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This film follows the emotional and psychological journey of a young Black gay artist as he discovers the hidden legacies of the gay and lesbian subcultures within the Harlem Renaissance. (Wolfe Video)

In this penetrating and touching neo-Gothic thriller, Samuel L. Jackson delivers a powerful performance as Romulus Ledbetter, a man caught on the sharp edge between genius and madness.

Inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Gooding, Jr.). The setting of his journey is the little known and dangerous world of deep-sea diving in the U.S. Navy of the 1950s and 60s. (20th Century Fox Films)

Ray is the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles. Featuring Jamie Foxx in the central role, Ray follows the inspiring story of a one-of-a-kind genius. (Universal)

When "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue. (imdb)

Perception is a darkly comedic gem that stars Piper Perabo as Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges. When Jen returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her as she has done to them so many times before. (Angelika Film Center)

A criminal investigation into an alleged kidnapping of a child by a suspect who is presumed to be a local from the projects ignites racial tension between two neighboring New Jersey towns.

The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.

Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Actor in a Supporting Role, Jerry Maguire, 1996) stars in this true story about a renowned brain surgeon who overcame obstacles to change the course of medicine forever. Young Ben Carson didn't have much of a chance. Growing up in a broken home amongst poverty and prejudice, his grades suffered and his temper flared. (amazon.com)

Secret Ops agent Marcus is sent to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him and it's a fight to survive in a hospital. (imdb)

When a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession with her.

A couple in the midst of a tumultuous relationship fight to stay together. (imdb)

Patty is a woman involved in an abusive relationship who decides to take boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. While practicing at a health club, Patty attracts the attention of a female boxer and a promoter who introduce her to a trainer who helps Patty get into fighting shape. In June, Patty finds a friend who gives her a good reason to get away from her boyfriend, and she begins a slow but steady climb up the ladder of the women's boxing circuit. (imdb)

Desperate for spiritual fulfillment, five individuals search separately throughout New York City for the connections and wholeness they lack. As they try to find direction, the characters must also cope with addiction, rejection and responsibilities. (Netflix)

From Emmy-winning director and actor Charles S. Dutton, comes the true story of a guard (Dutton) at a Teen Correctional Facility-- who saw the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions between female teen offenders, and decided to do something about it. He gathered African-American, Latina, and white teens, and put together a multi-racial track team behind the bars of the detention center.

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history. (imdb)

A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John," the madman who killed his wife and daughter. (imdb)

A look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist. (imdb)

The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color that stays true to the language and storyline.

Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virgina that results in a violent retaliation from whites. (imdb)

A story about a beautiful street musician suffering from memory loss and a disheartened neuroscientist intent on helping her, bringing together the city of New Orleans and the jazz that made it famous.

Major Jim Tisnewski, until recently an active special forces commando, takes up a Pentagon job as assistant of US Army colonel Eli McNulty. He now must learn to battle the Pentagon way against politicians and careerist officers who often oppose what makes operational sense. (imdb)

A fast paced look at life for the officers of the El Camino Police Department, High Incident takes the viewers into the trenches with the street police officers, where the war on crime is being fought, one criminal at a time, and the casualties are mounting up. (imdb)

In the 18th century, Aminata is kidnapped into slavery in Africa, transported to South Carolina, and must travel through New York, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone to restore her freedom.

A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.

A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child.

Chronicle the true story of a notorious case of five black teenagers who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. (imdb)

A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father. (imdb)

The movie will detail their humble beginnings, struggles to find their place, to later becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world. (imdb)

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Follows Moses Johnson, a promising high school athlete, who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system.

Series based on Elmore Leonard's novel "City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit."

Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s. (imdb)

The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

A powerful Los Angeles law firm handles high-profile, media-circus cases. (imdb)

Single parent Ebony Jackson moves her family to a new home for a fresh start, but something evil already lives there.

Follows a trio of best friends known as "The Supremes" who, together for decades, have weathered everything through marriage and children, happiness and blues.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.