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MGM Plus
83
7.7
/109870/
77
/3093/
75
/1828/
4.3
/181010/
89
/83/
91
/2301/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
poster
82
7.8
/175162/
78
/3946/
77
/2764/
4.0
/177639/
81
/37/
89
/2030/
74
/18/
cc age 10+

Awakenings (1990)
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
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79
7.5
/92814/
75
/2069/
74
/1785/
3.9
/50146/
77
/31/
84
/1036/
71
/24/

A Perfect World (1993)
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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74
7.2
/3476/
70
/100/
67
/62/
3.9
/15580/
93
/105/
79
/27/

To Sleep with Anger (1990)
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
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Hoopla
71
6.9
/1981/
67
/44/
62
/27/
3.5
/1301/
76
/71/
71
/43/
73
/23/

Down in the Delta (1998)
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.
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69
6.8
/4361/
61
/45/
63
/42/
3.5
/1458/
80
/110/
58
/62/
69
/32/

Sunshine State (2002)
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
66
6.5
/4737/
73
/272/
68
/93/
3.4
/3649/
57
/7/
83
/314/
68
/5/
cc age 14+

Beat Street (1984)
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
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62
6.4
/1714/
75
/81/
52
/17/
3.2
/991/
25
/8/
82
/62/

The Inkwell (1994)
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
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AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
59
6.7
/571634/
71
/26350/
67
/10553/
3.1
/497824/
33
/215/
60
/23859/
47
/41/
cc age 15+

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
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54
6.1
/4953/
66
/104/
56
/76/
3.0
/2523/
61
/33/
46
/58/
39
/8/

Teachers (1984)
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.
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Fandango at Home Free
53
6.1
/9183/
62
/181/
58
/121/
2.9
/2856/
19
/16/
67
/494/

Bed of Roses (1996)
The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies clash with her workaholic ways, they soon find out that sometimes, it's harder than it seems for love to conquer all.
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50
6.6
/527/
52
/4/
50
/10/
46
/14/

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After 22 years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface, and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations.
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Disney Plus
49
5.7
/6996/
60
/167/
57
/152/
2.9
/4202/
25
/12/
39
/155/
50
/16/
cc age 12+

Life with Mikey (1993)
Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.
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Fandango at Home Free
44
5.6
/28259/
58
/583/
56
/523/
2.7
/17917/
15
/54/
26
/267/
27
/27/

The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
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Hoopla
65
41
6.7
/2032/
75
/69/
74
/22/
3.3
/973/
18
/11/
90
/234/
cc age 14+

Sparkle (1976)
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
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67
22
6.8
/687/
72
/29/
49
/6/
3.5
/549/
80
/29/

The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
A 1974 film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson who joined a gang and committed petty crime before being sent to prison. After his release from prison he changes his life.
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The Roku Channel
82
11
7.7
/408/
86
/8/
85
/2/
83
/12/

The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice that pervaded the South, he was determined to fight for equality for all African Americans.
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42
8
5.1
/370/
33
/3/
30
/3/
57
/15/

The Photographer (2000)
A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night before his make-or-break gallery opening, surrounded by the trappings of success but devoid of inspiration, Max embarks on a bizarre trek through the city in search of ten mysterious photographs that could save his career. Shot in brilliant color and dramatic black and white, first-time director Jeremy Stein's industrial New York City is a wonderland, roamed by witches and magical creatures, where survival hinges on the completion of a simple quest. Accompanied by an unlikely crew of strangers he meets along the way, Max trips through a modern-day Oz and rediscovers the easily forgotten value of seeing magic reflected in everyday life.
poster
?
10
/1/

Joshua's World (1980)
The pilot story, set in the small town of Strawee, Arkansas in the '30s, follows the experiences of Joshua Torrance, a doctor whose practice is jeopardized by his opposition to racism as he attempts to treat blacks as equals.
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?
5.3
/34/
10
/1/

Heading Home (1995)
A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a bond en route to Washington, D.C.
poster
?
8.0
/42/
10
/1/

Sty of the Blind Pig (1974)
After moving to Chicago from the South just as the civil rights movement takes hold, the members of an African American family led by steely matriarch Weedy Warren have different reactions to the social upheaval surrounding them.
poster
76
?
7.8
/118/
80
/1/
72
/4/

What I Want My Words to Do to You (2003)
An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder. Through a series of exercises and discussions, the women delve into their pasts and explore the nature of their crimes and the extent of their own culpability. The film culminates in an emotionally charged prison performance of the women's writing by acclaimed actors Mary Alice, Glenn Close, Hazelle Goodman, Rosie Perez, and Marisa Tomei.
poster
Hoopla
?
7.0
/78/
10
/1/
70
/1/

The Brass Ring (1983)
A mother afflicted with depression comes into conflict with own mother and children when she refuses to seek professional health care.
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?
6.1
/71/
10
/1/

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
Ray investigates the murder of a judge.
poster
46
?
6.9
/121/
10
/1/
60
/1/

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982)
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.
poster
?
40
/3/

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985)
At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation owners fled, and the 10,000 blacks who lived there, almost all of whom were slaves, were freed in the first test of President Abraham Lincoln's dream of emancipation. Charlotte Forten, a 21-year-old educated black woman, helped the freed slaves to begin to build a new society. That experience forms the plot of this drama, based on Charlotte Forten's journals, which was telecast on "American Playhouse."
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?
6.0
/79/
70
/1/

Lawman Without a Gun (1979)
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
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Plex
67
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6.4
/436/
60
/4/
74
/5/
71
/9/

The Wishing Tree (1999)
When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a local legend of the "Magic Man" (Blair Underwood). While looking for the source of the tale, Clara uncovers suprising family secrets. Czech filmmaker Ivan Passer directs this family drama that delves into the storytelling tradition of the Deep South. Blair Underwood and Helen Shaver co-star.
poster
?
7.7
/67/

Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. Eventually, the family rediscovers its African-American roots and elects to stay in their new rural surroundings.
poster
72
?
7.5
/4887/
73
/53/
67
/52/

The Matrix Recalibrated (2004)
The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary. Interviews with various cast and crew members inform us how they were affected by the deaths of Gloria Foster and Aaliyah, and also delve into the making of the visual effects that takes up a lot of screen time. Written by Rhyl Donnelly
poster
69
?
7.4
/720/
61
/10/
76
/5/
67
/9/

The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old.
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69
?
7.3
/145/
67
/7/
70
/8/

The Burly Man Chronicles (2004)
This mammoth documentary takes us through the making of both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. On top of seeing many pre-production and production meetings, we are also invited on the sets for both films, and get an idea of how difficult it was to accomplish the nearly impossible.


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