A diva’s work is never done, baby.
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
Jackie Washington
Edward Whatsett St. John
Antandra Washington (Jackie's Daughter)
Shaniqua Summers Wells (Jackie's Daughter)
Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
Wilson Wells (Jackie's Grandson)
Marvin Pritz (Jackie's Former Manager)
Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Pammy Dunbar (Infomercial Host)
Perry (The Deaf Rehearsal Pianist)
Lola Molina (Jackie's Stalker)
Miss Krumes (Jackie's Play Mama)
Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)
Vesta Crotchley (Jackie's Third Grade Teacher)
Cadillac Johnson (Retired Pimp)
Kim (Jackie's Costume Designer)
Peaches Yancy (Still Photos)
Milkman Summers (Jackie's Ex-Husband #1)
Patti Austin (Gospel Singer at Peaches' Funeral)
Little Jackie Washington
12 Dec 2008
It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas.
09 Nov 2001
When shy, straitlaced George meets vivacious, adorable Alicia, he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vows to do the right thing, but then he falls in with Gerard, a lovesick, voluble Frenchman who overcomes George's sense of propriety and takes him on a meandering road trip to amour.
01 Jan 2004
A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.
14 Mar 1997
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
04 Mar 1983
A successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the mental health of children.
08 Apr 2014
Imagine Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket fused with the reality TV show Survivor, and you might get the slightest inkling of this hilarious buddy-comedy-crime-caper that spins entirely off the rails. Two party-animal, reality TV stars (Jason Trost - The FP, and Lucas Till - X-Men: First Class) are stranded in Thailand. The only way home, and last chance of reclaiming their reality star-status? A treasure map... to a treasure map... Hilarity and adventure ensue in this indie comedic gem.
06 Apr 2006
Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty. A spontaneous road trip adventure gives them a chance to balance the ledger
20 Apr 1990
Modern relationships are examined in this comedy drama.
07 Sep 1984
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
01 Mar 2010
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.
23 Nov 2005
With 4 weeks and a budget of $5,000, IF Media approached filmmaker Nash Edgerton and Blue-Tongue Films to produce video insert material for the 2005 Lexus Inside Film Awards. Edgerton agreed. But wanted the $5,000 in cash.
13 Jun 2006
Office worker, Adam, quits work to return to his childhood home and settles into the comforts of his parent's backyard. A chance meeting with a friend from his past leads to them making a "Things to Do" list so they can fulfill some of their childhood dreams.
08 Jun 1985
The "Private Dancer Tour" was the fifth concert tour by Tina Turner. The two March 1985 shows at Birmingham, England's NEC Arena were filmed and released as Tina Live Private Dancer Tour. It featured special guests Bryan Adams and David Bowie.
11 Mar 2003
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a dead famous comedian appears who tells Pauly to kill himself cause he'll go down as a comedic genius who died before his time. Pauly then fakes his own death, and the media goes crazy.
01 Jan 1958
Agileo, a government employee, is commissioned to build a road in a town. At first, he suffers the hostility of the locals, but a letter from the government makes them believe that he is an influential character and they begin to treat him well, to the degree that he becomes the local cacique.
30 Sep 2005
This hilariously smart satire tells the story of Johnny Vince, a swingin' hepcat who meets hitman Sam and Harvey on a road trip to pull a "botched robbery" in Las Vegas. Along the way they take a deeply unfulfilled not-so-good-girl hostage, encounter the mysterious Mechanic, get harassed by a foul-mouthed answering machine... and did we mention the lesbians? The result - hilarity ensues!
17 Apr 2004
Rod and Cherri are the unmistakable king and queen of Echo High. When new kid Spud arrives, he makes a faux pas so bad that Rod forces him to be his girl's slave. What unfolds is the tale of Cherri and Spud's blossoming relationship behind Rod's back, and their untimely demise on the night of the prom. A tale of tragedy that could only be as irreverent and sensational through the pen (or pencils, if you will) of Bill Plympton.
22 Jul 1994
In the 1950s, guitar-playing drifter Dude Delaney wanders into a quiet town looking to play music and generally cause trouble, much to the chagrin of the local sheriff, known as Sarge. While palling around with his B-movie-obsessed friend Nixer, Dude meets the beautiful Donna, and is offered a position in a rockabilly band, but the sheriff is intent on getting rid of him by any means necessary.
01 Jun 1969
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
13 Jul 2001
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.