Ride (1998)

Starring:

• Malik Yoba
• Melissa De Sousa
• John Witherspoon
• Fredro Starr
• Cedric the Entertainer
• Sticky Fingaz
• Kellie Shanygne Williams
• Idalis DeLeon
• Julia Garrison
• Guy Torry
• Reuben Cobia
• The Lady of Rage
• Dartanyan Edmonds
• Downtown Julie Brown
• Luther Campbell

Storyline

When Leta Evans (Melissa De Sousa), who has dreamed for years of being a music video director, becomes an assistant to a famous director, she wants to make a good impression. Her first job will be transporting the cast of a video from New York to Miami. However, due to a tight budget, they will have to travel by bus. The strict Poppa (Malik Yoba) watches out for the crew, but there is still ample opportunity for trouble -- which could end Leta's directing career before it begins.

Down in the Delta (1998)

Starring:

• Alfre Woodard
• Al Freeman Jr.
• Mary Alice
• Esther Rolle
• Loretta Devine
• Wesley Snipes
• Mpho Koaho
• Kulani Hassen
• Anne-Marie Johnson
• Justin Lord

Storyline
Sinclair family matriarch Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) raises enough money to help her two grandchildren and drug-addicted adult daughter, Loretta (Alfre Woodard), move to a small Mississippi town in order to escape the dangers of inner-city Chicago. There, Loretta and her kids are taken in by her gruff uncle, Earl (Al Freeman Jr.), who attempts to instill a work ethic and sense of history in his niece. With the help of Earl's tough love, Loretta does her best to put her past demons behind her.