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Thursday, July 14, 2016

To All My Friend On Shore (1972)























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An touching heartwarming slice of life story about a hard working airport redcap (Bill Cosby, Let's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night) who dreams of getting his son, Vandy (Dennis Hines, Buck and the Preacher) and his wife, Serera (Gloria Foster, Man and Boy, Nothing But A Man) out of the ghetto and into a home of there own, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia. This forces the family to take another path to happiness, a path understanding and love.

Voyage of the Yes (1973)























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While sailing from Los Angeles to Hawaii, two young men, one (Mike Evans, TV's The Jeffersons, Killer by Night, The House On Skull Mountain) running from his involvement in the death of a drug pusher, the other awaiting acceptance to Stanford, must overcome their bigotry when they encounter a series of terrifying experiences.

The Toughest Man In The World (1984)





















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By night Bruise Brubaker (Mr. T, TV's The A-Team) is a bouncer. But by day, he is dedicated to a group of underprivileged kids at an inner-city youth center. When funding to the center is threatened, Bruise must find a way to help the kids and raise the money necessary to keep them off the streets. After bureaucratic measures don't work, Bruise signs up for ""The Toughest Man in the World"" in an effort to keep his dream alive—even though the top competitor is likely to leave Brubaker with more than just a bruise.