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Reggie Rock Bythewood
Born 1965-07-07 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Reggie Rock Bythewood (born July 7, 1965) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is known for directing the film Dancing in September (2000) and creating the television series Shots Fired and Swagger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reggie Rock Bythewood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
6.0A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction.
Vampire's Kiss
1989
6.7A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
4.1The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
Exterminator 2
1984
5.9A minister dispenses justice on three convicts who take his family hostage.
Fight for Your Life
1977
6.2A New York teacher indulges a mad high school poet who sees himself as a mythic hero.
The Beat
1988
NRDocumentary on the making of the film “Love & Basketball” produced by the Criterion Collection in 2021
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
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Behind the camera
6.4A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son, this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets.
Biker Boyz
2003
6.4A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son, this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets.
Biker Boyz
2003
7.0"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
Notorious
2009
6.8Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?
Beyond the Lights
2014
6.4Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in October 1995. Among the attendees are an eclectic set of characters, including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a Black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the March, including manhood, religion, politics, sexuality, and race.
Get on the Bus
1996
6.5A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Dancing in September
2001
6.5A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Dancing in September
2001
6.5A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Dancing in September
2001
6.3On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At this point in his career, Tyson’s fights had become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, where the ever present hype of the professional boxing scene would come face to face with the worlds of big business, Hollywood, and hip hop. Sitting ringside was controversial rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur and Tyson were friends, a feeling of kinship linked them as each rose to stardom from poverty only to be thrown in prison. Following Tyson’s victory, Shakur and “Iron Mike” were to celebrate at an after party, but the rap star never arrived. Shakur was brutally gunned down later that night, and the scene in Las Vegas quickly turned from would-be celebratory revelry to ill fated and inopportune tragedy.
One Night in Vegas
2010
7.2A con man, Bird Stevens, assumes the identity of his cop twin brother, Trane, after his death; and goes on a search for his own redemption.
Gun Hill
2014
7.2A con man, Bird Stevens, assumes the identity of his cop twin brother, Trane, after his death; and goes on a search for his own redemption.
Gun Hill
2014