Looking for title of film...or any actors' names. (movie, Lost, the office)
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My son recounted seeing a television program about two years ago that had a Black man ("really short hair, dark-skinned") who bounced through time, witnessing and seeking to keep intact the 'time-space continuum' by not interfering in the events of the day into which he had fallen.
The two scenes he most remembers are : the young man seeking to wind through a crowd outside of the Lorraine Motel just before King was shot, and the next is a scene where a young boy of the era who had befriended him is revealed in his adulthood to be the doctor who saves the lead actors life later in the show (perhaps after another quick leap through time).
It sounds like a Sliders episode. It's a show about four people who go through different dimensions having adventures of sorts. One of the stars was Cleavant Derricks, who played Rembrandt Brown, seems to fit the description you gave.
I remember one episode where Rembrandt went back and helped a small boy out and there was an assassination. But they do affect the time line, so this may not be the program you're looking for.
Think I remember that show...Jerry O'Connell was is in it also. That's more information than I could dig up (had been looking into Mykelti Williamson's filmography and work.)
My son recounted seeing a television program about two years ago that had a Black man ("really short hair, dark-skinned") who bounced through time, witnessing and seeking to keep intact the 'time-space continuum' by not interfering in the events of the day into which he had fallen.
The two scenes he most remembers are : the young man seeking to wind through a crowd outside of the Lorraine Motel just before King was shot, and the next is a scene where a young boy of the era who had befriended him is revealed in his adulthood to be the doctor who saves the lead actors life later in the show (perhaps after another quick leap through time).
I'm looking for any information about this.
Anyone?
The Twilight Zone (2002-03 TV anthology series)
"Memphis"
From Wikipedia:
Legal clerk Ray Ellison, living in Memphis, goes to see Dr. Tate and is informed that he has a lethal brain tumor. The doctor knows a specialist but warns that the treatment is expensive. Ray admits he has no money, no family and no friends. Depressed at the fact he is not leaving anything behind, Ray leaves and while walking across the street, is hit by a car. He wakes up to find himself surrounded by African-Americans wearing antiquated clothing. A nurse, Adelaide Tyler, checks his condition and reveals that somehow Ray has been transported to Memphis in 1968.
Adelaide and her son Lucas take Ray home to let him recover. Ray intrigues Lucas, who has a large birthmark on the left side of his face. Adelaide talks to Ray and warns that only a colored hospital will see him, and all he needs is rest. Ray wonders if he is hallucinating and notices that his wallet is missing. That night, they have supper but during a private moment with Lucas, the boy tells Ray that Adelaide is worried because they received a foreclosure notice on their home. Ray finds the letter from the company and later takes it to Adelaide. She is angry that he has been looking into her affairs but he says that he can help her.
The next day, Adelaide goes to the foreclosure hearing while Ray goes to find his wallet. Lucas wonders if he is coming back and Ray admits that he probably is not. Ray goes to the alleyway, unconsciously taking a flyer from a black man. As Ray looks through the garbage for his wallet, a police officer demands to know what he is doing and asks to see his ID. When Ray insists he does not have any because he lost his wallet, the officer moves in but Lucas arrives to vouch for Ray. The officer knows Lucas and lets the matter slide.
As they go home, Ray wonders why Lucas is home on a school day. Lucas explains that he got into a fight with a kid who was taunting him because of his birthmark, and got sent home. Ray says that it is important to fight with the heart and the mind, not just fists, so you can change the future. Lucas whispers to Ray what he plans to do with his future and Ray admits it is a pretty major plan. They arrive home and Adelaide tells Ray that his advice was a success: she stopped the foreclosure. Later when Lucas is in bed, Adelaide explains that her husband died in an accident when nobody would take him to the colored hospital. Ray says that things will change but then notices the flyer in his pocket. It advertises Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., giving a speech that night: the eve of King's assassination on April 3.
Believing that is why he has traveled back through time, Ray tries to go to the speech to warn King but the police haul him away. Adelaide bails him out the next day and Ray runs to the Lorraine Motel where King was shot. Lucas follows on his bike and Ray gets to the hotel. He sees a car approaching Lucas and has to choose; he steps in front of the car to stop it before it hits the boy. As he lies on the ground, he hears a gunshot in the background. Ray is disappointed that he was not able to save Dr. King, but Lucas thanks him for saving his life. Shortly after, Ray starts to fade into unconsciousness.
Ray wakes up in the hospital back in the present where Dr. Tate informs him that he underwent the surgery: the specialist runs a special program for the needy. Ray is introduced to the new specialist, Dr. Lucas Tyler. Dr. Tyler has the same birthmark on his face and says the same thing about fighting with the heart and the mind. Ray realizes that he has made a difference, and promises that he will never forget. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_(The_Twilight_Zone)
Eriq La Salle wrote, directed and stars in this episode that aired February 26, 2003.
If he enjoyed that episode, he might enjoy this time-travel film:
Brother Future (1991 TV movie)
IMDb review:
Petty street hustler T.J. finds himself transported from present-day Detroit to 1822 Charleston, South Carolina. He is captured and sold at a slave auction to plantation owner Master Cooper. T.J. is at first arrogant and blissfully ignorant of the struggle for freedom that African-Americans valiantly faced and overcame and the legacy the brave souls who put their lives on the line (and who sometimes lost those lives) left to those who still fight the ongoing battle for civil rights and equal opportunity.
That all changes after T.J. unintentionally gets a young slave he has befriended beaten brutally for one of his own backfired stunts. He helps the young slave learn to read and write and then helps the young man and his wife-to-be escape the Cooper Plantation. Although it is never stated, I got the distinct impression these young runaways were T.J.'s direct ancestors.
In his humbling experience/history lesson, T.J. also meets real-life hero Denmark Vesey, a freed former slave who leads a slave revolt, and is hanged with his co-conspirators, becoming a martyr to the cause of freedom.
Gifted comic actor Phill Lewis is both funny and touching as T.J. Carl Lumbly was properly dignified as the unforgettable Vesey. Lumbley's real-life wife, Vonetta McGee, sparkles as the house slave and psychic Motilla, who turns out to be T.J.'s spiritual guide through his surreal and harrowing experience. Frank Converse, who has made a career playing corrupt cops, crime bosses and other unsympathetic types, was properly cast as Master Cooper, who despite his brutality, was probably a more compassionate slave owner than most.
This is an excellent history lesson masquerading as fantasy and should be a staple in junior high and high schools for Black History Month.
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