Double Platinum (1999, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Diana Ross
• Brandy Norwood
• Christine Ebersole
• Allen Payne
• Brian Stokes Mitchell
• Roger Rees
• Samantha Brown
• Ed Lover
• Peter Francis James
• Harvey Fierstein

Storyline
After nearly two decades away from home and riding the waves of fame, Olivia (Diana Ross) returns to find her daughter Kayla (Brandy) and to reveal herself as the mother Kayla new knew. With well-places contracts and a desire to right a wrong past, Olivia helps Kayla realize her own dream of singing stardom. But their fragile mother-daughter bond is tested when Kayla's dreams of stardom become a reality. Together, they will discover that love is more powerful than ambition and family more important than fame.

The Journey of August King (1995)

Starring:

• Jason Patric
• Thandie Newton
• Larry Drake
• Sam Waterston
• Sarah-Jane Wylde
• Eric Mabius
• Muse Watson
• John Doman
• Andy Stahl
• Danny Nelson
• Collin Wilcox Paxton
• Dean Rader-Duval

Storyline
Period drama set in North Carolina in 1815. A widowed homesteader encounters a slave who has fled the estate of a powerful local landowner and, in spite of the risk involved, decides to help her.