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Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C. (usually credited as Ernest R. Dickerson or Ernest Dickerson, born June 25, 1951) is an American film and television director and cinematographer. He directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural story like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight, Bones and Never Die Alone. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee.
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13 September 2005
Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the epic classic "Ben-Hur".
25 September 1988
A naive young scientist unwittingly helps mobsters build a laser weapon, then has to try to reclaim it from them in this crime drama parody.
25 October 1985
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys.
23 February 1987
One in a series of 13 documentaries on renowned American poets produced by the New York Center for Visual History.
30 September 1999
In the not too distant future, a new deadly sport is the only way to stop a war that will kill millions.
18 November 1992
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam.
14 June 1989
Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors.
07 September 2010
On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
16 October 1989
Everyone in town knows the old Vincent place is haunted, but when the local Frat inherits it, we find out if the rumors are true.
06 September 1991
A filmed record of Eric Bogosian's acclaimed one-man show.
13 January 1995
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse.
06 September 1996
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan.
07 June 1991
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
23 October 2007
Follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates his savage and brilliant Vietnam film, hewing closely to the theme that dominated his creative life for four decades - the duality of human nature.
17 January 1992
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store.
12 February 1988
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
08 February 2005
A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."
26 March 2004
A drug kingpin's rise and tragic fall is witnessed vicariously by a reporter who uses the criminal's diary as the basis for his new book.
15 April 1994
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
03 August 1990
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke.
25 November 1987
Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.
15 September 2008
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
20 June 1998
Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Ku Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation.
23 October 2007
In this documentary, we follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years.
08 August 1986
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends.
05 February 2006
Their town always had two proms, one for the whites and one for the blacks. When both proms wanted the same DJ, Brianna McCallister suggested combining the proms, which would also mean more money for decorations.
24 October 2001
Over 20 years after his death, local legend and benefactor Jimmy Bones returns as a ghost to get revenge on those who killed him and restore his neighborhood.
07 February 2019
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
31 October 2020
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
22 May 1987
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires.
23 March 1990
An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop that specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
11 August 2006
A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.
07 September 1984
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
03 November 1989
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
28 July 2002
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
17 September 1992
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing.
08 February 1993
A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor.
07 June 2011
Abby Collins's quiet life as a wife and mother shows no trace of her past work as a military special-ops expert -- until the day her husband is kidnapped.
27 March 1983
Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr.
07 October 2020
Revealing, intimate documentary spotlighting the Hollywood horror community.
30 May 2023
A documentary about the influence of the film 'The Night of the Hunter' on filmmakers Ernest Dickerson and Spike Lee.
13 September 2011
When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger and founder of the longest-running independent film studio, Troma Entertainment.
31 March 2002
Mother's good boy Benny Silman from Brooklyn becomes an economics student at Arizona State University for the sun and sexy girls- and the proximity of gambling paradise Las Vegas.
14 January 2002
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase.
29 August 1999
In this historical drama, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement. The White House nominates Clarence Thomas as Marshall's replacement.
22 January 2003
Set in the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak.
27 January 2017
Double Play is about anolder man named Ostrik who returns to Curaçao and his childhood after many years abroad.
10 November 2006
Two curious teenage boys break into an old mortuary looking for thrills, only to find themselves stalked by a former teacher who is a very real vampire looking to increase the ranks of the undead.
30 June 2009
In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT THING.
23 November 1998
In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death.
23 October 2007
Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey opened the door to all the films and filmmakers who followed it.
19 December 2025
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s global emergence, from mind-bending twists to Y2K apocalyptic dread, and from blockbuster hits to straight-to-video gems.
07 March 2014
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co-stars, and contemporaries.
23 October 2007
An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
01 January 1990
A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions.
15 June 1986
The students at a private girls' school are unaware that the school's doctor is secretly using a machine to extract the energy from the young girls.
23 October 2007
A look at the visual design of the film The Shining (1980).
09 November 1990
Set in Curacao in the 1940s, Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story tells of the painter Gabriel Goedbloed, who arrives from Holland to paint a mural of the Virgin Mary in a local church.
29 May 1992
Robert Castle is the idealistic pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, and also the cousin of filmmaker Jonathan Demme.
10 May 1990
Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella is a 1990 PBS documentary, directed by Spike Lee, around the topic of A cappella music.
