Waves

Waves 2019

7.40

Et tragisk dødsfall snur livet til en vellykket forstadsfamilie på hodet og skaper dyp sorg – men også muligheten til å finne ny kjærlighet.

2019

Shaft

Shaft 2000

6.02

For politidetektiv John Shaft er dette nok en kveld i New Yorks slum, nok et skift med politi og kriminelle som ønsker ham død, og et juridisk system basert på penger, ikke rettferdighet.

2000

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999

7.31

Ghost Dog lever på taket av en forlatt bygning sammen med en flokk duer. Her lever han etter ordene i den gamle samuraiteksten "Hagakure". Etter at en mafiagangster reddet livet til Ghost Dog ble han hans beskytter og tar oppdrag som leiemorder for ham. Men når han blir sveket av mafiafamilien reagerer han helt etter boken: Etter "The Way of the Samurai".

1999

Respect

Respect 2021

6.80

Oscar© vinner Jennifer Hudson, spiller Aretha Franklin i RESPECT. Vi følger karrieren til Franklin fra hun er barn og synger i farens kirkekor til internasjonal stjernestatus. RESPECT er en bemerkelsesverdig sann historie om Aretha Franklin’s reise for å finne stemmen sin, midt i det turbulente sosiale og politiske landskapet i Amerika fra 1960-årene. Filmen er regissert av Tony-nominerte Liesl Tommy (Broadways "Eclipsed"). Emmy-nominerte Tracey Scott Wilson ("The Americans", "Fosse / Verdon") har skrevet manuset. I andre roller finner vi bl.a. Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayan og Mary J. Blige.

2021

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

The Last Black Man in San Francisco 2019

7.00

Jimmie er lei av å se den gentrifiserte byen sin svinne hen for ham, og bestemmer seg for å leve ut drømmen og flytte inn i bestefarens majestetiske hjem med en kompis.

2019

Skin

Skin 2019

6.50

2019

Everybody Hates Chris

Everybody Hates Chris 2005

8.00

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

2005

227

227 1985

6.78

A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.

1985

When They See Us

When They See Us 2019

8.20

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

2019

Motown Magic

Motown Magic 2018

7.50

Imaginative boy Ben transforms his city by bringing colorful street art to life, armed with a magic paintbrush -- and the classic sounds of Motown.

2018

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes 1978

7.00

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

1978

Hungry For Answers

Hungry For Answers 2022

1

Caroline Randall Williams, an award-winning writer, cookbook author and restaurateur, travels the United States uncovering the fascinating, essential and often untold black stories behind American food.

2022