Shirley Jo Finney

Three hopefuls — a college grad, a dance teacher from Watts, and an incognito heiress — vie for a spot on the Los Angeles Lakers cheerleading team.

In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an ...

An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally ...

A Kentucky-born maiden realizes her dream of becoming a country music star. However, she discovers that her single-minded determination has ...