John Earl Jelks
Know for: Acting
Born: 1959-07-16
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A Holiday in Harlem (2021)
Business executive Jazmin Carter is known for two things: turning fledgling businesses into profit producers and avoiding Christmas in Harlem, the...
Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged...
Tough (2015)
An estranged father and son reconnect after 11 years when they discover that they share the same apartment complex. The cause for the disconnect was...
Enter the Dangerous Mind (2013)
A psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep, Snap is the story of Jim Whitman, a brilliant but painfully introverted musician...
Dark Exodus (1985)
Subjected to Jim Crow laws and an overtly racist white population that still sees Blacks as property, an African American family in the South sends...
The Miraculous (2014)
An imaginary portrait of the performance artist Bas Jan Ader's final days. Ader was a Dutch performance artist who was lost at sea in 1975, while he...
Compensation (1999)
The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.
Crocodile Conspiracy (1986)
Conflicts arise when a middle aged African American school teacher decides to visit her father's homeland of communist Cuba.
Night Comes On (2018)
Angel is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister...
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in...
A Powerful Thang (1991)
This innovative drama, set in Ohio, traces an African American couple's search for intimacy and friendship. The spirited, African-identified Yasmine...