The Birth Of A Nation (2016)
The story of Nat Turner's slave uprising.
Freedomland (2006)
A kidnapping in Jersey uncovers personal demons.
Girls Town (1996)
A group of girls plot revenge after their best friend commits suicide.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
A pregnant woman tries to prove her lover's innocence.
King Richard (2021)
Story of the Williams sisters rise to tennis fame under the tutelage of their father.
Lovely And Amazing (2001)
Family traumas for an artist, an actress, an adopted black girl and mum (Brenda Blethyn) in LA.
Men Of Honor (2000)
Biopic of the first African American Navy diver.
Miss Virginia (2019)
A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him.
Nickel Boys (2024)
The tale of two Black teenagers who become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory.
Origin (2023)
An exploration of the roots of racism as experienced in the US.
Ray (2004)
The genius that is Ray Charles.
Undercover Brother (2002)
Sub-Austin Powers high jinks in which bad guy tries to stop an African American running for president.
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