Rooftops (1989)

Starring:

• Jason Gedrick
• Troy Byer
• Eddie Velez
• Tisha Campbell-Martin
• Alexis Cruz
• Allen Payne
• Steve Love
• Rafael Báez
• Jamie Tirelli
• Luis Guzmán
• Millie Tirelli
• Robert LaSardo

Storyline
This is the story of a young man named T, a misunderstood loner who has escaped the heartless streets of New York's Lower East Side to make a life for himself on the rooftops of banded tenement buildings. T and the other homeless kids live by their wits at an empty lot they call the Garden of Eden. In his rock n' roll paradise, T encounters the alluring Elana. They are immediately attracted to each other, and their passion soon grows into an explosive love affair. Unexpectedly, T discovers that Elana is connected with a ruthless street gang of killers. When he confronts her with the truth, T is suddenly caught up in a deadly, heart-pounding struggle.

Brother Future (1991, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Phill Lewis
• Carl Lumbly
• Vonetta McGee
• Moses Gunn
• Michael Burgess
• Akosua Busia
• Bernard Addison
• Kenyatta Jackson
• Frank Converse
• Cornell Royal
• Arthur Gilliard

Storyline
A slick inner-city youth, T.J. (Phill Lewis), neglects his schoolwork and makes money through scams and rip-offs. One day, while fleeing the police, he is knocked unconscious and wakes up to find he has been transported back through time to 1822 Charleston, SC, where he is taken captive as a slave. While there, he meets Isaac (Moses Gunn) and Mortilla (Vonetta McGee). They help T.J. understand the circumstances he is in, which turns out to be more than T.J. expects as he also finds himself in the middle of Denmark Vessey's (Carl Lumbly) plans to revolt. How will T.J. get home again, and at what cost?