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- DirectorMike ElliottStarsMo McRaeTatyana AliDJ QuallsUp-and-coming sports shoe entrepreneur Steve, who is still reeling from the death of his dad, has made a "November rule" in order to keep his distance from the women who seem to be getting too serious about their relationship. Every November 1st, Steve makes up a whopping lie in order to break up with his current girlfriend. However, this year, when he gives the beautiful Leah her walking papers, he realizes his immature and arbitrary rule has just lost him the woman of his dreams. But whether he can win Leah back seems increasingly doubtful, especially after she starts dating pro sports star, James Avedon.
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsSamuel L. JacksonJames BaldwinMartin Luther KingWriter James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsRuth NeggaJoel EdgertonWill DaltonThe story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
- DirectorChad HartiganStarsMarkees ChristmasCraig RobinsonCarla JuriThe romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
- DirectorRob BrownStarsRoger Jean NsengiyumvaRachael StirlingRosie DayAn African former child soldier now living in London is forced to confront his violent past.
- DirectorChristopher DorrahStarsClifton PowellChrystale WilsonTahiry JoseThree incarcerated women detail the traumatic events from their love life.
- DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsTaraji P. HensonOctavia SpencerJanelle MonáeThe story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
- CreatorLee DanielsTom DonaghyStarsJude DemorestBrittany O'GradyRyan DestinyA trio of women form a musical group in Atlanta.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsGlynn TurmanLawrence Hilton-JacobsGarrett MorrisIn 1964 on Chicago's Near-North Side, the lives of four carefree high school seniors and best friends, including an aspiring playwright and an all-city basketball champion, takes a tragic turn.
- DirectorSidney PoitierStarsSidney PoitierBill CosbyHarry BelafonteAt Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it.
- DirectorSidney PoitierStarsSidney PoitierBill CosbyCalvin LockhartTwo Atlanta men raise funds for their charity by rigging boxing matches in New Orleans, but their tricks attract the mob's attention.
- DirectorSidney PoitierStarsSidney PoitierBill CosbyJames Earl JonesA retired Chicago cop blackmails two rich thieves into "volunteering" to help juvenile delinquents change paths.
- StarsSidney PoitierBurt LancasterRichard KileyA dramatization of the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.
- StarsSidney PoitierMichael MoriartyJoanna GoingGypsy Smith, is a gunfighter and a bounty hunter. When he leads the U.S. Army into a Cheyenne camp to capture a suspected Indian renegade, a long train of events begins that finally lead to that "good day to die". White Wolf, only a child, is one of the few survivors of the massacre of his tribe that day, and Gypsy brings him to live with the Maxwell family, where he grows up not fully Indian, and not really white, but a bit too close to Rachel, the Maxwell daughter. Gypsy now reappears, leading a group of Black settlers from the post-Civil War South to start a new life in a town of their own - Freedom in the Oklahoma Territory, its first black settlement. White Wolf (or Corby as a "white" name) is now with his people, but all of these parts come back together in conflict, violence, loss, and Pyrric triumph.
- DirectorGregg ChampionStarsSidney PoitierDianne WiestMary-Louise ParkerA 91-year-old carpenter has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsSidney PoitierChristian PaytonDana EskelsonAfter 30 years of teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner-city school proves to be too much to resist.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsMichael CaineJane FondaJohn Phillip LawDrama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsBlair AndersonOmar BarbourJulian BondThis documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
- DirectorGeorge RoyStarsNeil AmdurBob BeamonRalph BostonDocumentary leading up to, during and after the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Features interviews with athletes, including John Carlos, Tommie Smith and George Foreman, activist Dr. Harry Edwards, journalists and archival footage of the Games and the fallout after the raised fisted gloves by Carlos and Smith.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsKarin Kunstler GoldmanJulian BondPeggy Jean ConnorA look back at the summer of 1964, when more than 700 student activists took segregated Mississippi by storm, registering voters, creating freedom schools and establishing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
- DirectorLeon IchasoStarsSidney PoitierSydney Tamiia PoitierPhylicia RashadA black girl seeks a tutor, hoping a good education will help her escape from poor housing projects.
- StarsJD LawrenceSheryl Lee RalphClifton PowellJD Stevens (JD Lawrence) is a struggling New York actor and playwright that would do almost anything to help a friend in need. His loyalty is put to the test when he agrees to represent his best friend Sylvester (Buddy Lewis) in traffic court. Things get even more complicated when a simple $25 ticket turns into a sentence of 5,000 hours of community service at the local community center run by the judge's temperamental uncle Bishop Nixon (Clifton Powell).
- DirectorRoger MelvinStarsLamman RuckerClifton PowellLenny WilliamsRoger (Lamman Rucker) is an undeniably charismatic playboy with ill intentions. He manages to date three sisters, Ashley, Michelle and Eadie, all while convincing their unsuspecting mother (Vivica A. Fox) that he is a good guy.
- DirectorRhonda BarakaStarsMaria ArtisNadej K. BaileyNicole BeyserAt Christmastime, none of the Chandlers seem to have the holiday spirit except for Stephanie. Marci and Blair are obsessing over being the perfect parents, Myra and Donald have retired and suddenly feel useless, and Elizabeth is bending over backward to get a promotion at work. That is, until a group of kids at an orphanage helps the family realize that there's more to Christmas than wrapping gifts and baking cookies.
- DirectorMarvis JohnsonStarsHassan JohnsonRoman RiveraMekhi Phifer"The more minor the disagreement, the fiercer the fight" : Set in the early 2000's when hip hop video's meant something. Sean Wellington, a neurotic music video director who was just given the opportunity of a lifetime to direct his first feature film. In the midst of this celebration, comes a tumultuous breakup with his girlfriend as his neurosis loom overhead while he tries to reorganize his personal and professional life. A Talent For Trouble is a story of Sean's battle to balance real-life romance while living through a camera lens.