Ashanti (1979)

Starring:

• Beverly Johnson
• Michael Caine 
• Peter Ustinov 
• Kabir Bedi 
• Omar Sharif 
• Rex Harrison 
• William Holden

Storyline
Michael Caine stars as Dr. David Linderby, half of a married U.N. medical team vaccinating native villages in West Africa. But when his skinny-dipping wife (supermodel Beverly Johnson) is abducted by a depraved Arab slave trader (two-time Oscar winner Peter Ustinov), there's no time for diplomacy. Now with the help of a human-trafficking activist (Rex Harrison), a cynical mercenary (William Holden) and a vengeful Bedouin (Kabir Bedi), Linderby must pursue his wife's slavers 3,000 miles across the Sahara before she can be sold at auction to wealthy Saudis. In a land without mercy, how far will one man go to save the woman he loves from the ultimate violation? Omar Sharif stars in this fact-based and still-controversial thriller, now restored in HD from original vault elements and featuring the first-ever DVD interview with Beverly Johnson on the film's notorious history.

Penitentiary (1979)

Starring:

• Leon Isaac Kennedy
• Thomas M. Pollard 
• Donovan Womack 
• Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman 
• Badja Djola 
• Ian Foxx 
• Gloria Delaney 
• Hazel Spears 
• Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White

Storyline
Hitchhiker Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) gets a lift from prostitute Linda (Hazel Spears) in her van and travels with her to meet her clients. After a fight breaks out with the men, Gordone is knocked unconscious and awakens to find he has been wrongly charged with murder. As a way to protect himself in prison, Gordone starts fighting other inmates. This leads him to discover an underground boxing tournament, with the top prize being a prison release.