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1) Till
Publisher
Orion Releasing LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
2) Queen & Slim
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman, are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly...
Publisher
Allblk
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jason has always had it together. He's educated and financially stable with no baby mama drama. When he broke off his longtime relationship, he got caught up in the bachelor lifestyle, not realizing life was passing him by. One by one, his friends start settling down, leaving Jason the odd man out. He now feels pressure to catch up and finds himself in awkward dating encounters with women. Through it all, his friends are there to help him along the...
Publisher
Anchor Bay
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"[Follow] a group of Black friends reunited for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a masked killer who forces them to play a twisted board game by his rules, which they soon realize ain't no motherf****** game." --container.
5) Till
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
6) Waves
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times....
Publisher
Studio Distribution Services
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Jordan Peele redefines modern horror with three unforgettable masterpieces. In Get Out, a man in an interracial relationship visits his girlfriend's parents and becomes unknowingly ensnared in a sinister plot. In Us, a vacationing family faces off against an uncanny menace: doppelgängers of themselves. In Nope, a pair of sibling Hollywood horse trainers encounter an otherworldly threat in the sky above their Southern California ranch." --container...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
"A play about the imagined fault line between black and white lives by Claudia Rankine, the author of Citizen, The White Card stages a conversation that is both informed and derailed by the black/white American drama. The scenes in this one-act play, for all the characters' disagreements, stalemates, and seeming impasses, explore what happens if one is willing to stay in the room when it is painful to bear the pressure to listen and the obligation...
Publisher
Buffalo Rose Prod
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Nicole, the CEO of a rising record label, devises a plan to leave her husband for her lover Kingston, but as problems start to mount against her, Nicole tries manipulative tactics in order to hold onto her lifestyle and Kingston's love.
11) Frat pack
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
A shy graduate gets dragged on a wild road trip across America to a fraternity party by his soon-to-be stepbrothers when his mother marries into a larger-than-life American family
12) The hate u give
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr tries to find her voice in order to stand up for what's right.
13) Hair story
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
With rhythmic, rhyming verse, this story follows two girls, one non-Black Puerto Rican, one Black, as they discover the stories their hair can tell
14) American skin
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A former Marine veteran takes justice into his own hands when the police officer who killed his son is found innocent.
Publisher
MTV
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
It follows the journey of Reeves and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family. This release features over two hours of special features, including an exclusive interview with Production Designer, Wynn Thomas (Malcolm...
16) Fences
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The protagonist of Fences (part of Wilsons ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle plays), Troy Maxson, is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be to survive. Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America where to be proud and black is to face pressures that could crush a man, body and soul. But the 1950s are yielding to the new spirit of liberation in the 1960s, a spirit that is changing the world Troy Maxson has learned to deal with the only way he can,...
17) John Henry
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ex-gang member John Henry is a quiet man with a violent history. John is forced to revisit his troubled past in order to save two immigrant kids on the run from his former gang leader. Set in the gritty streets of South Los Angeles, it is an action-packed crime drama about reconciliation, redemption and transformation.
18) Ganja & Hess
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema, Bill Gunn's revolutionary independent film Ganja and Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Duane Jones (Night of the living dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant (director Bill Gunn), endowing him with the blessing of immortality, and...
20) The blackening
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ainâ‚‚t no motherf****** game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Barbershop), this film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
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