Movies by Kasi Lemmons
As part of the cast:
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Zooman (1995)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Charles S. Dutton, Cynthia Martells …
Directed by: Leon Ichaso
When his 9-year-old daughter is accidentally killed in the crossfire of a gang shootout, Rueben Tate (Louis Gossett Jr.) pleads with his neighbors who witnessed the crime to identify the…
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Drop Squad (1994)
Cast: Eriq La Salle, Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall …
Directed by: Clark Johnson
African-American ad executive Bruford Jamison Jr. (Eriq La Salle) works on campaigns selling Mumblin' Jack Malt Liquor and General Otis' Fried Chicken (with a Confederate flag image…
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Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
Cast: Mark Christopher Lawrence, Larry B. Scott, Rusty Cundieff …
Directed by: Rusty Cundieff
Filmmaker Rusty Cundieff trains his satiric "mockumentary" camera on the popular (and fictitious) rap group NWH (Niggaz with Hats), who explain their musical philosophy and reminisce about…
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Hard Target (1993)
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler …
Directed by: John Woo
In director John Woo's first stateside outing, a cadre of villains (led by Lance Henriksen) hunts humans in New Orleans for evil kicks. When Yancy Butler's father disappears, she…
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Candyman (1992)
Cast: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Bernard Rose
While researching urban myths, grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) learns about the Candyman (Tony Todd), a hook-handed creature who's said to haunt a Chicago housing project. In…
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn …
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
In this pulse-pounding adaptation of Thomas Harris's novel, FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal…
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Vampire's Kiss (1989)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals …
Directed by: Robert Bierman
Peter Loew (Nicolas Cage, in an all-encompassing performance) is a sleazy literary agent who prowls the bars looking for action. One night he hooks up with Rachel (Jennifer Beals), who, in…
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Talk to Me (2007)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee …
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
Oscar nominee Don Cheadle stars as real-life radio trailblazer Ralph "Petey" Greene, a high-school dropout and charismatic ex-con who leverages a prison disc jockey gig into a stint at a…
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson …
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
After finding a frozen corpse near his cave in a New York City park, homeless recluse Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) -- a former piano prodigy beset by delusions of harmful rays…
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Eve's Bayou (1997)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan …
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
Louis Batiste (Samuel L. Jackson) is a popular physician in 1960s Louisiana who has a beautiful wife (Lynn Whitfield), a loving family and a weakness for women. While his wife ignores his…