Yaya DaCosta
5 titles
Filmography
5 results

Take the Lead
(2006)When an acclaimed ballroom dancer volunteers to teach in the New York public school system, his background first clashes with his students' but together they create a new style of dance.

Honeydripper
(2007)Things are far from harmonious in the small segregated town of Harmony, Alabama, as ageing club owner Tyrone `Pine Top' Purvis tries to save his failing night club, The Honeydripper Lounge, from being taken over by local gangsters. When big-shot guitarist Guitar Sam, specially hired to save the club's fortunes, fails to turn up for a gig, Tyrone finds himself with no option but to replace him with a young unknown guitarist.

Whole Lotta Sole
(2011)In an attempt to protect his family and pay off his gambling debts to a local gangster, Jimbo robs the local fish market unaware that itβs owned by the gangster. On the run, he hides out in an antique shop where he takes hostage a group of people, including Maguire (Brendan Fraser) who may (or may not) be his father. Surrounded by the police, the SAS and the gangsters crew Jimbo must use his wits (and some antique guns) to try and stay alive.

Bolden
(2019)New Orleans cornet player Buddy Bolden becomes a key figure in the birth of jazz, influencing countless musicians for decades to come.

The Nice Guys
(2016)Set in 1970s Los Angeles, down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) uncover a conspiracy when they investigate the apparent suicide of a fading porn star.