The Players Club (1998) on Netflix
Diana Armstrong, a single mother, cannot pay for college. Two dancers at the Players Club say she can earn more on stage, and its owner, Dollar Bill, hires her as Diamond.
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Plot summary
Diana Armstrong lives with her parents and wants to finish college, but her father refuses to pay her tuition. Pregnant and set on independence, she moves into an apartment with her boyfriend, Lance, and takes a job at a shoe store. There she meets Ronnie and Tricks, dancers at a strip club called the Players Club, who tell her she could make more money on stage. The club's owner, Dollar Bill, takes her on and calls her Diamond. Diana is raising her son, Jamal, and dancing pays better than the shoe store, so she stays on while she studies journalism. Four years on, her younger cousin Ebony moves in with her and also takes a job at the club.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Players Club (1998)
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- Ice Cube wrote and directed The Players Club in his feature film directorial debut, and it is the only movie he has ever directed; it also gave LisaRaye McCoy her first starring role.
- The movie opened on April 10, 1998 and debuted at No. 5 at the box office, behind City of Angels, Lost in Space, Titanic and Species II, going on to a total lifetime gross of $23,261,485.
- A successful soundtrack was released on March 17, 1998, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
