Fracaswell Hyman

Fracaswell Hyman is an author, actor, television writer, and producer of the TV shows The Famous Jett Jackson, Gullah Gullah Island, and Romeo!

Works

Cross

Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.

Release Date2024-11-14

Charactersd Minty

Episode Count1

Vote Count269

Found

In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. Of these reported cases, more than half of the missing people are people of color, too easily neglected by the system. Gabi Mosely, a former missing person herself, now specializes in PR and leads a crisis management team that seeks out these missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, Mosely is hiding a dark secret of her own.

Release Date2023-10-03

Charactersd Nielson Brown

Episode Count1

Vote Count75

STRAW

What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.

Release Date2025-06-05

Charactersd Marvin

Vote Count933

Sarah's Oil

Sarah Rector, a Black girl born in early 20th-century Oklahoma Indian Territory, believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted, and her faith proves right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to family, friends, and some Texas wildcatters to maintain control of her oil-rich land, eventually becoming among the nation's first Black female millionaires—at eleven years old.

Release Date2025-11-06

Charactersd Mr. Shep

Vote Count57

Malcolm X

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Release Date1992-11-18

Charactersd Bartender

Vote Count1867

The Burial

When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice.

Release Date2023-10-06

Charactersd Ruben Soames

Vote Count603

The Hard Way

Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.

Release Date1991-03-08

Charactersd Wino

Vote Count469

Greedy People

The eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars, leading to a series of increasingly bad decisions which upend the once-peaceful community.

Release Date2024-08-23

Charactersd Al

Vote Count247

Remember Yesterday

Ever think you'd get a second chance....Ever think you'd get two. Jenny Hill was a BIG star...In her hometown, but she gave it all up. Could she get a second chance at love and theatre...20 years later?

Release Date2022-08-12

Charactersd Bear

Vote Count1

101 Dalmatianere

After foiling Cruella DeVil's plot to make a fur coat with the puppies' skins, the Dearly Family (Roger and Anita Dearly, Nanny, Pongo, Perdita, their 15 birth puppies and 84 adopted puppies) move to a new farm home in the country. Join Pongo and Perdy's pups, brave Lucky, tubby Rolly and Cadpig the runt, together with their chicken friend Spot, as they defend their new home from Cruella DeVil (Anita's boss and now new neighbor), continually get in and out of trouble, sneak into Grutely, and have all sorts of crazy adventures around the farm. Also along for the fun is Tripod, Patch, Two-Tone, Wizzer, Dipstick, Mooch, and the rest of their barnyard friends.

Release Date1997-09-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count76

The Famous Jett Jackson

A boy named Jett Jackson plays a teenage secret-agent on a fictional TV show-within-a-show called Silverstone.

Release Date1998-10-25

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count9

Taina

Chronicles the life of a sassy 15-year-old Latina caught between two worlds: the traditional world of her Puerto Rican family and the modern world of her friends and life at the Manhattan School of the Arts.

Release Date2001-01-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count9

Vote Count6

Gullah Gullah Island

Ron and Natalie live on an island off the coast of South Carolina with their three children, James, Vanessa and Simeon; their niece, Shaina; and a giant tadpole named Binyah Binyah Poliiwog. Together they learn about life and culture and getting along with others.

Release Date1994-10-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count17

Vote Count8

Jett Jackson: The Movie

Jett Jackson, who is the star of Silverstone, is considering quitting Silverstone when it is given a three year extension. During the filming of the last episode, Jett is accidently sucked into Silverstone's world when a prop malfunctions. Silverstone is zapped into Jett's world as well. In Silverstone's world, Jett has to save the world from Dr. Kragg's evil plans.

Release Date2001-06-08

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Consultant

Vote Count20

Harambee!

During a Kwanzaa celebration, a recovering drug addict who now counsels drug users inspires the residents of a Brooklyn housing project to apply the principles of the holiday to combat violence in their neighborhood.

Release Date1996-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Separate but Equal

A two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, "Brown vs. Board of Education."

Release Date1991-04-07

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Separate But Equal

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Release Date1991-04-07

Vote Count13

Emotions of a Murder

This film takes a cinematic perspective to show you how violence impacts more than just the victim

Release Date2024-01-03