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Dark horse is a term used to describe a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort or a contestant that seems unlikely to succeed.
The term began as horse racing parlance. A dark horse is a race horse that is not known to gamblers and thus is difficult to place betting odds on.
The earliest-known use of the phrase is in Benjamin Disraeli's novel The Young Duke (1831). Disraeli's protagonist, the Duke of St. James, attends a horse race with a surprise finish: "A dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph."
The term has been used politically in such countries as Peru, Philippines and United States.
Politically, the term reached America in the nineteenth century when it was first applied to James K. Polk, a relatively unknown Tennessee Democrat who won the Democratic Party's 1844 presidential nomination over a host of better-known candidates. Polk won the nomination on the ninth ballot, and went on to win the presidential election.
Actors: Cesáreo Estébanez (actor), José Salcedo (editor), Juan Carlos Rubio (actor), Eduardo del Olmo (actor), Raúl Sáez (actor), David Tortosa (actor), Arturo M. Antolín (producer), Toño Pantaleón (actor), Rafa Peralta (writer), Rafa Peralta (director), David Martos (producer), Teresa Pérez Caballero (actress), Quim Ramos (actor), Teresa Pérez Caballero (writer), Riánsares Yunta (costume designer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jamie Rogers (actress), Ryan Fitzmartin (editor), Bryan Rainstein (actor), Ryan Fitzmartin (producer), Ryan Fitzmartin (writer), Ryan Fitzmartin (director), Marcus Jones (actor), Erin St. Pierre (actor), Robert Sabal (producer), Wesley Weiss (actor), Mike Raines (actor), Tracy Lamont (writer), Alexander Spear (actor), Andrew Clabaugh (actor), Dorian Maverick (composer),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Short,Actors: Andy Bassett (actor), Andy Bassett (writer), Andy Bassett (composer), Nicci Smith (producer), Dave Smith (director), Dave Smith (editor), Kelvin Stephens (actor), Nicci Smith (actress), Jeff Richards (actor), George Stephens (actor), Morris West (actor), Bob Ackroyd (actor), Krissy Jackson (actress), Julianne Lafferty (actress), Davina Moffat (actress),
Genres: Short,Actors: Princess Lou Bernardo (miscellaneous crew), Gerry Arguelles (miscellaneous crew), Michael Angelo Bernardo (miscellaneous crew), John Paul Abellera (miscellaneous crew), Marya Ignacio (editor), Vanessa R. Valdez (writer), Elma S. Medua (producer), Carmi Martin (actress), Jose Javier Reyes (writer), Charo Santos-Concio (producer), Malou N. Santos (producer), Vanessa R. Valdez (producer), Vangie Labalan (actress), Remegio Capiral (miscellaneous crew), William Cabahit (miscellaneous crew),
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: John Rogers (miscellaneous crew), T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (actress), Luke Wieting (composer), Richard Clarke Larsen (actor), Brandy Futch (actress), Sorina Sambula (actress), Jeff Staron (actor), Konima Parkinson-Jones (actress), Heather Keller (actress), Ariel Armstrong (producer), Liberty Dawn (producer), Ariel Armstrong (writer), Liberty Dawn (writer), Ariel Armstrong (director), Evelyn Labonte (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Lara Everly (producer), Jonathan Morgan Heit (actor), Gina Hirsch (editor), Suzi Yoonessi (director), Jonako Donley (producer), Madison Wenn (actress), Molly Hale (actress), Molly Hale (writer), Molly Hale (producer), Spencer Crossland (miscellaneous crew), Ema Vo (actress), Kaleigh Ryan (actress), Harrison Bliss (actor), Amil Byleckie (composer), Lachlan Charles (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Short,Actors: Gerald Webb (actor), Trae Ireland (actor), Hidekun Hah (actor), Crystal Burdette (producer), Anthony M. Bertram (actor), Tyrell Ellis (actor), Electra Davis (actress), Patricia Grant (actress), Mark Broadnax (actor), Nina Henderson (actress), Sachiko Higaki (actress), Kenneth Glover (actor), Deja Lewis Smith (actress), Ernest J. Johnson (producer), Daphne D. Wright (actress),
Plot: This hilarious dramedy revolves around three sisters and their mother, who are caught up in the system of receiving welfare checks to support themselves and their families. Joyce, the older sister wakes up, and says enough is enough. She knows that her grandmother, mother, her two sisters, and herself are still on welfare. Joyce tells her two sisters that they have to break the family cycle of dependence on welfare checks to support themselves. 'Because of their little girls, we got to show them a better way of life.' They respond to her with disdain. 'Girl, sound like are talking about an eight to five, like a j-o-b. Give up free money? Hell naw, girl you done lost your damn mind.' Joyce's mother and sisters are caught by their social worker misusing their welfare money. Instead of using their money on them and their children, they spent the money on their no good boy friends. As a result, they lose their section eight (A low housing program funded by the government). With no place to go and Joyce feeling sorry for them, against her better judgement, she allows them to move in with her. Big Mistake! All hell breaks out. Mamma Lottie (Mother) thinks she is still a teenager. Drinks, smokes weed, and loves her some young handsome man. When the love making is over, she writes them a nice fat check. But there's one problem, she doesn't have a dime in her account.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Sean Weathers (actor), Sean Weathers (editor), Sean Weathers (director), Sean Weathers (composer), Sean Weathers (writer), Sean Weathers (producer), Aswad Issa (producer), Olivia Maria Lopez (actress), Osas Ighodaro (actress), Jeff Roches (actor), Melissa Grimmond (actress), Buddy Love (actor), Illa (actor), Marlana Marie (actress), Marcello Miavia (actor),
Plot: Hookers In Revolt (2006) - Tired of mistreatment from the hands of their pimps, a group of hookers ban together to start their own escort agency under the credo, "all women are equal to men". But as the money quickly comes in, the hoes in charge become corrupt from their newfound power and the hookers soon learn that, "all women are equal to men, however some are more equal than others"... Hookers In Revolt. These hoes mean business!
Keywords: absurd-violence, b-movie, based-on-book, based-on-novel, betrayal, bible, blaxploitation, bondage, book-burning, brainwashingActors: Jamie Kennedy (actor), Jeffrey Tambor (actor), Ryan O'Neal (actor), Greg Grunberg (actor), J.P. Manoux (actor), Nick Swardson (actor), Kal Penn (actor), Terry Crews (actor), Taye Diggs (actor), Snoop Dogg (actor), Noel Gugliemi (actor), Mike Epps (actor), Anthony Anderson (actor), Christa Campbell (actress), Blair Underwood (actor),
Plot: Brad Gluckman (Kennedy) is a wannabe rap star from Malibu who acts and talks like he's from the "'hood." Concerned that his son is going to embarrass him during his campaign to become the governor of California, Brad's wealthy father and his campaign manager (Underwood), hire two trained actors (Diggs and Anderson) to disguise themselves as "real life gangstaz", and kidnap his son, dropping him off in the "real hood" in Compton, in an effort to scare the ghettofied attitude and behavior out of him.
Keywords: absent-father, bloopers-during-credits, coffee-shop, drive-by-shooting, fake-kidnapping, father-son-relationship, gubernatorial-candidate, los-angeles-california, nightclub, person-in-car-trunkMocha Mocha Mocha
Why'd ya got to leave me this way
Mocha Mocha Mocha
Why'd ya got to leave me this way
You livin' in the fast lane
That's a price - a price you have to pay
You lookin' real mean
But oh how you love to play
You lookin' real mean
But oh how you love to play
But you know all dogs go to heaven