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Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Helen McCarter would seem to have it all. She's married to Charles who is one of Atlanta's most successful attorneys. But despite having wealth and prestige, things are not as they seem in the McCarter home. On the evening of their anniversary, Charles drops a bombshell on Helen-- he's divorcing her for another woman. Thrown out of the house with nowhere to go, Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, a sassy woman with no shortage of opinions and...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When a judge orders Madea to do 20 hours of community service at a local retirement home, the residents and staff are not ready for Madea's brand of 'the truth'. All's well that ends well when Madea helps the residents of Easy Rest Retirement Home realize the importance of family, love and forgiveness.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's definitely a 'singles thing' when six upwardly-mobile African-Americans; a smart feminist, her endearing cousin, a superficial diva, and sharp-tongued lawyer, a macho stockbroker, and a naïve handyman allow viewers to come into their Brooklyn brownstone and eavesdrop on their lives, loves and attitudes.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the final season of the series, Overton and Synclaire enjoy their honeymoon and start their lives together. Though Kyle and Max go their separate ways after Kyle accepts a job in London, and Max begins to date, they might eventually reunite. Plus, an old flame returns to court Khadijah and Regine finds love as these very different women finally say goodbye to Living Single.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
A mismatched pair pushed together on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland find themselves reluctantly attracted to each other, when they are confronted once again by the shocking violence they thought they'd left behind.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's definitely a 'singles thing' when six upwardly-mobile African-Americans; a smart feminist, her endearing cousin, a superficial diva, and sharp-tongued lawyer, a macho stockbroker, and a naïve handyman allow viewers to come into their Brooklyn brownstone and eavesdrop on their lives, loves and attitudes.
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
At a crossroads in her career and love life, Allison needs the love and support of her two friends Melina and Reesa. When they visit her in Tuscany, the reunion causes each woman to reexamine the state of her own life and relationships. While they have different personalities and perspectives, they know each other's truths and help to make life-changing decisions. Between the good wine, delicious food, and a healthy serving of romance, set against...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It's Madea as you've never seen her before, in her first animated movie! After a hilarious run-in with the law, Madea is sentenced to community service. Determined to do good for the "hood, Madea enlists Aunt Bam and Uncle Joe to try and save the Moms Mabley Youth Center from being shut down. With her irresistible sass and wisdom, Madea rallies the local kids to make a stand, and proves that behind her tough exterior is a whole lot of love!
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on the critically acclaimed film of the same name, the show reunites the Joseph family in an hour-long drama series, which chronicles the lives of a tight-knit African American family living in Chicago. The series explores, in an honest and touching way, the relationship between three sisters, the men in their lives and their children. The Joseph family faces everyday struggles to which all families can relate. It is not your typical family;...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on the critically acclaimed film of the same name, the show reunites the Joseph family in an hour-long drama series, which chronicles the lives of a tight-knit African American family living in Chicago. The series explores, in an honest and touching way, the relationship between three sisters, the men in their lives and their children. The Joseph family faces everyday struggles to which all families can relate. It is not your typical family;...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on the critically acclaimed film of the same name, the show reunites the Joseph family in an hour-long drama series, which chronicles the lives of a tight-knit African American family living in Chicago. The series explores, in an honest and touching way, the relationship between three sisters, the men in their lives and their children. The Joseph family faces everyday struggles to which all families can relate. It is not your typical family;...
16) Drylongso
Series
Criterion collection volume 1190
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith's Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland art student Pica attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship and experiencing love, heartbreak,...
Publisher
HBO Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The film tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used without her consent to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah Lacks (Winfrey), the film chronicles her search, along with journalist Rebecca Skloot (Byrne), to learn about the mother she never knew and understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world"--Container.
19) The color purple
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who is forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Betty & Coretta: Two extraordinary women-Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X-come to life in this Lifetime Movie Network movie. After their husbands' tragic assassinations, they developed a unique friendship spanning three decades as they carried on the Civil Rights movement while supporting their families as single mothers. Through their strength and dignity, they became role models for millions...
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