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Sing Sing

July 11, 2024

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the tra...

Nickel Boys

December 12, 2024

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida....

The Wiz

October 23, 1978

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home....

The Blackening

June 14, 2023

Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies aga...

The Banker

March 5, 2020

In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream....

Respect

August 11, 2021

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom....

Holiday Rush

November 27, 2019

After his sudden firing, a popular radio DJ moves in with his aunt, bringing along his four spoiled children, and a plan to return to the airwaves....

Waves

November 14, 2019

A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually p...

Hair Love

August 13, 2019

When dad has to unexpectedly step in for mom to do his daughter Zuri’s hair before a big event, what seems like a simple task is anything but as these locks have a mind of their own!...

Skin

February 7, 2019

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends wit...

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

June 6, 2019

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapi...

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

October 5, 1999

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob....

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

February 6, 2009

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987....

Shaft

June 14, 2000

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade r...

The Wood

July 15, 1999

In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighbor...

100 Rifles

March 25, 1969

When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqu...

Carmen Jones

October 27, 1954

At a parachute factory during WWII, vixen Carmen Jones seduces an engaged soldier to avoid imprisonment....

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

April 26, 2014

James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th ...

Nothing But a Man

December 26, 1964

A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America....

Uncle Tom

June 18, 2020

In a collection of intimate interviews with some of America's most provocative black conservative thinkers, Uncle Tom takes a different look at being black in America....