Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin's literary gem is adapted for the screen in this spellbinding film about three generations of an African-American family struggling to find footing in America, a place that's both a land of opportunity and difficulty. Tracing the lineage's move from the South to the heart of Harlem, the film tells the story of a boy yearning for the love of a distant stepfather. Stars Paul Winfield, Alfre Woodard, Ruby Dee and Ving Rhames. (Netflix)