Poetic Justice (1993)

Starring:

• Janet Jackson
• Tupac Shakur
• Regina King
• Joe Torry
• Khandi Alexander
• Roger Guenveur Smith

Storyline

Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice (Janet Jackson) writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of her broken-down car, Justice gets a lift with her friend, Iesha (Regina King), and Iesha's postal worker boyfriend, Chicago (Joe Torry). Along for the ride is Chicago's co-worker, Lucky (Tupac Shakur), to whom Justice grows close after some initial problems. But is she ready to open her heart again?

School Daze (1988)

Starring:

• Spike Lee
• Laurence "Larry" Fishburne
• Giancarlo Esposito
• Tisha Campbell
• Ossie Davis
• Joe Seneca
• Art Evans
• Ellen Holly
• Branford Marsalis
• Bill Nunn
• Kadeem Hardison
• Darryl M. Bell
• Joie Lee
• Tyra Ferrell
• Jasmine Guy
• Gregg Burge
• Kasi Lemmons
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Phyllis Hyman
• James Bond III

IMDB.com
Director/writer/star Lee's second outing is a rambunctious comedy (with a message, of course) set at an African-American college in the South. Skimpy plot revolves around the college's homecoming weekend and conflict among frats and sororities and African-Americans who would lose their racial identity and others who assert it. Entertaining and thought provoking. A glimpse at Lee's "promise," fulfilled in "Do the Right Thing."

Eve's Bayou (1997)

Starring:

• Samuel L. Jackson
• Jurnee Smollett-Bell
• Meagan Good
• Lynn Whitfield 
• Debbi Morgan 
• Diahann Carroll 
• Roger Guenveur Smith

Storyline
Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), creates a rift, throwing Eve's mother, Roz (Lynn Whitfield), and teenage sister, Cisely (Meagan Good), into emotional turmoil. Eve, though, manages to find some solace with her quirky psychic aunt, Mozelle (Debbi Morgan).