David Dinkins
Acting
Biography
David Norman Dinkins was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993, becoming the first African American to hold the office.
Born: July 10, 1927
Place of Birth: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions. It also stars Spike Lee, Debbie Allen and a cameo appearance by Samuel L. Jackson.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
13th
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
The Central Park Five
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.
Frame Of Mind
A New Jersey police detective comes across new evidence in the Kennedy assassination.
Night of 100 Stars III
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Bella!
Bella! tells the story of Bella Abzug, who first rose to prominence as a scrappy grassroots activist in New York's West Village, and then went on to champion everything from an end to the Vietnam War to the advancement of LGBTQ rights.
Filmography
as Self
as Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)
as Self - Former Mayor, New York
as Senator Franklin
as Chet Baker
as Self
as Self