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The Color Purple

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Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.
This two-hour animated and live-action blended special pays tribute to the original Disney Animation’s “Beauty and the Beast” and its legacy by showcasing the fan-favorite movie, along with new memorable musical performances, taking viewers on a magical adventure through the eyes of Belle.
Release Date
December 15, 2022
IMDB ID
tt21220842
Format
Who Leads?
Black Female Leads

Beauty

Movies and TV
A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.
Release Date
June 29, 2022
IMDB ID
tt11364112
Format
Who Leads?
Black Female Leads

Karma's World

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Lyrically gifted middle schooler Karma juggles rap dreams and rhyme schemes while using her talent, ambition and heart to solve any problem.
Release Date
October 15, 2021
IMDB ID
tt13321232
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Who Leads?
Black Female Leads
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost—until now.

We The People

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Learn the basics of rights and citizenship with upbeat songs by popular artists like Janelle Monáe, H.E.R., Adam Lambert, Brandi Carlile and more.
Release Date
July 04, 2021
IMDB ID
tt14770480

Ó Paí Ó

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During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
Release Date
March 30, 2007
IMDB ID
tt0895777
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Orfeu

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Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.

Tim Maia

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Biopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is arrested for theft and drug possession.
Release Date
October 30, 2014
IMDB ID
tt3134058
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Simonal

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A phenomenon of popularity in the 1960s, Wilson Simonal saw his meteoric career fall apart when he was accused of collaborating with the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Release Date
August 08, 2019
IMDB ID
tt6145054
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Salt-N-Pepa

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Salt-N-Pepa will tell the story of nursing students Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandra "Pepa" Denton, who fell into the world of rap and hip hop, after recording for a friend's school project.
Release Date
January 28, 2021
IMDB ID
tt10098464
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Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues". Based on Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play.
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

Black Is King

Movies and TV
This visual album from Beyoncé reimagines the lessons of "The Lion King" (2019) for today’s young kings and queens in search of their own crowns.
Release Date
July 31, 2020
IMDB ID
tt12607910
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Respect

Movies and TV
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

The Get Down

Movies and TV
In 1977 New York City, the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history.

Idlewild

Movies and TV
A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love, Angel or his obligations to his father.

Empire

Movies and TV
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Release Date
January 07, 2015
IMDB ID
tt3228904
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Who Leads?
  • Black Female Leads
  • Black Male Leads
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