Lynn Whitfield

Is your mama a llama? Lloyd the llama is looking for his mama. "Is your mama a llama?" he asks a bat, a swan, a cow, a seal, and a kangaroo. Young children will share Lloyd's delight when the answer to his question is finally, "Yes!" Three cheers for Catherine the Great : Sara's feisty Russian grandmother asks for "no presents" for her birthday -- and gets them -- just in time for the borscht and blintzes party! Five creatures : Told from a small...

"The summer I killed my father, I was ten years old" "So begins Kasi Lemmons's spellbinding feature debut, an evocative journey into the maze of memory steeped in a fragrant southern-gothic atmosphere. In 1960s Louisiana, a young girl sees her well-to-do family unravel in the wake of the infidelities of her charming father setting in motion a series of deceptions and betrayals that will upend her world and challenge her understanding of reality. Rooted...

A collection of children's stories about love and families.

Mattie Michael, whose life has been plagued by misfortunes, is alone in a ghetto tenement on Brewster Place. She gradually unites the other tenement women to help them struggle for a new life.

After Brendan King's life spiraled to rock bottom, the teen found hope in a relationship with God while serving time in a juvenile penitentiary. Recently released from prison, Brendan finds solace in the foster home of a couple struggling with suppressed grief. As the street-wise teen enrolls at a suburban high school, he soon finds support from a group of believers. Yet the bonds of his old way of life are strong, and his former gang won't let him...

An inspiring story about an up-and-coming high school basketball coach, on his way to a record number of wins, who is fired for praying with one of his players. From writer/director Wes Miller, and starring Nick Lashaway, Lorenzo Lamas, Corbin Bernsen & Clifton Davis, this story follows the journey of a coach destined to claim his God-given calling. From termination to redemption, the single act of prayer leads to the realization that one man will...

Clifford Skridlow is a teacher at a small Chicago college run by his father. A pimp cons Clifford into managing his four prostitutes. The pimp skips town to escape the mob boss known as Mom. Clifford decides to draw on his course on medieval literature in his quest to save the women from Mom.

When a presidential candidate is needed just a few weeks before the election, Washington picks Mays Gilliam, a powerless politician they plan to use as their pupet, certain that he will lose. Buy Mays won't go down that easy. If he is going to run, he is going to do it his way and have fun doing it that way as well.

March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech. Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words. Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus. Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to...

Smart, popular and star pitcher of his high school team, Nolan tries has managed to put his troubled childhood behind him with the help of the two things he could always depend on: his love of baseball and his best friend, Sam. But now that just as Nolan's future is looking bright and he's happy with a new girlfriend, Sam starts leading him into trouble – playing hard and partying harder. Even with the help of people who love him and will risk everything...