Cicely Tyson

Last Flag Flying
6.9

Last Flag Flying

Nov. 03, 2017

Last Flag Flying

Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry “Doc” Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a ...
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
7.9

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack’s unprecedented film celebrates Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival ...
Showing Roots
5.6

Showing Roots

Apr. 23, 2016

Showing Roots

Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries “Roots” as it hits the airwaves.
Alex Cross
5.2

Alex Cross

Oct. 18, 2012

Alex Cross

After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that ...
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
5.8

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Charles McCarter and his wife Helen are about to celebrate their 18th-wedding anniversary when Helen comes home to find her clothes packed up in ...
Because of Winn-Dixie
6.3

Because of Winn-Dixie

Feb. 18, 2005

Because of Winn-Dixie

A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names ...
Hoodlum
6.3

Hoodlum

Aug. 27, 1997

Hoodlum

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running “the numbers”. When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who ...
Fried Green Tomatoes
7.7

Fried Green Tomatoes

Dec. 27, 1991

Fried Green Tomatoes

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie ...
The Marva Collins Story
7.8

The Marva Collins Story

Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black ...
Bustin’ Loose
6.1

Bustin’ Loose

May. 22, 1981

Bustin’ Loose

After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation he is given a second chance, all he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the ...
The Blue Bird
5.6

The Blue Bird

Apr. 05, 1976

The Blue Bird

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy ...
Sounder
7.6

Sounder

Sep. 24, 1972

Sounder

The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, ...