Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

Birthday: 1964-09-13

Place of Birth: Gulfport, Mississippi, USA

Biography: Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.

Movies

Stand
Stand

Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley hits the road in 2008 with friends Cornel West, BeBe Winans and ot...

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Still Bill
Still Bill

STILL BILL is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics “Ain’t N...

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Sinister
Sinister

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years an...

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Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation

On the road documentary with Prince and the New Power Generation during their 2004 Musicology tour f...

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Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock

One of Jonathan Demme's last works, a 2016 short documentary hosted by Tavis Smiley....

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Fear of a Black Republican
Fear of a Black Republican

A personal look at Black Republicans and the lack of a Two-Party Political System in Urban America....

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