Jimmy the Kid (1982)

Starring:

• Gary Coleman
• Paul Le Mat
• Ruth Gordon
• Dee Wallace
• Cleavon Little
• Fay Hauser
• Pat Morita
• Avery Schreiber
• Walter Olkewicz
• Don Adams

Storyline

Gary Coleman is a lovably funny "KID" like no other in the screenplay based on the best-selling novel by Donald E. Westlake. Gary, who plays Jimmy Lovejoy, becomes the unlikely target for an improbable gang of would-be crooks on a cray, "fool-proof" crime caper. The gang tries to follow the plot of a book about the crooks that "got away with it." However, those crooks in their book did not include such wacky and unlikely characters.

Losing Ground (1982)

Starring:

• Seret Scott
• Bill Gunn
• Duane Jones
• Billie Allen
• Maritza Rivera

Storyline

One of the first feature films directed by an African American woman, Kathleen Collins’s LOSING GROUND tells the story of a marriage between two remarkable people, both at a crossroads in their lives. Sara Rogers (Seret Scott), a black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest to understand “ecstasy” just as her painter husband, Victor (Bill Gunn), sets off on a more earthy exploration of joy. Over the course of a summer idyll in upstate New York, the two each experience profound emotional and romantic awakenings. Applying a deft comic touch to a deeply personal exploration of love, race, and gender, Collins crafts a charming, complex tale of personal discovery that, after decades of neglect, has reemerged as a still-fresh landmark of independent cinema.