Mary Alice Movies

  • 2003
    What I Want My Words to Do to You

    What I Want My Words to Do to You

    What I Want My Words to Do to You

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    An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder....

    What I Want My Words to Do to You
  • 2001
    The Last Brickmaker in America

    The Last Brickmaker in America

    The Last Brickmaker in America

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    A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost...

    The Last Brickmaker in America
  • 1974
    The Education of Sonny Carson

    The Education of Sonny Carson

    The Education of Sonny Carson

    4.91974HD

    A 1974 film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson who joined a gang and committed petty crime before being sent to prison. After...

    The Education of Sonny Carson
  • 1985
    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

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    At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation owners...

    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
  • 1999
    The Wishing Tree

    The Wishing Tree

    The Wishing Tree

    7.41999HD

    When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a...

    The Wishing Tree
  • 1999
    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

    5.41999HD

    An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After twenty-two years, the children are reunited...

    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
  • 1994
    The Mother

    The Mother

    The Mother

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    Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old woman who seeks a job after 40 years of being a...

    The Mother
  • 2004
    The Burly Man Chronicles

    The Burly Man Chronicles

    The Burly Man Chronicles

    72004HD

    This mammoth documentary takes us through the making of both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. On top of seeing many pre-production and...

    The Burly Man Chronicles
  • 1976
    Just an Old Sweet Song

    Just an Old Sweet Song

    Just an Old Sweet Song

    01976HD

    Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South....

    Just an Old Sweet Song
  • 1982
    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

    61982HD

    Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this...

    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
  • 1983
    The Brass Ring

    The Brass Ring

    The Brass Ring

    71983HD

    A mother afflicted with depression comes into conflict with own mother and children when she refuses to seek professional health care.

    The Brass Ring
  • 1995
    Heading Home

    Heading Home

    Heading Home

    01995HD

    A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a bond en route to Washington, D.C.

    Heading Home
  • 1980
    Joshua's World

    Joshua's World

    Joshua's World

    01980HD

    The pilot story, set in the small town of Strawee, Arkansas in the '30s, follows the experiences of Joshua Torrance, a doctor whose practice is...

    Joshua's World
  • 1974
    Sty of the Blind Pig

    Sty of the Blind Pig

    Sty of the Blind Pig

    01974HD

    After moving to Chicago from the South just as the civil rights movement takes hold, the members of an African American family led by steely...

    Sty of the Blind Pig