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The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Taraji P. Henson

In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anthony Mackie

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denzel Washington

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matthew Broderick

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous...

Genre: History

Cast: David Oyelowo

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bryan Cranston

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

United States, September 1st, 2016. American football player Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem, protesting police brutality against...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

An exploration of the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A deep look at the class warfare and the contradictions that African-Americans face within their own community when many of them are ostracized...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker