Black Excellence - Powerful Dramas

Pride

2007

In 1970s Philadelphia, Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard), who is driven by a love of competitive swimming, fixes up an abandoned pool building...

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Baadasssss!

2003

18+

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss...

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Brother John

14+

Visiting his Alabama hometown for his sister's funeral, an enigmatic black man, John Kane (Sidney Poitier), is appalled by the...

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Slam

1998

18+

Ray Joshua (Saul Williams), a talented black poet from the Washington, D.C., projects, is arrested on petty drug charges and thrown into...

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Get on the Bus

1996

18+

A disparate group of African-American men climb on a bus bound for the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. -- among them, Evan Sr...

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A Raisin in the Sun

This lauded drama follows the Youngers, an African-American family living together in an apartment in Chicago. Following the death of...

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A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

2008

Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad) receives a settlement from her husband's life insurance policy and then must decide what to do with the...

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Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys

2008

14+

Despite their differences in social class, Charlotte (Kathy Bates) and Alice (Alfre Woodard) are good friends for many years. Then...

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The Gospel (2005)

2005

While he was once on the way to becoming a minister, David Taylor (Boris Kodjoe) instead chose to become a popular music star, and the...

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Not Easily Broken

2009

14+

Dave Johnson (Morris Chestnut) and his wife, Clarice (Taraji P. Henson), appear to have it all, but she has ignored his needs while she...

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Higher Learning

1995

18+

In John Singleton's portrait of college life, people from all different walks of life encounter racial tension, rape and responsibility.

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To Sir, With Love

1967

American Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) recently received his degree in engineering, but cannot find work. To make ends meet, he takes a...

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Ali

2001

14+

With wit and athletic genius, with defiant rage and inner grace, Muhammad Ali forever changed the American landscape. Fighting all comers...

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Brian's Song (1971)

1971

Brian Piccolo (James Caan) and Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) are teammates on the mid-1960s Chicago Bears. At a time when professional...

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Brian's Song (2001)

2001

Although they both play for the Chicago Bears, Brian Piccolo (Sean Maher) is white, a joker and mostly rides the bench while Gale Sayers...

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Radio

2003

In a racially divided town, coach Jones (Ed Harris) spots a mentally disabled African-American student named Radio (Cuba Gooding Jr.)...

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To Sir, With Love II

1996

A widowed London teacher (Sidney Poitier) retires to Chicago, where he teaches a class of toughs and hopes to locate a past love.

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Precious: Based On The Novel By Sapphire

2009

14+

Precious is pregnant with her second child and invited to enroll in an alternative school in hope that her life can head in a new direction.

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School Daze

1988

18+

At historically black Mission College, the activist-minded Dap (Larry Fishburne) immerses himself in a world of political rhetoric and...

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G (2002)

2002

18+

Summer G (Richard T. Jones), an aspiring rapper, finds himself enamored with a young woman named Sky Hightower (Chenoa Maxwell), an...

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Baby Boy

2001

18+

The story of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and...

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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

18+

Although Jo Jo Dancer (Richard Pryor) has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe...

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In My Country

18+

An American reporter (Samuel L. Jackson) and an Afrikaans poet (Juliette Binoche) meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's...

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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

2009

Inspired by his mother (Kimberly Elise) to never give up, Detroit native Ben Carson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) overcomes poverty and prejudice to...

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