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The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Colman Domingo
  • Corey Hawkins
  • Danielle Brooks
  • David Alan Grier
  • Deon Cole
  • Halle Bailey
  • Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Taraji P. Henson
  • H.E.R.
Tags
  • Music
  • Romance
  • Drama
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • David Alan Grier
  • H.E.R.
  • Joshua Henry
Tags
  • Family
  • Fantasy
  • Music
  • Romance
Beauty

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.
Cast & Crew
  • Gracie Marie Bradley
  • Michael Ward
  • Niecy Nash
Tags
  • Romance
  • Drama
  • Music
Karma's World

Karma's World

Movies and TV
Lyrically gifted middle schooler Karma juggles rap dreams and rhyme schemes while using her talent, ambition and heart to solve any problem.
Cast & Crew
  • Tiffany Haddish
  • Danielle Brooks
  • Ludacris
  • Dawnn Lewis
  • Dascha Polanco
Tags
  • Kids
  • Music
  • Animation
  • Family
  • Comedy
Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Jesse Jackson
  • Chris Rock
  • Nina Simone
Tags
  • Documentary
  • Music
  • Woodstock
  • Harlem
  • Black Pride
We The People

We The People

Movies and TV
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.
Tags
  • Kids
  • Educational
  • Music
  • Civil Rights
  • Animation
Ó Paí Ó

Ó Paí Ó

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Valdineia Soriano
  • Lázaro Ramos
  • Edvana Carvalho
Tags
  • Music
  • Comedy
Orfeu

Orfeu

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Milton Gonçalves
  • Toni Garrido
  • Léa Garcia
  • Zezé Motta
  • Isabel Fillardis
  • Maria Ceiça
  • Maurício Gonçalves
Tags
  • Drama
  • Music
  • Crime
  • Romance
  • Samba
Tim Maia

Tim Maia

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Babu Santana
  • Valdineia Soriano
  • Jonathan Azevedo
  • Robson Nunes
Tags
  • Drama
  • Music
  • Biography
  • Tim Maia
Simonal

Simonal

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Fabrício Boliveira
Tags
  • Drama
  • Music
  • Wilson Simonal
Salt-N-Pepa

Salt-N-Pepa

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Mario Van Peebles
  • Arnold Pinnock
  • Laila Odom
  • G.G. Townson
Tags
  • Biography
  • Music
  • Hip Hop
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Trevante Rhodes
  • Lee Daniels
  • Melvin Gregg
  • Tyler James Williams
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph
  • Andra Day
Tags
  • Drama
  • Music
  • Biography
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Viola Davis
  • Chadwick Boseman
  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson
  • Glynn Turman
  • Colman Domingo
  • Taylour Paige
Tags
  • Drama
  • Music
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Movies and TV
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.
Cast & Crew
  • Keegan-Michael Key
  • Forest Whitaker
  • Anika Noni Rose
  • Phylicia Rashad
  • David E. Talbert
  • Abraham Popoola
  • Justin Cornwell
Tags
  • Fantasy
  • Family
  • Music
  • Christmas
Black Is King

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.
Cast & Crew
  • Beyoncé Knowles
  • Warren Masemola
Tags
  • Music
  • Visual Album
Respect

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.
Cast & Crew
  • Jennifer Hudson
  • Forest Whitaker
  • Marlon Wayans
  • Audra McDonald
  • Mary J. Blige
  • Tituss Burgess
  • Saycon Sengbloh
Tags
  • Music
  • Drama
  • Biography
  • Aretha Franklin
The Get Down

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.
Cast & Crew
  • Herizen F. Guardiola
  • Jaden Smith
  • Justice Smith
  • Shameik Moore
  • Skylan Brooks
  • Stefanée Martin
  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
  • Mamoudou Athie
  • Jaden Michael
Tags
  • Drama
  • Music
  • Hip Hop
  • Funk
  • Bronx
Idlewild

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.
Cast & Crew
  • André Benjamin
  • Ben Vereen
  • Big Boi
  • Bruce Bruce
  • Cicely Tyson
  • Faizon Love
  • Macy Gray
  • Malinda Williams
  • Paula Patton
  • Terrence Howard
  • Bryan Barber
Tags
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Music
Empire

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.
Cast & Crew
  • Bryshere Y. Gray
  • Taraji P. Henson
  • Terrence Howard
  • Trai Byers
  • Vivica A. Fox
  • Lee Daniels
  • Ta'Rhonda Jones
  • Grace Byers
Tags
  • Drama
  • Music
Rhythm + Flow

Rhythm + Flow

Movies and TV
In this music competition show, judges Tip “T.I.” Harris, Cardi B and Chance the Rapper hit the streets to find the next rap superstar.
Cast & Crew
  • Chance the Rapper
  • T.I.
Tags
  • Reality
  • Music
  • Hip Hop
 
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