Some Well-Connected Movies
Akeelah and the Bee

A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.
2006
Angela Bassett
actor
Beauty Shop

A determined hairstylist (Queen Latifah) competes with her former boss (Kevin Bacon) after opening her own business in Atlanta.
2005
Elizabeth Hunter
writer
Down for Life

Based on a true story depicting a single dramatic day in the life of a Latina gang leader in South Central L.A.
2009
Laz Alonso
actor
Lottery Ticket

Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million.
2010
Loretta Devine
actor
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.
2011
Paula Patton
actor
Jumping the Broom
Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
2011
Angela Bassett
actor
Elizabeth Hunter
writer
Laz Alonso
actor
Loretta Devine
actor
Paula Patton
actor
Salim Akil
director
Black Nativity

A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
2013
Angela Bassett
actor
Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years. Dante enlists Blake to assemble a team of the best dancers and bring the Trophy back to America where it started.
2013
Laz Alonso
actor
Baggage Claim

Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.
2013
Paula Patton
actor
Sparkle

In the 1960s, three sisters form a girl group and soon become local sensations with major label interest, but fame becomes a challenge as the close-knit family begins to fall apart.
2012
Salim Akil
director