Aunjanue Ellis
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A lyrical and extraordinarily beautiful story woven together by the music that permeates New Orleans and the jazz that made it famous. Renowned Neuroscientist Dr. Alvaro Cruz returns home from a lecture in Paris and in his absence his mother has succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. As he decides to take some time off work and reconnect with the love of music he shared with his mother, finding solace in New Orleans' French Quarter, he hears the mesmerizing...
4) The Subject
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A successful documentarian (Jason Biggs) deals with the fallout from his previous film, which caught the murder of a Black teen on tape. As he shoots his latest doc, someone tapes his every move, upending his idyllic life.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, who overcame problems in school and obstacles in life to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon. His lifelong journey led him to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, a bestselling author, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Includes behind-the-scenes, and featurettes.
7) Origin
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN chronicles the tragedy and triumph of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates a global phenomenon of epic proportions.Portrayed by Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“King Richard”), Isabel experiences unfathomable personal loss and love as she crosses continents and cultures to craft one of the defining American books of our time. Inspired...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Undercover Brother uses gadgets and disguises to steal from the rich and give to the poor. His activities are discovered by the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., a spy organization devoted to subverting The Man and his henchman, Mr. Feather, who use their power over the media to demean black people and destroy racial unity. The spy organization is run by The Chief. When a popular black political figure calls a press conference, presumably to announce his presidential...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
Publisher
Lookout Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An anthology of Black resilience and reclamation. Born of a desire to bring together the voices of those most harshly affected by the intersecting pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism, Bigger Than Bravery explores comfort and compromise, challenge and resilience, throughout the Great Pause that became the Great Call. Award-winning author and scholar of the Black archive Valerie Boyd curates this anthology of original essays and poems, alongside...
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
61st Street follows Moses Johnson, a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, and Franklin Roberts, the public defender who takes up his case. While Roberts has promised his wife he'll retire, he takes on this case because he recognizes its potential to upend the entire Chicago judicial system, challenging the institutional racism and endemic corruption at its heart.