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Ninth Street (New York City Subway)
''Ninth Street'' is a 1999 black-and-white drama, written by Kevin Willmott. Filmed in the United States, the movie was primarily released in English. Plot Set in 1968 Junction City, Kansas sometimes called "Junk Town" reflect on the history of "East Ninth Street" during the 1940s when famous jazz musicians played the nightclubs. In 1968, the area has deteriorated into strip clubs and cheap bars where Vietnam War draftees from nearby Fort Riley stop and drink. People in the group include a drunk (Don Washington) who lost a leg in World War II, a taxi dispatcher (Isaac Hayes), a saloon owner (Queen Bey (actress), Queen Bey), and a crazy bag lady (Kaycee Moore). (Nadine Griffith) who is trying to get out of the business, but is forced to work by a malicious boy friend (Byron Myrick) and the fact that she has to provide for her baby (Meagan Cordero). Martin Sheen also stars as a white preacher who likes the people in the area better than his own congregation. Cast * Don Washingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Willmott
Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an Academy Award Winning American film director and screenwriter, and professor of film at the University of Kansas. He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing '' Ninth Street,'' '' C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,'' and '' Bunker Hill.'' His '' The Only Good Indian'' (2009) was a feature film about Native American children at an Indian boarding school and the forced assimilation that took place. In '' Jayhawkers'' (2014), he followed the life of Wilt Chamberlain, Phog Allen and the 1956 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team. Willmott has collaborated with Spike Lee, with whom he shared an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''BlacKkKlansman''. The two again collaborated in writing ''Da 5 Bloods'', released worldwide digitally on June 12, 2020. Biography Willmott grew up in Junction City, Kansas, and received a BA in Drama from Marymount College. He received a M.F.A. in Dramatic Writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |