Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong
Date of Birth: 28 Feb 1961
Country: Canada
Total Credits at Criticker: 52 (Actor)
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The Visit
A timeless story of one man's search for understanding and redemption. (Urbanworld Films)
The Color Purple
A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.
Commando
A retired elite commando has only a few hours to find and rescue his daughter from an exiled dictator
Beat Street
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture. (imdb)
Crying Freeman
A lethal Samurai assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills... (imdb)
The Principal
A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violence and crime ridden high school. (imdb)
Soul Man
To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship. (imdb)
Quest for Fire
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three prehistoric tribesmen search for a new fire source. (imdb)
Choose Me
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships counseller, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance. (imdb)
Constellation
This story chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep south as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. (Freestyle Releasing)
Fear City
In New York City, a psycho killer is stalking and randomly slashing and killing strippers working in various nightclubs... (imdb)
Goodbye America
It is November 1992 and the US Navy is preparing to surrender its largest overseas facility at Subic Bay, Philippines, after almost a century. For both countries, and for the navy, it is a time of change... (imdb)
American Flyers
Sports physician Marcus persuades his unstable brother David to come with him and train for a bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains. He doesn't tell him that he has a cerebral tumor. While David powerfully heads for the victory, Marcus has to realize that the contest is now beyond his capabilities. / Features great views of the Rockies and an insight in the tactics of bicycle races. (imdb)
Highball
A newly-married couple tries to build their social life. (imdb)
City Limits
Years after a mysterious plague has wiped out most of the adult population, the surviving children have grown up to form violent motorcycle gangs. Young Lee, tired of life on the farm, goes out in search of adventure and soon winds up in the middle of a war between a pair of rival gangs... (imdb)
Power of Attorney
Power of Attorney (1995) - Direct-to-Video
An attorney is hired to defend a notorious mobster which he has been trying to send away for years while working as a prosecutor. (imdb)
Hideaway
Hatch Harrison had a traffic accident with his car. At first the doctors said he was dead but then they succeeded to bring him back to life after two hours. But Hatch starts to have strange sensations in following time and discovers that he is now united with a mad killer who had entered his mind during his death. (imdb)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
In anthology style, a child tells three stories of horror to keep from being eaten by a witch. (imdb)
Amazon
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe. (imdb)
The Break
Nick Irons, a former tennis pro (Van Patten) who has been banned from the tour, coaches a bookie's (Sheen) son (Jorgensen) with improbable dreams of turning pro.
Greasy Rider
Picture a cross-country road trip powered by vegetable oil in a 1981 Mercedes-Benz. Greasy Rider follows the two filmmakers, Joey Carey and JJ Beck, as they meet with fellow Greasecar drivers, friends, and critics. Interviews include Morgan Freeman who is opening up a Biodiesel plant in Mississippi... (imdb)
Boulevard
A street prostitute takes in an abused young woman on the run from her misogynist boyfriend, leading to both facing off against the prostitute's dreaded pimp and a relentless police detective out to arrest all of them. (imdb)
Badge of the Assassin
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down to New Orleans. (imdb)
Deadly Skies
Deadly Skies (2005) - TV Movie
The sky is literally falling in this thriller as one of the nation's leading astronomers, Madison Kelsey believes she is tracking a huge rogue asteroid rocketing toward earth. However, she can't get anyone in authority to take her seriously because the mysterious asteroid exists only in the mathematical calculations of her computer program and it's not yet visible. With only hours remaining until probable impact, Madison enlists the aid of discredited former Air-Force Colonel, Richard Donovan. (imdb)
Boca
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story. (imdb)
The Borrower
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another. (imdb)
Max Havoc: Ring of Fire
While on an assignment at a luxury resort, photographer Max Havoc (Mickey Hardt) is pulled into a vicious crime ring headed by the resort's owner, mob boss Roger Tarso (Dean Cain). Now, Max must rely on his champion kickboxing skills to fight his way out. But can he also save the exploited teens Tarso has snared in his sinister plot?
Far Out Man
A trip to a hypnotherapist inspires a middle-aged hippie (Tommy Chong) to set off on a wild adventure-filled cross-country quest in search of the wife and son whom he hasn't seen since the Woodstock era. Written and directed by Chong himself, this psychedelic comedy also features performances by the funnyman's real-life wife, Shelby Chong, and children Rae Dawn Chong and Paris Chong.
Chaindance
As a part of a special government reform program, inmate J.T. Blake has to take care of Johnny Reynolds who has cerebral palsy. In the meantime, another inmate wants to take care of J.T. Blake forever. (imdb)
Curiosity Kills
an aspiring photographer teams up with a sexy sculptress to take down the hit man who lives in the loft next door. (All Movie Guide)
Time Runner
During the alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992, where attempt after attempt is made to catch and kill him. (imdb)
Mask of Death
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades McKenna to undergo facial surgery and take the place of Lyle Mason in order to find Dallio and a valuable microchip. (imdb)
Running Out of Luck
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and turned over to the oversexed owner of a banana plantation. (imdb)
The Squeeze
A mysterious black box spells danger to a con man and female detective. (imdb)
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
When he leaves his house on a banal errand for his mother, Jeff discovers that the universe might be sending him messages about his destiny. (tiff.net)
Pegasus Vs. Chimera
When a bloodthirsty king and his general unleash the demonic power of the Chimera to slay the people of Tirin, it is up to a blacksmith (Sebastian Roche) and a warrior princess (Nazneen Contractor) to save them. With the help of a powerful witch (Rae Dawn Chong) the two summon the almighty Pegasus to aid their fight. As the battle begins between the noble Pegasus and the beastly Chimera, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance...
Shiver
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape. (imdb)
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
A convict who has gained a reputation as a peace-keeper in a maximum security prison is confronted with a gut-wrenching dilemma when the son he abandoned years ago arrives at the same prison. Far from being a peace-keeper, his son has followed in his father's violent footsteps and disrupts the uneasy calm of the prison. (cduniverse.com)
When the Party\
It's hard to make this not sound like a soap opera because the framework is there. But it's actually a pretty good drama with inventive dialogue and details that give it depth. The story centers on a house in the Beverly Hills where the characters revolve in and out of to & from the party circuit. Fisher Stevens as Alex Midnight is the most interesting character, drawing Sandra Bullock's character to him while simultaneously holding him at arm's length. The duel party sequence is excellent.
Denial
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationship threatens to consume them.
Stony Island
Richie Bloom, the only white kid on the block, forms an R&B band with his best friend, Kevin. With the help of their mentor, aging sax legend Percy, they pull together a funky supergroup. (imdb)
Small Time
Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to a remote ranch with bag full of drugs and orders him to wait for the buyer. But the routine drug deal turns to disaster because of Ben's unprofessional associates.
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
A boy inventor, his sister and his buddy catch a crooked city treasurer and his cronies with science.
Knock \
Three rival actresses and their crew, desperate and hating each other, reunite for a horror movie sequel when someone starts killing them off just like in their movie, in this bitchy, raunchy, comedy mystery. (imdb)
9-1-1
9-1-1 (2018) - TV Series
The Outer Limits
The Sleeping Negro
Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.
The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker (1983) - TV Series
Mysterious Ways
Declan Dunn is an anthropology professor who believes in miracles and other wonders. When he hears of a miraculous thing he goes out to find out if it's an actual miracle. Peggy Fowler is his friend, a psychiatrist who tries to make sure he's grounded. (imdb)
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
Three women tell three stories of women in prison.