Barbershop er en ensemblekomedie om en dag i en frisørsalon i det sorte kvarter i Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube) har arvet frisørsalonen fra sin far, som arvede den fra sin far, men forretningen skranter, og nu skal han snart være far, og i virkeligheden vil han hellere gøre karriere i pladebranchen. Så i et svagt øjeblik falder han for fristelsen og sælger salonen til den lyssky bagmand, Lester (Keith David). Først da det er for sent, får han øjnene op for, hvilke værdier det er, han er ved at sætte over styr. I løbet af denne dag i forretningen bliver han for alvor klar over, hvor stor betydning den har for det lokale samfund – og for de folk, der arbejder der. Lester forlanger det dobbelte for at lade handelen gå tilbage, og Calvin må nu forsøge at skaffe pengene, så han kan bevare den traditionsrige frisørsalon på familiens hænder...

Søde, pæne Anne Hathaway (Princess Diaries) forsøger at lægge sit polerede Disney-image bag sig ved at smide tøjet og springe på et par latino bandemedlemmer. Historien følger to piger, der dropper det pæne forstadsliv til fordel for L.A.'s gangsterinficerede undergrund og må sande, at her kan selv de mest uskyldige handlinger få katastrofale konsekvenser.

Der er gået 10 år, siden frisøren Calvin og hans ansatte sidst svingede med saksen på det store lærred. Stedet er det samme, men der er kommet nyt blod til i form af flere kvindelige frisører.Området har også ændret sig. Men desværre er det i en dårlig retning, så efter nogle voldsomme episoder beslutter Calvin sig for at redde både nabolaget og den gamle butik.

2'eren fortsætter præcis i samme spor, som 1'eren forlod: Mens Calvin kæmper med tanken om unfair konkurrence fra den anden side af gaden, prøver Terri - den eneste kvindelige barber - at finde ud af, om hun har en fremtid med Ricky. Og Eddie forfølges af en flamme fra fortiden. Salonens eneste hvide barber, Isaac, tror stadig, at han er den sorteste i flokken, og den afrikanskfødte Dinka er stadig hemmeligt forelsket i Eve. Endelig overtages Kimmys tomme stol af Calvins fætter, Kenard, der dog tilsyneladende ikke fatter et hak af barbersalonens fundamentale formål; at skabe tryghed, frihed, bekræftelse og underholdning for sine kunder - og en sjælden gang, en klipning...

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.

Cosimo sidder i fængsel, og da han kommer i besiddelse af den perfekte kupplan, via en af sine fængselskammerater, vil han gøre hvad som helst for at komme ud af fængslet! Den slags planer, og held i det hele taget, kommer jo ikke dumpende hver dag, især ikke for folk der kommer fra Collinwood, en udpræget arbejderby i Cleveland. Men for at kunne udføre planen, er Cosimo jo nødt til at komme ud af fængslet, og Rosalind, hans kæreste, får nu den fornemme opgave at finde en eller anden, der mod den nette sum af 15,000 dollars, vil tage skylden for forbrydelsen, og ikke mindst sidde straffen af, mens Cosimo går helt fri efter kuppet. Men sjovt nok er der ikke rigtig nogen der er villige til at tage straffen for Cosimo, men de kender tilfældigvis én der vil. Og hvis de får en bid af kagen, ja så fortæller de hvor han opholder sig...

In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck the knockout blow, and all are subsequently sentenced to a reformatory, cruelly run by two corrupt guards. New deputy commissioner Mark Braden arrives determined to change things, but despite the help of Frankie's sister, Mark's reform plans -- and Frankie's future -- may be sabotaged from within.

Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".

Report on vandalism

With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates its cause: a new drug called Chaos. With help from his partner Carpenter, they delve into the mystery, only to discover a link between the drug and a terrifying supernatural power unleashed during the gulf war, witnessed by Kross twelve years ago. Now, Kross must race against time to stop the destruction, battle his own demons and come to grips with his destiny as he discovers that his reality has been mapped by a power much greater than himself.

A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.

Maggie Cole is a research scientist who, after the sudden death of her husband, takes a position as an on-call doctor in an inner-city clinic. There, she must fight a battle on two fronts: against the medical conditions endangering her patients and against sexism toward a female doctor.

After decades of terror, two deadly street gangs reach a delicate truce and young MJ (Silkk the Shocker) sees a way out of the hood once and for all. Only Corrupt (Ice-T) stands in MJ's way, resulting into a violent and brutal roller coaster ride of action!

An urban train link, the RER B, crosses Paris and its outskirts from north to south. A journey within indistinct spaces known as inner cities and suburbs. Several portraits, all individual pieces that form a whole. We.

A homeless ex-boxer and an inner-city kid's unlikely bond, helps them face their future, while fighting the tragedy from their past!

Vietnam veteran Archibald Wright is a house painter hired to work on a Beverly Hills mansion where he becomes involved in the life of the resident family. The owner Elaine left her husband J.P. while he was serving in Vietnam, causing him to become an alcoholic hobo living in downtown Los Angeles. Archibald tries to help their daughter Tory to continue her relationship with her father, even though Elaine is strongly against it.

A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.

A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.

Start Options Exit follows the exploits of twenty-somethings Neville Carlisle and Yolis Jenkem, street punks who have come to a freeing conclusion; If you forget stupid little things like reputation, the law, friendship and the suffering of others...well, life can be kinda fun. You can do whatever you want, getting women is easier, stupid people respect you, sometimes you can even make a little money.

On the hottest day of the year, an unknown virus spreads throughout inner-city Philadelphia. The infected victims, crazed by dehydration, begin attacking other residents of the neighborhood in gruesome ways. When the military is brought in to contain the situation, but realize they can't come up with a vaccine quickly enough, they fence off the area and let everyone die. A group of locals, stuck in the basement of their building, behind the fences, and separated from their family members, band together to try to survive.