- published: 29 Feb 2016
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Egypt i/ˈiːdʒɪpt/ (Arabic: مصر, Miṣr, Egyptian Arabic: [mɑsˤɾ] ; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, Kīmi ; Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ, Kēme), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة (help·info), is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Covering an area of about 1,010,000 square kilometers (390,000 sq mi), Egypt is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.
Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. The great majority of its over 81 million people live near the banks of the Nile River, in an area of about 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 sq mi), where the only arable land is found. The large areas of the Sahara Desert are sparsely inhabited. About half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with most spread across the densely populated centres of greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.
Actors: Z. Joseph Guice (actor), Steve Dez (actor), Larry A. Brewer (actor), Glenn Munyan (producer), Glenn Munyan (writer), Glenn Munyan (director), Glenn Munyan (composer), Glenn Munyan (producer), Glenn Munyan (editor), Andrew Bailes (producer), Andrew Bailes (actor), Ryan Johnson-Travis (actor), Sara Morsey (actress), Jimi Brown (actor), Jimi Brown (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Suave (actor), Michael Hekmat (producer), Leilah Weinraub (editor), Leilah Weinraub (producer), Leilah Weinraub (director), Pilar Wiley (editor), Jazmyne (actress), Pilar Wiley (producer), Jewel Thais-Williams (actor), Ashland Mines (editor), Eva Foreman (actor), Cabrini Schnyder (actor), Slow-Wine (actor), Mocha (actor), T Fields (actor),
Plot: SHAKEDOWN is a documentary about a Black lesbian strip club in Los Angeles' Crenshaw District. Operating for almost a decade, serving as a safe community space, alternative economy and a site for female-oriented creative and sexual experimentation. SHAKEDOWN captures a significant Black lesbian cultural moment by narrating eight years of events that unfold out of a scene created in the early 1970's. We move from the past to the present to better understand these women, their work, and the critical role work plays in the formation of identity. SHAKEDOWN is also a lens through which to reflect upon how communities are planned and built and evolve through generations.
Keywords: african-american, dancer, family-relationships, gay-interest, identity, lesbian, marginal-culture, money, strip-club, underground-gay-clubActors: Zanga Dorchester (editor), Kadeem Wilson (actor), Sabrina K. Marshall (producer), Sabrina K. Marshall (writer), Kyle Chin (director), Conray Richards (miscellaneous crew), Latoya Davis (actress), Joel Burke (editor), Kevoy Burton (actor), Lisa Williams (actress), Conray Richards (actor), Ryan Riley (miscellaneous crew), David Brown (actor), David Crossgill (actor), Norbert Nicholson (actor),
Plot: Four teenagers experience the grown-up trials and tribulations from the unsteady environment of Kingston, Jamaica, where the affects of money (or lack their of) and upbringing impact the complex choices made in their daily lives. The series follows these teenagers as they make difficult and life altering decisions while pursuing their dreams.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Elaine Hendrix (actress), Debra Wilson (actress), Jason Stuart (actor), Patrick Bristow (actor), Shawn Carter Peterson (producer), Brandon DeShazer (actor), Willie Macc (actor), Camille Carida (actress), Elliot Dal Pra London (producer), Elliot Dal Pra London (actor), Maurice Jamal (producer), Maurice Jamal (actor), Maurice Jamal (writer), Deondray Gossett (miscellaneous crew), Maurice Jamal (director),
Plot: A comedy drama about three very different couples living in Los Angeles trying to make theirs lives complete. Finding love, relationships and struggling to survive in the crazy world of Angelino's. A funny look at how people in the city are and how things just get in the way.
Keywords: african-american, ampersand-in-title, california, digit-in-title, diversity, friend, gay, gay-african-american, gay-couple, gay-interestActors: JoAnn Fregalette Jansen (miscellaneous crew), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew), Laurel Bresnahan (miscellaneous crew), John 'Frenchie' Berger (miscellaneous crew), Emily Glatter (miscellaneous crew), Alfre Woodard (actress), Ray Liotta (producer), Dante Basco (actor), Phillip Jarrett (actor), Aaron Zigman (composer), Antonio Banderas (actor), Toby Emmerich (producer), John Rakich (miscellaneous crew), Paul Prokop (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A former professional dancer (Banderas) volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system. While his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer Pierre Dulane.
Keywords: african-american, attempted-rape, baby, ballroom, ballroom-dancing, based-on-true-story, basketball, bathroom, beating, bicycleActors: Charles Burnett (director), Bill Cobbs (actor), Beau Bridges (actor), Carl Lumbly (actor), Danny Nelson (actor), Tom Nowicki (actor), Dennis Stuart Murphy (producer), Stephen James Taylor (composer), Kathleen York (actress), Lorraine Toussaint (actress), Sharen Davis (costume designer), Patricia A. Fullerton (miscellaneous crew), David Manson (producer), Gabriel Casseus (actor), Deborah Duke (actress),
Plot: Sarny, a 12-year-old slave girl in the ante-bellum South, faces a relatively hopeless life. Her chief duties at the plantation of Clel Waller are serving at table, spitting tobacco juice on roses to prevent bugs, and secretly conveying intimate messages between Waller's wife, Callie, and Dr. Chamberlaine. Then Nightjohn arrives. A former runaway slave who bears telltale scars on his back, he takes Sarny under his wing and, in exchange for a pinch of tobacco, secretly begins to teach her to read and write, a crime punishable by death. "Words," he says, "are freedom. Slavery is made of words: laws, deeds and passes." He starts by drawing letters in the dirt and cautions her that no one must know. At her baptism, Sarny steals a Bible that belongs to Waller's son, Jeffrey, and practices reading by lantern-light in the slave quarters. The same Bible serves another purpose when, on a blank page taken from it, Nightjohn forges a pass for Outlaw, a young slave, to use in escaping to freedom in the North with his beloved Egypt, a slave on another plantation. Waller finds the Bible and demands to know who stole it. Delie, who cared for Sarny as a child, fears for her now and accepts the blame. But Nightjohn forestalls the lashing Delie is to receive, saying he's the one, for he can read. He tries to run away but is caught, and his hand is tied to a chopping block. With an ax, Waller delivers the severing blow, exacting the brutal penalty for Nightjohn's literacy. As he is dragged off to be sold, he tells Sarny, "When they cut off one hand, the other hand grows stronger." That night Sarny writes a pass for Egypt that will let her join Outlaw on the flight to freedom. Two days later their escape is discovered and the false passes found. Waller knows Nightjohn wrote Outlaw's pass. But who wrote the second? He interrupts a church service to demand the answer, threatening to kill all his slaves if no one tells. Sarny confesses, but declares he'll kill no one, for the slaves represent his wealth. As Waller raises his rifle, Sarny implores Callie to speak up for her, hinting that she has read the messages to Dr. Chamberlaine. Callie refuses, but the doctor, fearful Sarny will reveal the relationship, says he's at fault. He tells of teaching Egypt some reading and writing, but now declares it was a mistake. Callie orders that Sarny be sold, and as the girl is joined to a line of other slaves, she asks if any of them have tobacco to trade. What has she to give in return? they want to know. And Sarny draws an A in the dirt.
Keywords: abuse, african-american, antebellum, based-on-novel, child-abuse, compassion, education, fight-the-system, illiteracy, learningActors: William B. Davidson (actor), Frank Montgomery (actor), June Mathis (writer), John W. Noble (director), Ethel Barrymore (actress), Mrs. Allen Walker (actress), Robert Whittier (actor), Hugh Jeffrey (actor), Edward Sheldon (writer), William Mandeville (actor), Helen Arnold (actress),
Genres: Drama,