Prince Akeem erfarer, at han har en søn i USA. Derfor må Akeem nu igen rejse til Amerika for at hilse på den mulige arving til tronen i Zamunda.
Conny Nikas er en kvik, men stærkt uheldig bankrøver i New York-bydelen Queens. Han vil befri sin mentalt handicappede lillebror, Nick, fra fængslet, for at de sammen kan begå et storstilet bankkup. Umiddelbart efter røveriet går alt dog fuldstændig galt for de to brødre, der kastes ud i en en lang og kaotisk mareridtsnat.
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Den netop løsladte Leo vender hjem i håb om at finde ro med et regulært job og ellers passe sig selv og sin syge mor. Da han ser barndomsvennen Willie stryge om sig med penge som ansat hos Leos onkel Frank, fristes han af dette lyssky liv. Efter et mord kommer stakkels Leo imidlertid i karambolage med familien, og banen kridtes op til opgørets time.
Dito vokser op i et hårdt kvarter i 1980'ernes New York. Her kan han langsomt se sine venner gå til i kriminalitet og narko. På utrolig vis lykkes det Dito at styre uden om dette, og han får etableret sig forfatter på den amerikanske vestkyst. 15 år senere vender han tilbage til barndomskvarteret og må forholde sig til sin vilde ungdom.
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and discover what Queens Logic is all about. This comedy takes a look at friendship, loyalty, and love.
Efter 20 år som roadie for Blue Oyster Cult vender Jimmy Testagros tilbage til sin hjemby for at passe sin syge mor. Men der opstår problemer, da han forelsker sig i en gammal ven, som nu er gift med hans livslange uven.
A prince finds his way to Queens during Christmas when a local woman enlists his help with a children's Christmas show.
Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine's odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child's birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew's fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.
Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Isamar.
After an acclaimed, extended run on Broadway, comedian Alex Edelman brings his solo show to HBO in an all-new comedy special. In the wake of a string of anti-Semitic threats pointed in his direction online, Edelman decides to go straight to the source; specifically, Queens, where he covertly attends a meeting of White Nationalists and comes face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards.
In present-day Queens, a Turkish gravedigger (Nadir Saribacak) is unable to face a shattering truth and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.
Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie is accidentally shot dead by a teenager in an amateur hold-up on their late dad's shop, which he now closes to turn professional boxer. His star rises fast, but success brings its own problems, as he he lacks experience to handle professionals and resist the abuse they and his ghetto past entourage make of his generous nature.
Documentary on the Ramones, including archival footage, interviews and music videos, this was first released on VHS in 1990 and later re-released on DVD as part of the WEIRD TALES OF THE RAMONES box set in 2005, with expanded content. HEY, HO, LET'S GO!
Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, NYC district of Jackson Heights, which lays claim to being the most diverse neighbourhood in the world.
When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, these parallel stories of mother and son take the viewer on a touching journey of community and connection in and below New York City.
Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender firefighter in New York City. A character-driven documentary, the film follows Brooke as she sets out to challenge perceptions of what it means to be transgender in America today.
Set in New York City in the 1990s, community activists seek to rid their neighborhood of the anguish, brutality, and violence associated with local drug dealers.
As beautiful and sleek as it is deadly, 52 Blocks merits special conservation efforts as the United States' only existing native martial culture, as it is indeed, the jazz of the martial arts world. Across the African diaspora, there are manifestations of African-derived warrior-dances, capoeira in brazil, mani in Cuba, ladja in Martinique, pinge in Haiti- yet the US offshoot has remained esoteric, because it was suppressed throughout slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow and then obscured in the criminal justice system. The history, interviews and training of the martial arts style that created Breakdance and boxing greats like Mike Tyson.