Black TV series current
(ABC, 2014) is an American sitcom created by Kenya Barris. A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Blackish
The film that got Spike Lee his Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay), This movie was based on the absolutely true story of a black police officer who went undercover as a Klansman.
BlacKkKlansman
Three old friends -- Mike (Omar Epps), Roland (Taye Diggs) and Slim (Richard T. Jones) -- recount memories of their shared childhood in Inglewood, Calif., as they prepare for Roland's wedding to his fiancée, Lisa (LisaRaye).
What is The Wood
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
What is Boyz n the Hood
This intense drama is the adaptation of award-winning author Alice Walker's novel and deals with serious themes - incest, marital abuse, overt racism and sexism
What is The Color Purple
an American crime drama television series created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron. Set in 1983 Los Angeles, the series revolves around the first crack epidemic and its impact on the culture of the city.
What is Snowfall
Chris, who goes to meet his white girlfriend, Rose’s parents for the first time at their house the middle of the woods. What follows are hints to microaggressions, like Rose’s father telling him that he “would have voted for Obama for a third time” and a mind-bending twist that kept us away from anyone with a tea cup for days.
What is Get Out
a successful art curator who's grappling with the recent death of her mother. But as we follow their romance, we're also introduced to a love story from the past that's unexpectedly linked to the present.
What is The Photograph
A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father -- a man she never met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving family.
What is meet the Browns
After growing up in the gang lifestyle of the Los Angeles projects, 18-year-old Caine Lawson (Tyrin Turner) wants a way out. With the help of his caring teacher (Charles Dutton) and supportive girlfriend (Jada Pinkett), Caine plans to leave the city for good. But in a series of tragic events, Caine realizes that escape will not be easy.
What is Menace II Society
The story of James St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick), an intelligent, ruthless drug dealer who has the alias of "Ghost". He wishes to leave the criminal world to pursue legitimate business interests as a nightclub owner.
What is Power
There have been black superhero films before, but none like this. We’ve seen campy superhero movies like Robert Townsend’s Meteor Man and Damon Wayans’ Blankman. Then of course there were anti-heroes like Spawn and Blade. But this movie is vastly different from its predecessors, in a good way.
What is Black Panther
Craig and Day Day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib. The cousins work nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they team up to track him down.
What is Friday After Next
A family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.
What is US
This three-hour-long documentary film features a lot of intense discussion by two young men about their experiences with parental separation and divorce, familial drug use, extreme poverty, sport-related injury, urban blight and violence, and teen pregnancy, all while they're trying to earn college basketball scholarships.
What is Hoop Dreams
American crime drama television series. After being released from prison, crime boss Bumpy Johnson takes on the Genovese crime family to regain control, while also forming an alliance with Malcolm X.
Godfather of Harlem
A fictional story about a historically black college and university marching band, was written by Tina Gordon Chism and Shawn Schepps. The story is about a young drummer from New York who enters the fictional Atlanta A&T University and bumps heads with the leader of his new school
What is Drumline
This Oscar-winning film follows three distinct times in the life of Chiron, a young Black man growing up in Miami who experiments with his sexuality as he faces countless life setbacks.
What is Moonlight
When his mother's career results in a move to China, 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) finds that he is a stranger in a strange land. Dre finds a friend in Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), a maintenance man who is also a martial-arts master. Mr. Han teaches Dre all about kung fu in the hope that Dre will be able to face down Cheng and perhaps win the heart of a pretty classmate named Mei Ying.
What is The Karate Kid
a 1978 American musical adventure film produced in collaboration between Motown Productions and Universal Pictures featuring an entirely African-American cast. The film follows the adventures of a shy Harlem, New York, schoolteacher who finds herself magically transported to a new Land.
What is The Wiz
American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. The life of hip hop mogul, and CEO of _______Entertainment.
What is Empire
The story of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette (Taraji P. Henson) and Peanut (Tamara LaSeon Bass) but still lives with his own mother.
What is Baby Boy
A physical therapist lands her dream job as she's hired to work with a professional basketball player. But as she begins to fall in love with him, his attention is focused on her best friend.
What is Just Wright
Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz -- and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.
What is Soul
A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.
What is Car Wash