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Director
  
Reggie Rock Bythewood

First episode date
  
February 24, 2000

Language
  
English

6.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Writer
  
Reggie Rock Bythewood

Release date
  
2000

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics

Cast
  
Nicole Ari Parker
(Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford),
Isaiah Washington
(George Washington),
Vicellous Reon Shannon
(James),
Jay Underwood
(Michael Daniels),
Marcia Cross
(Lydia Gleason),
Jenifer Lewis
(Judge Warner)

Similar movies
  
Isaiah Washington appears in Dancing in September and Always Outnumbered, Judgment (1990), Angel Rodriguez (2005), Undefeated (2003), Hysterical Blindness (2002)

Tagline
  
She wrote the show. He made the deal. Who paid the price?

Dancing in September is a 2000 HBO television film starring Isaiah Washington and Nicole Ari Parker.

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Plot

Dancing In September tells the story of two hopeful and ambitious African-Americans attempting to make their mark in the television industry. One is a scriptwriter named Tomasina “Tommy” Crawford (Parker), who has grown weary of contributing to stereotypical characters and programming for African-Americans and dreams of creating a balanced, positive program for herself and the African-American public. The other is a newly appointed television producer named George Washington (Washington), who hopes to ascend to the highest levels of the television industry and carve out a special place for himself to help redefine African-American programming. When Tommy submits a script for a positive family sitcom titled "Just Us," she is indirectly brought into George's path. The rest of the film follows the struggles that both she and George face in their specific environments, mainly painting a positive portrayal of African-Americans in the media, in addition to staying true to their own culture and identity as African-Americans.

Cast

  • Nicole Ari Parker.....Tomasina "Tommy" Crawford
  • Isaiah Washington.....George Washington
  • Vicellous Reon Shannon.....James
  • Jay Underwood.....Michael Daniels
  • Marcia Cross.....Lydia Gleason
  • Jenifer Lewis.....Judge Warner
  • James Avery.....Mr. Warner
  • Michael Cavanaugh.....Harbor
  • Malinda Williams.....Rhonda

    • Awards and nominations

    Black Reel Awards

  • 2002: Won, "Best Director on Network/Cable" - Reggie Rock Bythewood
  • 2002: Won, "Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) on Network/Cable" - Reggie Rock Bythewood
  • 2002: Nominated, "Best Actress on Network/Cable" - Nicole Ari Parker
  • 2002: Nominated, "Best Film on Network/Cable"
  • 2002: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor in Network/Cable" - Vicellous Reon Shannon

    • Emmy Award

  • 2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" - Mark Sparks & Sy Smith

    • Humanitas Prize

  • 2001: Nominated, "Sundance Film Category" - Reggie Rock Bythewood

    • NAACP Image Awards

  • 2002: Nominated, "Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special" - Isaiah Washington
  • 2002: Nominated, "Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special"

    • References

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