Shirley Jo Finney

An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.

A Kentucky-born maiden realizes her dream of becoming a country music star. However, she discovers that her single-minded determination has caused...

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally...

The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.

Three hopefuls — a college grad, a dance teacher from Watts, and an incognito heiress — vie for a spot on the Los Angeles Lakers...

The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics.

The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him to confess to stealing secret documents...

In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an...