23' BHM Movies List
by info-20620-01074 | created - 23 Jan 2023 | updated - 25 Jan 2023 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Till (I) (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
Director: Chinonye Chukwu | Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett
Votes: 15,238
2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
PG-13 | 161 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke
Votes: 305,875 | Gross: $453.72M
3. The Woman King (2022)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Drama, History
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim
Votes: 73,204 | Gross: $67.33M
4. Emancipation (2022)
R | 132 min | Action, Thriller
A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor
Votes: 27,213
5. High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021–2023)
TV-14 | 210 min | Documentary, History
Black food is American food. Chef and writer Stephen Satterfield traces the delicious, moving throughlines from Africa to Texas in this docuseries.
Stars: Stephen Satterfield, Jessica B. Harris, Adrian Miller, Larry Callies
Votes: 926
6. Slavery by Another Name (2012 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.
Director: Sam Pollard | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Turron Kofi Alleyne, Michael Bacon, Douglas A. Blackmon
Votes: 309
7. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,513 | Gross: $7.12M
8. Black Earth Rising (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Thriller
Kate is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide whose adoptive mother, an international lawyer, faces a case that will shake their lives.
Stars: John Goodman, Michaela Coel, Noma Dumezweni, Lucian Msamati
Votes: 5,672
9. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
PG-13 | 118 min | Documentary, History, Music
Documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity.
Director: Questlove | Stars: Dorinda Drake, Barbara Bland-Acosta, Darryl Lewis, Ethel Beatty
Votes: 13,887
10. Small Axe (2020)
TV-MA | 81 min | Drama, History
Small Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.
Stars: Naomi Ackie, Gary Beadle, Khali Best, Neal Barry
Votes: 5,212
11. Freedom Riders (2010)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, History
The story of the Civil Rights Movement interstate busing protest campaign.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Raymond Arsenault, Genevieve Houghton, Gordon Carey, Derek Catsam
Votes: 428
12. Soul of a Nation (2021– )
Not Rated | 60 min | News
'Soul of a Nation' presents viewers with a unique window into authentic realities of Black life, and dive deeper into this critical moment of racial reckoning; traveling across the country, unpacking issues critical to Black Americans.
Stars: Sunny Hostin, Linsey Davis, Janai Norman, T.J. Holmes
Votes: 229
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