Lynne Thigpen

A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.

"The time is 2025. The place is California, where small walled communities must protect themselves from hordes of desperate scavengers and roaming bands of people addicted to a drug that activates an orgasmic desire to burn, rape, and murder. When one small community is overrun, Lauren Olamina, an 18 year old black woman with the hereditary train of 'hyperempathy' -- which causes her to feel others' pain as her own -- sets off on foot along the dangerous...

Film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew. Set in contemporary New York City, John the Baptist and a band of youthful disciples form a roving acting troupe that enacts the Parables through the streets of the city.

Based on the true story of New Jersey high school principal Joe Clark, who wins the support and respect of his students for his controversial methods in ridding the school of violent students and drug dealers.

Blankman: He has no superpowers, no money and no name. He's Blankman, a self-appointed neighborhood crimestopper who's so broke that he fights crime in his underwear. Mo' money: A lifelong con-man meets a girl and tries to impress her by cleaning up his act and doing things the honest way. Little man: When a stolen diamond is stashed in the home of a wannabe father and his workaholic wife, a pint-sized jewel thief poses as the world's ugliest baby...