Brooklyn Reverie
An Oscar-winning Black actor returns to his hometown of Brooklyn to receive an unexpectedly cold welcome by his father.
An Oscar-winning Black actor returns to his hometown of Brooklyn to receive an unexpectedly cold welcome by his father.
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Rated 7.0 on TMDB
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
