Christmas in Compton (2012)
Actors:
Keith David (actor),
Jack Sojka (producer),
Richard Halsey (editor),
Eric Roberts (actor),
Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress),
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. (actor),
Marcella Bremond (miscellaneous crew),
Arif S. Kinchen (actor),
Orlando Brown (actor),
Carl Lewis (producer),
Buddy Lewis (actor),
Christopher Carroll (actor),
Shahrook Oomer (producer),
The Bishop Don Magic Juan (actor),
Omar Gooding (actor),
Plot: BIG EARL, the owner of a Christmas tree lot in Compton, and a man with a big heart and a big vision, demands success from everyone around him. All kinds of trouble erupts the week before Christmas when his son, DERRICK, part-time music producer and part-time Christmas tree lot employee, crosses the line to prove to Big Earl that he is a success. The colorful characters that populate the tree lot cause additional complications for Derrick as he tries to solve his problems secretly. Things spiral out of Derrick's control, jeopardizing the survival of the lot, and more importantly, his relationship with his father. What Derrick needs is a miracle; a Christmas miracle in Compton
Keywords: christmas
Genres:
Comedy,
Poetic Justice (1993)
Actors:
John Singleton (writer),
John Singleton (producer),
Regina King (actress),
Maya Angelou (actress),
Jenifer Lewis (actress),
Janet Jackson (actress),
Joe Torry (actor),
Clifton Collins Jr. (actor),
Michael Colyar (actor),
Roger Guenveur Smith (actor),
Billy Zane (actor),
Tupac Shakur (actor),
Michael Rapaport (actor),
John Singleton (director),
Stanley Clarke (composer),
Plot: After witnessing the murder of her first and only boyfriend, young Justice decides to forget about college and become a South Central Los Angeles hairdresser. Avoiding friends, the only way for her to cope with her depression is by composing beautiful poetry. On her way to a convention in Oakland, she is forced to ride with an independent-minded postal worker whom she has not gotten along with in the past. After various arguments between them and their friends, they start to discover that their thoughts on violence, socially and domestically, are the same. Justice may finally feel that she is not as alone as before.
Keywords: african-american, alcohol, alienation, aunt-nephew-relationship, beach, beautician, beggar, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, cat, cd
Genres:
Drama,
Romance,
Taglines: 1 Woman. 1 Man. 1 Journey 2 Love. A story of losing your fear and finding your way. Fate brought them together. Anger kept them apart. But for both of them, the road ahead was the only way to leave the pain behind. 'Cause nobody, but nobody can make it out here alone. A Street Romance.
Quotes:
Justice: Alone, all alone. Nobody, but nobody can make it out here alone.
Justice: They still gonna fuck you up.::Chicago: Get your ass in the truck.::Iesha: Shut up, Chicago.::Lucky: Well, frankly my dear, I don't give a fuck.
Lucky: [to Justice] Why are you mad all the time?
Justice: [as Iesha vomits on the side on the road after having drunk too much alcohol] Look at you.::Iesha: [dazed] What's up, J? What's the problem, girl?::Justice: [grabbing wine bottle out of Iesha's hand] *This* is the fucking *problem!* [smashes bottle on the ground] I'm *sick* of this shit! That's all you do. You act like some alcoholic bitch!::Iesha: Why are you calling me a bitch?::Justice: [grabbing Iesha tightly by the neck of her shirt] All you do is get drunk all the time. That's why I never go any place with you, because you're always acting crazy! Just like... like my damn mama. [tears begin flowing from her eyes]
Justice: Don't be callin me no bitch! If I'm a bitch, your mama's a bitch, BITCH!
Justice: Tell me why you love me.::Justice: The reason why I love you is because when I was in the county jail, you sent me all those nice poems.
Lucky: [to Justice, after his cousin is shot] This never would have happened if I hadn't been fucking with you.
Justice: I'm a phenomenal woman, phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that's me.
Aunt June: I want to talk to you about morals. The morals of the young people today is going to get them in big trouble. I'm telling you, because they act like they don't know the difference between right and wrong. And this is the truth. And see, one of the reasons is the parents. The parents are not taking care of their children. They are not telling them the difference between right and wrong. But then...::Aunt May, Aunt April: [both roll their eyes and turn to leave]::Aunt June: Wait, now. No, no, no. No, ma'am. You have to listen. Because part of the responsibility is the children's, because this is *their* lives. It's not their mama's or their papa's. I'm talling you, they have to think for themselves. Even if their mama and papa didn't do something about them. Girl, look, the children have to think and try their best to come on up, come on up.
Jessie: Most of these young girls today don't know their cooch from a hole in the wall. See, that's why I dress... and rest, cause love don't live here anymore.