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When Washington desperately needs a presidential candidate just weeks before the election, they need someone sure to lose. They pick Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock), an unknown local politician from a down-and-out D.C. neighborhood, to be their puppet.

Head of State

An entitled, racist, Caucasian woman pulls out all the stops to rid her precious neighborhood of the peaceful African American couple who just moved in next door.

Karen

There's action galore in this off-beat western that features a group of mostly black infantrymen who return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. The men travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.

Posse

Leon loses his radio show because of his X-rated on-air comments. He then gets a letter from a former flame promising him a lifetime of wealth and happiness, and things start looking up!

The Ladies Man (2000)

Two inner-city youths find love on the hard streets of Houston. Together they learn to let go of fear and guilt and dream of a better life.

Jason's Lyric

Tracy, a young ghetto woman, puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her into the lives of people who are determined to get a piece of her long before she can realize her dream.

Mahogany

Two young men from Jamaica climb to the top of the criminal world in Miami, with a constant presence of drugs, extortion, and deceit.

Shottas

In Atlanta's tough streets, two waterboys hustle for a better future. Caught between local gangs and the law, they face a critical choice: the streets that raised them or the dreams that could save them.

The Waterboyz

Beans decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it. STATE PROPERTY follows Beans and his crew, as they take over the city creating mayhem as their empire builds.

State Property

Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger (who won a Best Actor Oscar® for his performance) shine in this classic mystery-thriller that took home five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Lee Grant and Warren Oates also star.

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

The true, inspiring story of Jim Ellis, a charismatic school teacher who changed lives forever when he founded an African-American swim team in one of Philadelphia's roughest neighborhoods.

Pride

The epic tale of a mother and her daughter.

Fruits of the Heart

The story 16-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Facing controversies and with an eviction notice staring down her family, Bri doesn't just want to make it, she has to.

On the Come Up

Amidst a lively family gathering, Aunt Mabel's coveted potato salad goes missing. A comical investigation unfolds, revealing eccentric relatives and their quirky attempts at replicating the prized recipe.

Who Made the Potatoe Salad?

A southern bell from Alabama goes to the big city of Atlanta to chase her music career. What she thinks is her big break turns out to be her biggest disaster as she is kidnapped into a sex trafficking ring.

Bama Girl

Trying to make ends meet with a drug-addicted mother, Kenya (Grace Sol) dives into the world of underground strip parties. Reno (Daniel Jeffries), the neighborhood drug dealer, comes up with a plan to get him and Kenya out of the street life.

A Love Story From the Streets

This ultra-hip Comedy in the tradition of The Naked Gun and Airplane stars Keenan Ivory Wayans in an Action Adventure filled with screwball gags and side-splitting one-liners.

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

How She Move is an energetic and inspiring coming of age tale about a young woman step dances her heart out to achieve her dreams.

How She Move

A heart-wrenching tale of two brothers, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by tragedy. Starring Larenz Tate and Grammy Award nominee Deborah Cox.

Love Come Down

After being released from prison a man finds himself caught up in a love triangle.

Caught Up

In the style of KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, writer-director Robert Townsend lampoons Hollywood's perception of blacks--and racial stereotypes in general.

Hollywood Shuffle

Rapper/multi-millionaire P. Miller becomes the guardian of his sister's three children - all of whom need a father figure in their lives.

Uncle P

1930's New York. The black community of Harlem faces the same indignities as countless millions of refugees. If the seeds of Harlem's urban power would not grow in the White city, the Black underground would form to take control.

Hoodlum

Con man Kevin Lennihan, framed in a jewel smuggling, tries for an insanity plea, and is sent to a hospital for review, where he is confused for a doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.

Black Cinema

All Black Cinema, listed alphabetically