Tariq Trotter
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper and the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group, The Roots, as well as an occasional actor.
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the...
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The RootsWhen his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major...
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Brown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one...
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Get on Up
as Pee Wee EllisA chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential...
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Bamboozled
as Alabama Porch MonkeyFrustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the...
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Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as SelfExplore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture...
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The Fall of 2008
as Self (The Tonight Show)After starting a painting business right before the housing crash, a filmmaker drives over...
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Brotherly Love
as Barbershop PatronWest Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his...
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A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
as SelfA once-in-a-lifetime live concert special celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Airing...
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Between the World and Me
as SelfBased on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the...
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Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
as SelfJimmy and his friends present a hour long special inspired by his album, "Holiday Seasoning".
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On the Inside
as Tom BogotusA decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane...
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Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthersA rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.
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Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as SelfA provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke...
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Yelling To The Sky
as RolandAs her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a...
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Night Catches Us
as Bostic WashingtonAfter growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in...
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Brooklyn Babylon
as SolomonA charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her...
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Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
as SelfA DMB Gig especially for the victims of the waterflood in Charlottesville
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Waiting for Godot
as PozzoAn experimental exploration of the storied play. Becket’s vision of perpetual uncertainty,...
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On The Go - Repeat Offender
as uncreditedHip-Hop Culture and Graffiti Video Magazine
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Love Rome
as TariqVignettes about four different couples in New York City coming to terms with their lives six...
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Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
as SelfIn 1970, Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Blackcentered...
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Bread EP Short Film
as Himself (Voice)Visual accompaniment to The Alchemist's 2018 EP, Bread.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical GuestAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as SelfAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as uncreditedAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Damar VarnishWhen a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a...
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Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical GuestA late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
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The Deuce
as Reggie LoveThe story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times...
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Angry Birds Mystery Island
as Bat-Bat (voice)Each day, the gang hatches a plan to get off the island, but is thwarted by unexpected twists...
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Random Acts of Flyness
as HimselfLate-night series featuring a mix of vérité documentary, musical performances, surrealist...
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Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as SelfFrom executive producers Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Shawn Gee...
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Rise Up, Sing Out
as uncreditedRise Up, Sing Out, that will consist of music-based shorts full of empowering messages about...
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Rap Mentors
as SelfA candid, behind-the-scenes ride with rap's hottest artists and legends, to learn what it takes...
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