Black Stories

Celie, a Southern Black woman, gains self-respect as she strives to educate herself and to find love--despite an abusive spouse and a society biased against her race and her sex.

A pivotal decade in the life of heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali - his rise to the top of the sport, his refusal to go to Vietnam, and his comeback fights with Foreman and Frazier.

When a young girl catches her dad in a compromising situation with a local woman, her subsequent revelations tear her family apart. Stars Samuel L. Jackson and Lynn Whitfield. In HD.

From the Academy Award winning director of THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY, DETROIT tells the gripping story of one of the most terrifying moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of '67.

Andre Benjamin and Antwan A. Patton--a.k.a. Outkast--star in this musical fable set around a freewheeling Georgia nightclub in 1935.

A bystander films the death of a black man at the hands of police, which sparks rising tensions in a New York neighborhood as some are moved to take a stand.

Two brothers have left their traumatic, poverty-stricken childhood behind to become Harlem's most powerful drug lords.

A police officer is pushed to the edge after being profiled and assaulted by his colleagues, setting him on a skewed mission of vengeance on the privileged. A satire on police, social media and racial tension

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard). As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates.

An FBI cybersecurity expert enlists the help of his estranged father, private eye John Shaft, to help investigate his friend's death.

Tyler (Jason Mitchell) is the lone black man on a weekend getaway with hard partying white strangers. As the testosterone and alcohol get out of hand, Tyler's trip begins to feel like a nightmare.

Nina Simone (Zoe Saldana) was one of the century’s most extraordinary talents, but fame and fortune came with a price. Rediscovering the meaning of her life and work took courage, strength and one true friend: Clifton Henderson (David Oyelowo).

An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.

It’s 2049 and a druglord owns the streets of The Burn. Young Ti-Jeanne must choose between her fear of dying like her mother, or harnessing the power of the Caribbean spirits to save her people.

A suburban African-American family comes together after a loss.

Oprah Winfrey stars in the true story of a woman's search for enlightenment about her mother--whose cancer cells would save millions.

Kerry Washington and Wendell Pierce star in this riveting film about the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings.

A young African American man in Chicago navigates a perilous world of money and power in this adaptation of Richard Wright's novel.

The extraordinary story of abolitionist Harriet Tubman is chronicled in this “powerful” (New York Times) drama starring Cynthia Erivo.

Chadwick Boseman electrifies as the legendary 'Godfather of Soul,' James Brown, in this exhilarating bio-pic.

A couple in 1958 take their fight against Virginia's ban on interracial marriage all the way to the Supreme Court in this true story.

Ray Charles's rags-to-riches story from his poor beginnings in Albany, Georgia to his rise through the music industry while battling racism, drug use, and problems in love.

Monty, a garage mechanic who lives in a poor neighborhood and struggles to make ends meet raising his three young daughters on his own. But when the courts award custody of his daughters to his corrupt, ex-wife, Monty tries to win them back.