Diana Sands

Tyler Czarnecki is the owner of an apartment building haunted by a pair of flesh-eating Babylonian demons who eat the tenants and treat Tyler as their slave. While he clearly resents his lot, Tyler limits his rebellion to grumbling to Rabisu, the lesser of the demons and, from all appearances, Tyler's only real friend. Tyler's sister Amy, a police officer, is indifferent to his plight - or at least too distracted by her shady dealings with the local gang of vampires to get involved. However, the status quo is upset when an attractive young woman named Donna moves into Tyler's building. While Donna is clearly on the run from something, Tyler takes a liking to her and decides to save her from becoming the demons' next meal.

Conflicts of a struggling African-American family who suddenly come into a financial windfall.

A pimp must contend with a business rival and the pressures of life atop the New York Hustling scene.

This hip and happening blaxploitation hit tracks the exploits of Willie Dynamite (Roscoe Orman), a smooth-talking, sophisticated flesh peddler who knows he's the man. Problem is, not everyone else agrees, forcing Willie to hustle the streets to prove he's the best and the brightest. Meanwhile, an ex-hooker turned social worker (played by Diana Sands) attempts to reform Willie before it's too late. Thalmus Rasulala and Joyce Walker co-star.

Roscoe Orman is Willie Dynamite, the flashy and arrogant street pimp who ruthlessly tries to apply capitalist principles to his own prostitution ring. But Willie's grand plans are challenged by competing pimps and corrupt cops who work together to shut him down.

Roscoe Orman is Willie Dynamite, the flashy and arrogant street pimp who ruthlessly tries to apply capitalist principles to his own prostitution ring. But Willie's grand plans are challenged by competing pimps and corrupt cops who work together to shut him down.

It tough keeping tenants who stick around long enough to pay the rent when you're a nice guy like Tyler (Derek Dziak), who has to answer to two hungry demons (Mike Madgiak and Refugio Molina) who haunt the place -- and keep gobbling up his profits despite his lame attempts to sway them. As a landlord, he's out of his league. But then a likeable girl (Erin Myers) on the run shows up, looking for a safe place to live.

Hal Ashby makes his directorial debut with this acclaimed social satire starring Beau Bridges as the wealthy but naïve Elgar Enders, who buys a Brooklyn tenement, plans to evict the African American tenants and renovate the building. But as he becomes more involved with the residents and especially the beautiful, multiracial Lanie, Enders starts to reconsider his goals. Lee Grant nabbed an Oscar nod for playing Enders's capricious mother.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN is a groundbreaking drama celebrating the human spirit, featuring an electrifying performance by winner Sidney Poitier. The Younger family, frustrated with living in their crowded Chicago apartment, sees the arrival of a $10,000 insurance check as the answer to their prayers. Matriarch Lena Younger (Claudia McNeil) promptly puts a down payment on a house in an all-white suburban neighborhood. But the family is divided when Lena entrusts the balance of the money to her mercurial son Walter Lee (Poitier), against the wishes of her daughter (Diana Sands) and daughter-in-law (Ruby Dee). It takes the strength and integrity of this African-American family to battle against generations of prejudice to try to achieve their piece of the American Dream.