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Rita Moreno: Just a Gir...
Over a 70+ year career, Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become a celebrated and beloved actor, one of the rare EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Award Winners of our time. Born into poverty on a Puerto Rican farm, Moreno and her seamstress mother immigrated to New York City when Moreno was five years old. After studying dance and performing on Broadway, Moreno was cast as any ethnic minority the Hollywood studios needed filled, be it Polynesian, Native American or Egyptian. Despite becoming the first Latina actress to win an Academy Award for her role as Anita in “West Side Story” (1961), the studios continued to offer Moreno lesser roles as stereotypical ethnic minorities, ignoring her proven talent.
Tick, Tick…Boom!
The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield), a young theater composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have? tick, tick…BOOM!
November 12, 2021 Limited Netflix
Coming 2 America
Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi(Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.
Eddie Murphy, Kenya Barris, Wesley Snipes, Craig Brewer, Valerii An, Bella Murphy, James Earl Jones, Tracy Morgan, Barry Blaustein, Bradley Fischer, KiKi Layne, Paul Bates, Nomzamo Mbatha, John Amos, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Brian Oliver, Kevin Misher, David Sheffield, Leslie Jones, Louie Anderson, Andy Berman, Teyana Taylor, Shari Headley, Charisse Hewitt-Webster, Michele Imperato Stabile
In the Heights
Takes place over three days in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, where a bodega owner inherits his late grandmother's lottery winnings and plans to shutter his store and retire on a beach in the Dominican Republic. Trying to say farewell to the characters who live on the block, he realizes that his neighbors are his real family, and he's torn about leaving.
Location: US - New York
Passing
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
November 10, 2021 Limited Netflix
Dating & New York
After an electric one-night stand, two dating-app-matched New York millennials draw up a “Best Friends with Benefits” contract to avoid the pitfalls of their past relationships – what could possibly go wrong?
September 10, 2021 Limited VOD / Digital
West Side Story
Tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City. This reimagining of the beloved musical stars Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (María); Ariana DeBose (Anita); David Alvarez (Bernardo); Mike Faist (Riff); Josh Andrés Rivera (Chino); Ana Isabelle (Rosalía); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); and Rita Moreno (as Valentina, who owns the corner store in which Tony works).
Steven Spielberg, Maddie Ziegler, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Tony Kushner, Corey Stoll, Ansel Elgort, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Brian d’Arcy James, David Alvarez, Talia Ryder, Sean Harrison Jones, Patrick Higgins, Kellie Drobnick Julian Elia, Sara Esty, Kevin McCollum, Rita Moreno, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, Ezra Menas, Ben Cook, Julius Anthony Rubio, Ricardo Zayas, Sebastian Serra, Carlos Sánchez Falú, Kevin Csolak, Myles Erlick, Leigh-Ann Esty, John Michael Fiumara, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Garett Hawe, Eloise Kropp, Lauren Leach, Jess LeProtto, Skye Mattox, Adriana Pierce, Brittany Pollack, Daniel Patrick Russell, Jonalyn Saxer, Halli Toland
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