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Street Fight
2005 • Documentary
This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor Sharpe James.
Why matched: genres Documentary
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006 • Documentary
Spike Lee's award-winning documentary follows the events that preceded and followed Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans in 2005.
Why matched: genres Documentary
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014 • Music • Documentary
James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists…
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
The Black Godfather
2019 • Music • Documentary
Follows the life of Clarence Avant, the ultimate, uncensored mentor and behind-the-scenes rainmaker in music, film, TV and politics.
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
Madea Goes to Jail
2009 • Drama • Crime • Comedy
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Good Hair
2009 • Comedy • Documentary
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore…
Why matched: genres Comedy, Documentary
Bamboozled
2000 • Drama • Comedy
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show.…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 • Music • History • Documentary
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and uni…
Why matched: genres Music, History
Uncle Tom
2020 • Comedy • Documentary
In a collection of intimate interviews with some of America's most provocative black conservative thinkers, Uncle Tom takes a different look at being black in America.
Why matched: genres Comedy, Documentary
The Central Park Five
2012 • Documentary
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Get Me Roger Stone
2017 • Documentary
From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on both sides of the political…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Mr. Deeds
2002 • Romance • Comedy
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the…
Why matched: genres Romance, Comedy
Malcolm X
1992 • Drama • History
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 th…
Why matched: genres Drama, History