The Beat Rock the Paint Juniors Groove - Triple Feature

The Beat 2003 Color 85 minutes Not Rated Starring: Rahman Jamaal, Kazz Wingate IV, Coolio For every road not taken, an alternate potential destiny exists. And following the stabbing death of his brother, aspiring rap artist Philip Flip Bernard is caught between two staggeringly different realities, each with its own irreversible consequences. Forced by his father to either get a real job with a steady paycheck, or pursue his goal of becoming a hip-hop rapper and survive on the streets, Flip is torn between chasing his own dream or giving in to his father's demands. In a surreal, suspenseful shuffling of parallel realities, Flip lives out both contrasting fates he attempts to find music, meaning and order in his now-chaotic life. Rock the Paint 2005 Color 105 minutes Rated R Starring: Douglas Smith, Kevin Phillips An explosive coming-of-age story ignites when teenager Josh Sendler (Douglas Smith) is forced to pack up his senior-year hoop dreams and move from the lush cornfields of Indiana to the harsh, inner-city streets of Newark, New Jersey. He meets and befriends basketball phenomenon Antwon (Kevin Phillips) on the local court, and together, they make a run for the high school state championship. But can their friendship survive amidst a racially charged atmosphere that threatens to divide them? Junior s Groove 1997 Color 91 minutes Rated R Starring: Lynn Whitfield, Martin Villafana, Rainbow Sun Francks Lynn Whitfield stars in this powerful movie about love, struggle and passion as the over-protective mother of piano prodigy, Junior Brown. Junior's tormented world of dangerous street friends, crazy neighbors and an eccentric music teacher force him to fight for his chance to escape the ghetto through the music he loves. As he masters his skill with the piano, Junior discovers that the beauty of his music inspires the people around him to reach for their dreams.