Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — Actor (30)

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Money Matters (2011)
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A moving and intimate film that follows Monique "Money" Matters (Terri Abney) caught at the brink of adolescence. Her relationship with her mother Pamela Matters (Aunjanue Ellis- RAY, MEN OF HONER), is far from stable and depicts the struggle between a young mother and daughter who both come of age...together. Sharp and candid dialogue blur the roles of parent and child, revealing a family secret magnified by pain and years of regret. Money's daily routine; a three-bus commute to the Catholic school she attends, far from her dilapidated neighborhood, to another world where she feels just as uncomfortable. When she befriends a neighborhood girl who seems to understand her, their friendship develops in ways that push boundaries.

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Liz Here Now
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Liz Baxter, who works as a nanny for a prominent, has a white family in Oakland, California, during the rise of the Black Panther Party in 1967. When Liz discovers that the Connor children are suffering under the hand of their mother, Jane, and attempts to step in to protect the children, she’s accused of participating in a Black Panther conspiracy.

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Miss Virginia (2019)
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other title: Miss Virginia (película)
A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him.

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Of Mind and Music (2014)
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other title: Sonoras Lembranças / 心靈與音樂 …
Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption and reward by helping Una Vida, a jazz singer he discovers performing on the streets of New Orleans. Her health declining and her singing partner and her adopted daughter unable to help, Cruz seeks out her long lost son in an effort to bring resolution to the grief, loss and longing that has overshadowed her hard but beautiful life.

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The Opponent (2000)
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other title: ボクシング・ベイビー / 心靈鬥士 …
Patty Sullivan is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. Patty soon learns she has some talent for boxing and sets her sights on competing in a professional fight. More is on the line than just the woman's title.

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Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
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泰特斯·卡普哈尔 actor: 安德烈·霍兰 / 约翰·厄尔·杰尔克斯 …
other title: 原谅的方式 / El arte del perdón
A renowned painter who rose from an impoverished past, must confront his once highly abusive addict father, La’Ron, after 15 years of distance between them. Although La’Ron claims to have been reformed by his new relationship with Christ, their reconnection stirs up buried trauma, launching Tarrell into incendiary anxiety, and sending destructive shockwaves through the family. Tarrell must decide if he’s able to forgive, or if he will cut off his father forever.

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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024)
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other title: 至尊餐厅 / Supremes …
故事围绕着“Odette”、“Clarice”以及“Barbara Jean”三人展开,她们相识于高中,成立了叫做“The Supremes”的闺蜜组,如今已经携手了走过了四十多年的友情岁月。而位于印第安纳州Plainview的餐厅,就是她们的另一个家;在这里她们分享那些关于婚姻、孩子、快乐、忧伤等种种事情,并携手经历来自生活里种种的风暴。而对三姐妹来说,最具挑战性的一年刚刚到来:骄傲、才华横溢的Clarice面对丈夫可耻的不忠行为时,努力让生活正常;美丽的Barbara Jean被一段年轻恋情所造成的悲剧性影响所震撼,而向来无畏的Odette则即将踏上此生最恐怖的战斗。

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In Too Deep (1999)
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other title: 인 투 딥 / Undercover - In Too Deep …
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.

TV

Lovecraft Country (2020)
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★ 6.6 57 ratings
米莎·格林 actor: 乔纳森·梅杰斯 / 朱妮·斯莫利特 …
other title: 러브크래프트 컨트리 / ラヴクラフト・カントリー …
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.

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The Deliverance (2024)
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★ 4.4 5 ratings
other title: 딜리버런스 / デリヴァランス -悪霊の家- …
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.