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Friday, January 2, 2015

Color of Love, The: Jacey's Story (2000) TV Movie

Television movie about a white grandmother and a black grandfather, not married to each other, who must overcome their differences to raise their suddenly orphaned granddaughter. Georgia Porter's life is changed when her estranged daughter and her daughter's husband die in an automobile accident on the West Coast -- leaving behind their 6-year-old daughter, Jacey. Georgia, a genteel Southern widow, is surprised that her newfound grandchild is black. Georgia brings Jacey home with her and attempts to comfort and acquaint herself with the child. Jacey's grandfather Lou raises her spirits when he appears at Georgia's doorstep with documentation giving him the right to raise Jacey back on the West Coast.

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story  (2000) TV Movie
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Louis Gossett Jr., Stella Parton, Monica Parker, Penny Bae Bridges

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Party for Richard Pryor, A (1991) (TV)

A CBS special honoring late comedian Richard Pryor. Includes scenes from Pryor's motion picture, television and stage performances and tributes from dozens of entertainers.




A Party for Richard Pryor (1991) (TV)
Cast: Loni Anderson, Elayne Boosler, James Brown, Ray Charles, Chevy Chase, Danny Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, Louis Gossett Jr., Dick Gregory, Arsenio Hall, Patti LaBelle, Eddie Murphy, Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Rain Pryor, Richard Pryor, Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Lily Tomlin, Robert Townsend, Marsha Warfield, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Gene Wilder, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Gideon Oliver (1989) TV series


Gideon Oliver is an anthropology professor at Columbia University who (aided by his daughter/assistant Zina) uses his knowledge of other cultures to solve crimes.




AVAILABLE EPISODE
Season 1, Episode 1
Sleep Well, Professor Oliver
20 February 1989

Gideon Oliver (1989) TV series
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Shari Headley, Mary Fogarty

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Father Clements Story, The (1987) TV Movie

A movie based on a true story about an African-American priest who adopts a street kid from his parish against the wishes of the Chicago Archdiocese.

The Father Clements Story (1987) TV Movie
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Leon, Louis Gossett Jr., Malcolm-Jamal Warner