Actress Nicole Ari Parker (1970)

Remember the Titans (2000), an American biographical sports comedy-drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin, tells the story of a high school football team. In 1981, a group of former coaches and players attend a funeral for one of their own. The events leading up to this moment begin ten years earlier in the summer of 1971, when head coach Bill Yoast is leading his white players in summer workouts at T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. However, things take an unexpected turn when Herman Boone is assigned to Yoast’s ...

200 Cigarettes (1999), an American comedy film directed by Risa Bramon Garcia and written by Shana Larsen, features multiple plot lines that all take place on New Year’s Eve of 1981. While Monica anxiously awaits the start of her big party, only her friend Hillary has arrived. As Monica tries to persuade Hillary to stay, we see other groups making their way to the event. Throughout the film, we follow these characters as they spend New Year’s Eve in New York City and eventually end up at Monica’s celebration. After ...