Movies: Angela Bassett

A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents....

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the act...

Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation....

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development....

In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears....

Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager....

The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder....

Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner....

Oprah invites legendary actress Angela Bassett to The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to discuss her recent, well-deserved honorary Academy Award....

Since 1987, the Disney Legends Awards program has honored individuals for the significant impact they've had on the Disney legacy. See the 2024 honorees become Disney Legends....

Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist. Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the former sheriff who never got to the bottom of...

Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life....

Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even supposed to know it exists. But Prue McKeel is about to enter this enchanted wonderland. Her baby brother Mac has been taken by a murder of crows into th...

The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment....

The inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. Follow Opportunity’s groundbreaking journey on Mars and the remarkable bond forged between a robot and her humans mil...

The Department of Homeland Security receives a threat that a bomb has been set to explode during a sports event in Washington, D.C....

The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus Attucks....

A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in....

Follows life of Malika, a lioness in South Africa’s Kruger National Park as she battles to survive....

A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history....