Margaret Avery

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Margaret Avery (born January 20, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Shug in The Color Purple (1985).

Most Popular Margaret Avery Trailers

Total trailers found: 36

An Eye for an Eye Trailer (1973)

28 September 1973

The host of a children's TV show is really a psychopathic killer, and when he hears stories from the kids who watch his show about the abuse they get from their parents, he starts visiting the parents and murdering them.

Blueberry Hill Trailer (1988)

02 December 1988

In a small town in the 1950s, Ellie Dane loses her musician father, and her mother suddenly turns away from her.

The Color Purple Trailer (1985)

18 December 1985

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

Night Trap Trailer (1993)

01 May 1993

A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.

The Nana Project Trailer (2023)

14 September 2023

Follows Helen "Nana" Lewis, a feisty chess master, and her grandsons, as they embark on a road trip to support her rise to state championships.

Magnum Force Trailer (1973)

13 December 1973

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands.

Meet the Browns Trailer (2008)

21 March 2008

A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street.

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Trailer (2008)

08 February 2008

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

Which Way Is Up? Trailer (1977)

04 November 1977

Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae.

The Return of Superfly Trailer (1990)

09 November 1990

Priest returns to New York from Paris to find his friend's murderer. With a couple of new allies, he attempts to bring the killers to justice while trying not to get into criminal activity like he did years ago.

Lord Help Us Trailer (2007)

01 February 2007

Comedy about faith and family directed by Shavar Ross. When a recently widowed Baptist preacher (Bill Toliver) loses the respect of his congregation over rumors of his impending marriage to a woman 45 years younger, best friends hatch a plan to help him regain his flock.

Lightning in a Bottle Trailer (1993)

07 January 1993

Charlotte Furber gets into an accident in which a man loses his life. She suffers amnesia and everybody thinks the man was drunk and therefore responsible, even his own wife Jean, who befriends Charlotte.

Love Kills Trailer (1999)

04 October 1999

A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.

Proud Mary Trailer (2018)

12 January 2018

Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.

Is That Black Enough for You?!? Trailer (2022)

09 October 2022

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Trailer (1979)

06 November 1979

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.

White Man's Burden Trailer (1995)

01 December 1995

The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos.

Block Party Trailer (2022)

08 June 2022

Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers that her once super-sharp Grandma Janice is showing early signs of dementia, Keke puts her career at stake in order to save her Grandma's block party, and in the process, Keke falls back in love with her hometown and its people.

The Lathe of Heaven Trailer (1980)

09 January 1980

George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs.

Heat Wave Trailer (1990)

13 August 1990

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

Riverbend Trailer (1989)

01 May 1989

A black major and his men are on the run from a rigged court-martial and hide out in a small Georgia town where a cruel white sheriff is terrorising the black population.

The Set Up Trailer (1995)

23 July 1995

Charlie Thorpe, a security systems expert, gets caught during a robbery. When he is released from jail he is hired by a bank owner to design a fool proof system during the refurbishing of a bank.

Exodus Trailer (2007)

04 September 2007

The story of Exodus is relocated to the seaside town Margate. Moses lives in the Promised Lands with his adoptive parents, until he finds his mother in the shanty town, Dreamland, where she’s been ghettoised with other ‘undesirables’.

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style Trailer (1976)

25 January 1976

The story of how jazz great Louis Armstrong got his start playing in Chicago clubs, how he was framed on a drug charge, and his travels throughout Europe, where he first gained worldwide fame.

Scott Joplin Trailer (1977)

11 February 1977

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

Something Evil Trailer (1972)

21 January 1972

A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.

Second to Die Trailer (2002)

23 April 2002

Sara escapes a life of poverty and abuse to marry Jim Bratchett, but her joy is short-lived when she discovers that Jim intends her to be a full-time caretaker for his disabled daughter.

Cool Breeze Trailer (1972)

29 March 1972

A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.

Hell Up In Harlem Trailer (1973)

01 December 1973

A Harlem gangster must rescue his ex-wife, who's been kidnapped by the Mafia.

Single Women, Married Men Trailer (1989)

27 October 1989

After an affair with a married man, a single, female psychologist helps organize a support group for other women who have had similar experiences.

We Are Gathered Here Today Trailer (2022)

16 August 2022

The patriarch of the family enters the hospital with COVID-19 and because of hospital protocols his family members are forced to say their goodbyes via video conferencing.

The Sky Is Gray Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940's.

Terror at Red Wolf Inn Trailer (1972)

27 September 1972

College student Regina comes back to her room from class one day to discover she's won a getaway vacation at the quiet Red Wolf Inn.

Waitin' to Live Trailer (2006)

09 August 2006

Murdered because he refused to sell his land to a greedy opportunist, Bucko Cassidy (Lee Majors) returns as a ghost to help his grown son, Junior (Derek Hamilton), keep the homestead in the family.

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers Trailer (1983)

22 March 1983

This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP.

Orpheus Star Trailer (2020)

13 December 2020

Douglas Privett is a young musician who returns to the small mid-western town of his childhood to see Ezrela Mae Privett, the ailing grandmother who'd raised him, a Baptist preacher battling demons of her own.