The Lady of Rage

Next Friday (2000)

A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin, to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Carr
CAST:  Ice Cube  •  Mike Epps  •  Justin Pierce  •  John Witherspoon

A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin, to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Carr
CAST:  Ice Cube  •  Mike Epps  •  Justin Pierce  •  John Witherspoon

The Cookout 2 (2011)

Basketball coach Ashmokeem kidnaps and blackmails the opposite team's player and his family in order to secure the championship for his team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Rivera
CAST:  Charlie Murphy  •  Quran Pender  •  Wendy Williams  •  Mike Tyson

Basketball coach Ashmokeem kidnaps and blackmails the opposite team's player and his family in order to secure the championship for his team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Rivera
CAST:  Charlie Murphy  •  Quran Pender  •  Wendy Williams  •  Mike Tyson

Ride (1998)

A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up finding things out about each other they had not previously known.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Millicent Shelton
CAST:  Malik Yoba  •  Melissa De Sousa  •  John Witherspoon  •  Fredro Starr

A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up finding things out about each other they had not previously known.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Millicent Shelton
CAST:  Malik Yoba  •  Melissa De Sousa  •  John Witherspoon  •  Fredro Starr

My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop (2010)

Ava DuVernay focuses on the history of female MCs in the hip hop industry in this short documentary that features Missy Elliott, Salt-N-Pepa, Eve, Jean Grae, Roxanne Shante, Trina, The Lady of Rage, and many more.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ava DuVernay
CAST:  Chuck D  •  Missy Elliott  •  Cheryl 'Salt' James  •  Sandra 'Pepa' Denton

Ava DuVernay focuses on the history of female MCs in the hip hop industry in this short documentary that features Missy Elliott, Salt-N-Pepa, Eve, Jean Grae, Roxanne Shante, Trina, The Lady of Rage, and many more.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ava DuVernay
CAST:  Chuck D  •  Missy Elliott  •  Cheryl 'Salt' James  •  Sandra 'Pepa' Denton

G-Funk (2017)

G-Funk is the untold story of three childhood friends from East Long Beach who helped commercialize hip hop by developing a sophisticated and melodic new approach – merging Gangsta Rap with elements of Motown, Funk, and R&B.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karam Gill
CAST:  Ice Cube  •  Ice-T  •  Snoop Dogg  •  George Clinton

G-Funk is the untold story of three childhood friends from East Long Beach who helped commercialize hip hop by developing a sophisticated and melodic new approach – merging Gangsta Rap with elements of Motown, Funk, and R&B.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karam Gill
CAST:  Ice Cube  •  Ice-T  •  Snoop Dogg  •  George Clinton

Thriller (2018)

Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer hell-bent on revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dallas Jackson
CAST:  Mykelti Williamson  •  RZA  •  Vanessa Bell Calloway  •  Vanessa Williams

Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer hell-bent on revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dallas Jackson
CAST:  Mykelti Williamson  •  RZA  •  Vanessa Bell Calloway  •  Vanessa Williams

Confessions of a Thug (2005)

The story of South Boy. Caught up in a life of crime, he finds himself doing time in Federal Prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daron Fordham
CAST:  Daron Fordham  •  The Lady of Rage  •  Gucci Mane  •  John Martino

The story of South Boy. Caught up in a life of crime, he finds himself doing time in Federal Prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daron Fordham
CAST:  Daron Fordham  •  The Lady of Rage  •  Gucci Mane  •  John Martino

A Christmas Prayer (2022)

When a former alcoholic and now respected leader of the local church gets accused of a heinous crime, he struggles with the possibility of not only doing hard time but keeping his own "faith" while trying to prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aaron L. Williams
CAST:  Chad L. Coleman  •  Rick Perez  •  The Lady of Rage  •  Javen Lewis

When a former alcoholic and now respected leader of the local church gets accused of a heinous crime, he struggles with the possibility of not only doing hard time but keeping his own "faith" while trying to prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aaron L. Williams
CAST:  Chad L. Coleman  •  Rick Perez  •  The Lady of Rage  •  Javen Lewis