Kasi Lemmons

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Feb 24, 1961 (64 years old)

Kasi Lemmons

Known For

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
1h 0m
TV Show 2018

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

A unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.

Half the Picture
1h 34m
Movie 2018

Half the Picture

At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.

Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
1h 59m
Movie 2007

Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary

A visual commentary for "The Silence Of The Lambs" with the cast & crew in a "picture in picture" mode.

Waist Deep
1h 37m
Movie 2006

Waist Deep

An ex-convict gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.

Gridlock'd
1h 31m
Movie 1997

Gridlock'd

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

Override
0h 34m
Movie 1994

Override

Override is a 1994 American science fiction short film. It was the directorial debut of Danny Glover and starred Lou Diamond Phillips and Emily Lloyd. It is based on the Nebula- and Hugo-nominated short story, Over the Long Haul, by Martha Soukup.

Fear of a Black Hat
1h 28m
Movie 1994

Fear of a Black Hat

Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.

Hard Target
1h 37m
Movie 1993

Hard Target

When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

Candyman
1h 40m
Movie 1992

Candyman

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Afterburn
1h 43m
Movie 1992

Afterburn

Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to offer. After much digging, Janet Harduvel discovers a joint military and General Dynamic cover-up. She proves to be unwavering in her search for the truth to clear his name.

Biography

Kasi Lemmons (born Karen Lemmons; February 24, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by Talk to Me (2007), Black Nativity (2013), Harriet (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). She also directed the Netflix limited series Self Made (2020), and an episode of ABC's Women of the Movement (2022). She is also known as an actress having started her career with roles in commercials with McDonald's and Levi's. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). She continued acting in Vampire's Kiss (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Candyman (1992). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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