Frances Foster

Most Popular Frances Foster Trailers

Total trailers found: 20

Tales of the Unknown South Trailer (1984)

07 November 1984

Trilogy of films about race and culture in the Deep South from the end of World War I to the civil rights protests of the 1960's.

Malcolm X Trailer (1992)

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.

The Juror Trailer (1996)

02 February 1996

Struggling single mother Annie Laird impulsively agrees to serve on a jury, hoping for a little excitement in her humdrum life.

Clockers Trailer (1995)

15 September 1995

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer.

A Piece of the Action Trailer (1977)

07 October 1977

How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf.

Desperate Trailer (1987)

19 September 1987

In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban gunrunners.

The Distinguished Gentleman Trailer (1992)

04 December 1992

A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.

Crooklyn Trailer (1994)

13 May 1994

From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

Five Corners Trailer (1987)

11 September 1987

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.

The Last Tenant Trailer (1978)

25 June 1978

Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care and can no longer safely live alone, which particularly affects the eldest son's life, placing his impending marriage in jeopardy.

The First Breeze of Summer Trailer (1976)

28 January 1976

A portrait of an African American working-class family, this stage production depicts an elderly grandmother's flashbacks to the affairs she had as a young woman and a hard-working father's current conflict with his two unhappy sons.

Enemy Territory Trailer (1987)

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.

Citizen Cohn Trailer (1992)

22 August 1992

As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.

Through an Open Window Trailer (1992)

25 March 1992

A middle-aged suburban woman is haunted by what she believes to be a bird that is stuck in her house, convincing those around her that she has lost her mind.

Legacy of Blood Trailer (1974)

12 March 1974

An insurance man is heavily in debt to a money lender and must pay or die.

Trapped In Silence Trailer (1986)

11 May 1986

A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket Trailer (1989)

14 August 1989

James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy.

Darrow Trailer (1991)

08 June 1991

American lawyer Clarence Darrow evolves from a corporate attorney to a champion of the underdog, defending labor leaders like Eugene V.

Take a Giant Step Trailer (1959)

01 December 1959

After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice.

The House of Dies Drear Trailer (1984)

01 June 1984

A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle runaway slaves to freedom.