Category: Upcoming Films

Christmas Dilemma

Release Date:   12/6/20; TV One
Genre:  Comedy/Holiday
Rating:   NR
Director:  Essence Atkins
Studio(s):   Swirl Films
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:  B.J. Britt (Jay), Christopher B. Duncan (Howard), Brittany S. Hall (Monica), Claire Lanay  (Sung), Carl Anthony Payne II (Eddie).

Story:  Christmas Dilemma follows a newlywed couple Jay (B.J. Britt) and Monica (Brittany Hall) as they struggle to decide which set of in-laws they should join for their first Christmas. After each pleads their case and even attempts a little trickery, they decide to bypass the guaranteed disappointment of picking one family over the other. Unbeknownst to them, the decision is made for them when their families show up at their home unexpectedly. Drama ensues as the in-laws clash, long-lost relatives decide to make an appearance, and Jay’s grandmother joins the holiday festivities accompanied her caretaker who just happens to be Jay’s gorgeous ex-girlfriend.  Source(s):  IMDB; Shadow & Act.

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Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding

Release Date:  11/28/20; Lifetime
Genre:  Romance/Holiday
Rating:  NR
Director:  Sharon Lewis
Studio(s):  Front Street Pictures, Lifetime Television
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:  Kelly Rowland, Thomas Cadrot, Debbi Morgan, Bresha Webb, Latonya Williams, Jaime M. Callica, Nathan Witte, Chris Shields.

Story:  Lifetime’s first-ever Christmas sequel! Once again, we follow Jacquie Liddle (Kelly Rowland), as she and Tyler (Thomas Cardot) try to plan their perfect destination Christmas wedding. Naturally, Jacquie’s plans go awry when her boisterous family intervenes in her planning and her snooty wedding planner quits in protest. While nothing goes as initially planned, Jacquie and Tyler get a Christmas wedding more memorable than they could have ever dreamed.  Source(s):  Shadow & Act; Black Film & TV.

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Let’s Meet Again On Christmas Eve


Release Date:  12/5/20; Lifetime
Genre:  Romance/Holiday
Rating:  NR
Director:  Jeff Beesley
Studio(s):  Julijette, Lifetime Television
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:  Kyla Pratt, Brooks Darnell

Story:  When college sweethearts, Corinne (Kyla Pratt) and Rob (Brooks Darnell), get opportunities on opposite sides of the world, they decide to part ways and meet again in two years on Christmas Eve to see if they are really meant to be. However, when one shows up and the other doesn’t, the fate of their romance seems to have reached the end. Many years later the two end up bumping into one another when they are both hired to help bring together a Christmas Eve wedding. With many questions left unanswered, they are about to embark on a journey filled with romance and magic, just in time for Christmas Eve.  Source:  Black Film & TV; TV Insider.

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One Night In Miami

Release Date:  12/25/20; In Theaters, Limited; 1/15/21; Amazon Prime (Original Release – 9/7/20; Venice Film Festival)
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  R
Director:  Regina King
Studio(s):  ABKCO Films, Snoot Entertainment, Amazon Studios
Running Time:  110 mins.

Cast:  Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X; Eli Goree as Muhammad Ali; Aldis Hodge as Jim Brown; Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke; Lance Reddick as Brother Kareem; Nicolette Robinson as Barbara Cooke; Michael Imperioli as Angelo Dundee; Beau Bridges as Mr. Carlton; Marisa Miller; Joaquina Kalukango as Betty Shabaz; Jerome A. Wilson as Elijah Muhammad; Amondre D. Jackson as L.C. Cooke; Aaron D. Alexander as Sonny Liston; Christian Magby as Jamaal; Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Drew Bundini Brown; Jeremy Pope as Jackie Wilson; Christopher Gorham as Johnny Carson.

Story:  Set on the night of February 25, 1964, the story follows a young Cassius Clay (before he became Muhammad Ali) (played by Eli Goree) as he emerges from the Miami Beach Convention Center as the new World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Against all odds, he defeated Sonny Liston and shocked the sports world. While crowds of people swarm Miami Beach to celebrate the match, Clay – unable to stay on the island because of Jim Crow-era segregation laws – instead spends the night at the Hampton House Motel in one of Miami’s historically black neighborhoods celebrating with three of his closest friends: activist Malcolm X (played by Kingsley Ben-Adir), singer Sam Cooke (played by Leslie Odom Jr.) and football star Jim Brown (played by Aldis Hodge). The next morning, the four men emerge determined to define a new world for themselves and their people.  Source:  IMDB.

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A Christmas Tree Grows In Colorado

Release Date:  11/24/20; Hallmark Channel
Genre:  Romance/Holiday
Rating:  NR
Director:  Jason Bourque
Studio(s):   Front Street Pictures, Hallmark Channel
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:  Rochelle Aytes and Mark Taylor

Story:   Erin (Rochelle Aytes) is planning the town’s Christmas celebration and must win over firefighter Kevin (Mark Taylor) in order to obtain the beautiful spruce tree from his property for the celebration.  Source(s):  Hallmark Channel; IMDB.

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Coming To Africa

Release Date:  11/27/20; Digital
(Original Release – 6/18/20)
Genre:  Comedy/Drama
Rating:  NR
Director:  Anwar Jamison
Studio(s):  BKE Films
Running Time:  94 mins.
Cast:  Khalil Kain (Buck), Nana Ama McBrown (Akosua), David Dontoh (Monte), Anwar Jamison (Adrian), Paulina Oduro (Akosua’s Mom), Py Addo Boateng (Jojo), Powwah Uhuru (Adonis), Everett Anderson (Jamaal).

Story:  Adrian is approaching 40 and has spent his entire adult life with the mindset that climbing the corporate ladder is his sole priority.  He has bought into the “American Dream” hook, line and sinker, and has been extremely successful in the corporate world because of it.  He shies away from talk of responsibility to the Black community as he believes that the richer Black people become, the better off they’ll be, and that’s all that matters to him.  He is poised for a promotion that will make him the first African-American Vice President in the history of his company.  Adrian’s brother, Dennis aka Buck, is a barber who routinely holds community meetings in his barber shop and is fully engaged in the struggle for the liberation of Black people in America—when he’s not running the shop.  His other brother Adonis is a bus driver who has saved up for over a year for the perfect 10th anniversary celebration for him and his wife: a trip to Ghana.  However, on the eve of the trip, circumstances change and Adrian suddenly finds himself in need of some serious soul searching, and what better place to do that than in Africa?  Source (s):  official site, comingtoafricafilm.com; IMDB.

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