Lesser known black films
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- DirectorMaya AngelouStarsAlfre WoodardAl Freeman Jr.Mary AliceIn a desperate attempt to change her life, Loretta -- a troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood -- is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi.
- DirectorForest WhitakerStarsWilliam James Stiggers Jr.Chi AliBokeem WoodbineEx-con attempting to go straight runs accross serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop(Michael Biehn) to turn in local gun dealers. How ever, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing.
- DirectorMillicent SheltonStarsMelissa De SousaJohn WitherspoonCedric The EntertainerA group of young people take an old bus from Harlem to Miami to make a rap music video there.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsForest WhitakerAngela BassettJennifer HudsonA street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
- DirectorMark BrownStarsVivica A. FoxMorris ChestnutAnthony AndersonAn arrogant career woman plays a series of heartless mind-games with her boyfriend to "put him in line," only to discover that he has a few tricks up his own sleeve.
- DirectorAdam DavidsonStarsWayne CollinsLuchisha EvansTerrence WilliamsBased on the award-winning best seller by Jess Mowry, "Way Past Cool" is a coming-of-age story told in reverse, for it is the story of a group of young black kids and their fight to reclaim their childhood.
- DirectorSidney PoitierStarsSidney PoitierEster AndersonYvette CurtisAn African-American doctor falls in love with the niece of an African ambassador during his vacation in London, but it turns out that she is suffering from a rare terminal illness.
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsSanaa LathanWesley SnipesMichael ImperioliA couple in the midst of a tumultuous relationship fight to stay together.
- DirectorJoseph MandukeStarsMoses GunnRosalind CashBernie CaseyA 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.
- DirectorAdam WatsteinStarsWalter VelasquezJamal MackeyPamela JohnsonBased on the true life experience of Walter Velasquez, a powerful story of two aspiring rappers from the Bronx who struggle to balance friendship, responsibility, and ambition.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonLisa ArrindellBlanche BakerA young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
- DirectorJohn PattersonStarsAlfre WoodardA.J. JohnsonLeonMary Thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city bureaucracy. Her children thrive under her protection, despite the dangers and temptations of their neighborhood. Mary's youngest son, Isiah Thomas, grows up to be one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA, leading the Detroit Pistons to two championships.
- DirectorJim McKayStarsKerry WashingtonAnna SimpsonMelissa MartinezFocusing on the bonding between three girls in Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their high school closes down for asbestos removal.
- DirectorCharlie JordanStarsIrma P. HallDarius McCraryTamera Mowry-HousleyTommy though a young man with the voice of an angel, but a record of an ex-con dreams of a steady job and a better life appear out of reach until Memaw, a spunky saint with a big heart, takes him under her wing.
- DirectorDarryl RobertsStarsDarnell WilliamsSalli Richardson-WhitfieldDaniel GardnerAn ambitious yuppie, bored with her unmotivated boyfriend, moves out and starts an interracial relationship with a man she meets at a party. When things don't work out she goes home to find her ex has a surprise for her.
- DirectorTyler MaddoxStarsTerrence HowardMonica CalhounRobin GivensA disc jockey invites a relationship therapist as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles through three different callers' unbelievable stories, and in the process the DJ discovers his own love issues.
- DirectorDebbie AllenStarsLL Cool JGene Anthony RayMark VenturiniA deejay and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
- DirectorDarin ScottStarsBokeem WoodbineCynda WilliamsDamon SaleemDaryl wants to go straight after years in prison. He meets a cute girl who helps him find an honest job driving. He wants to save up and open a nightclub. But then gems and mayhem pop up.
- DirectorTim ReidStarsAl Freeman Jr.Phylicia RashadLeonA narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
- DirectorDoug McHenryStarsLL Cool JJada Pinkett SmithVivica A. FoxWhen a despicable family member expires at last, his relatives gather to comfort one another--and to settle old scores.
- DirectorAmanda Moss SerinoJohn WesStarsLayzie BoneChanda WattsLea GriggsAfter a football-pro-turned-actor (John West) returns home to Atlanta for relaxation, he throws a barbecue for his friends that gets out of control.
- DirectorLance RiveraStarsQuran PenderJenifer LewisJa RuleTodd Anderson's life changes overnight when he signs a $30 million contract with the NBA. Determined not to forget who he is and where he's from, he throws a cookout for his family and friends from the hood, in his new neighborhood.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsClifton DavisLois ChilesNorthern CallowayA Black radical activist and a young White woman find themselves drawn to one another during the politically and racially-charged atmosphere of early 1970s America.
- DirectorKevin HooksRolando HudsonStarsTommy DavidsonJoseph C. PhillipsAnne-Marie JohnsonSharp social satire in which the uneven friendship between an ambitious Black businessman and his streetwise pal is thrown into further confusion when the professional falls in love with a mind-numbingly gorgeous waitress.
- DirectorTheron K. CalStarsChristopher RooseveltRico E. AndersonBobby AronofskyWhen Classical listening station KSOF changes it's format to Hip Hop it brings conflict between the old faction and the new Urban Demographic.