Goedbloed, who arrives from Holland to paint a mural of the Virgin Mary in a local church. Gabriel is black, originally from Surinam. The colonial Antillian society...

    Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
  • 2005
    Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

    Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)

    Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

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    Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the epic classic "Ben-Hur"....

    Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
  • 2007
    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007)

    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

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    A look at the visual design of the film The Shining (1980)....

    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
  • 2009
    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later (2009)

    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

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    In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT THING. It also includes footage from a twentieth-anniversary screening of the film....

    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
  • 1992
    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light (1992)

    Visions of Light

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    Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to loo...

    Visions of Light
  • 1985
    Stephen King's Golden Tales

    Stephen King's Golden Tales (1985)

    Stephen King's Golden Tales

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    A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor. The five 20-minutes tales were all taken from the Tales from the Darkside TV series and strung together as a...

    Stephen King's Golden Tales
  • 1992
    Cousin Bobby

    Cousin Bobby (1992)

    Cousin Bobby

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    Robert Castle is the idealistic pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, and also the cousin of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme's affectionate portrait of his cousin traces Castle's story, beginning with his first parish assignment, in New Je...

    Cousin Bobby
  • 2010
    One Night in Vegas

    One Night in Vegas (2010)

    One Night in Vegas

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    On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At this point in his career, Tyson’s fights had become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, where the e...

    One Night in Vegas
  • 1991
    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll

    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1991)

    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll

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    A filmed record of Eric Bogosian's acclaimed one-man show....

    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
  • 2005
    By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

    By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)

    By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

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    A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."...

    By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
  • 2007
    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007)

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

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    In this documentary, we follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years. At the time of its release, A Clockwork Orange created a firestorm of co...

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
  • 1990
    Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

    Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella (1990)

    Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

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    A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions. It also stars Spike Lee, Debbie Allen and a cameo appeara...

    Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
  • 1986
    Vampires

    Vampires (1986)

    Vampires

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    The students at a private girls' school are unaware that the school's doctor is secretly using a machine to extract the energy from the young girls....

    Vampires
  • 2011
    Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

    Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011)

    Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

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    When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger and founder of the longest-running independent film studio, Troma Entertainment. Over the years he has discovered talents such as Trey Park...

    Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
  • 1984
    The Odds

    The Odds (1984)

    The Odds

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    Bookie never refuses a bet. Bettor only bets long shots and beats impossible odds each time. Bookie's latest bet is that bettor will die of natural causes by 8:00 am tomorrow....

    The Odds
  • 2007
    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007)

    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

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    An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining....

    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
  • 1985
    If the Shoes Fit...

    If the Shoes Fit... (1985)

    If the Shoes Fit...

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    Gubernatorial candidate's belief that politics is nothing more than entertainment, is helped at a hotel where the bellboy and maid help him get ready to show the public his true colors....

    If the Shoes Fit...
  • 1984
    Desiree

    Desiree (1984)

    Desiree

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    Set in Brooklyn, New York this Dutch film is based on a true story that appeared on a New York newspaper in 1980. Desirée lives in the past. A series of flashbacks expose us to her psychologically troubled childhood very much affected by a promiscous...

    Desiree
  • 1969
    Untitled Hitman Thriller

    Untitled Hitman Thriller (1969)

    Untitled Hitman Thriller

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    When his nephew Leslie, is implicated in the theft of the mob’s earnings, Morris gets a call from his old boss that forces him off the golf course and back into action to negotiate one last job: he’s got the weekend to to help the kid recover the sto...

    Untitled Hitman Thriller