Queen & Slim

Release Date:  11/27/19; In Theaters
Genre:   Drama
Rating: R
Director:  Melina Matsoukas
Studio(s):   Universal Pictures, 3Blackdot, BRON Studios, De La Revolución Films, Hillman Grad, Makeready.
Running Time: TBA
Cast:  Daniel Kaluuya (Slim), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen), Bokeem Woodbine (Uncle Earl), Chloë Sevigny.

Story:   The script is described as a Bonnie and Clyde story that centers on a black couple out on a first date whose night goes terribly awry. They end up killing a police officer in self-defense and, on the run, head to Cuba.  According to Universal, Queen & Slim explores America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story.  The film was written by Lena Waithe and will be directed by Insecure executive producer, Melina Matsoukas in her feature film directorial debut.  Sources:  IMDB; Indiewire; Essence.com.  Photo Source:  Essence.com/NBCUniversal.

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Black and Blue

a/k/a Exposure

Release Date:  10/25/19; In Theaters
Genre:  Action/Drama
Rating:  Unknown
Director:  Deon Taylor
Studio(s):   Royal Viking Entertainment, Screen Gems
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:   Nafessa Williams, Mike Colter, Frank Grillo, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp, Tyrese Gibson.

Story:   A rookie Detroit African – American female officer witnesses the murder of a drug dealer by corrupt cops and captures the footage on her body cam.  With the crime pinned on her, the rookie then faces a fight for survival, hunted by the cops desperate to destroy the incriminating footage and the drug dealers seeking revenge.  Source:  Flickering Myth.

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See You Yesterday

Release Date:   5/17/19; Netflix
Genre:  Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Rating:  TV-MA
Director:   Stefon Bristol
Studio(s):   40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Netflix.
Running Time:  86 mins

Cast:  Eden Duncan-Smith (Claudette ‘CJ’ Walker), Dante Crichlow (Sebastian J. Thomas), Astro (Calvin Walker), Marsha Stephanie Blake (Phaedra Walker).

Story:   As two teen prodigies try to master the art of time travel, a tragic police shooting sends them on a series of dangerous trips to the past.

After her brother is killed in a miscarriage of justice, aspiring inventor Claudette ‘CJ’ Walker uses her scientific mind to create two time machines, one for her, and the other for her friend Sebastian. As they use the machines to try and alter the day CJ’s brother died, they come to learn the ultimatum of time travel: All Actions Have Consequences. Produced by Spike Lee.  Source:  Netflix, official site; IMDB.

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The Clark Sisters:  The First Ladies of Gospel

Release Date:  4/12/20; Lifetime
Genre:  Biography
Studio(s):  Revele Entertainment, Flavor Unit
Producer(s):  Loretha Jones; Holly Carter, Shakim Compere
Director:  Christine Swanson
Cast:  Aunjanue Ellis (Mattie Moss Clark) Christina Bell (Twinkie), Kierra Sheard (Karen), Sheléa Frazier (Dorinda), Raven Goodwin (Denise), Angela Birchett (Jacky).

Details:  Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott are executive producing the feature movie The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel. The movie will detail the five sisters’ humble beginnings and struggles to find their place to later becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world. The film will feature re-recordings of some of the group’s biggest hits. The Clark Sisters have won three Grammy Awards. With 16 albums to their credit and millions in sales, the Clark Sisters are the highest-selling female gospel group in history.  Source(s):  Deadline, Black Film; Photo Source:  inspiration1390am.

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Salt-N-Pepa

Status:  Script
Release Date: TBA – Lifetime
Genre:  Biography
Studio(s):  Flavor Unit
Director:  TBA
Cast:  TBA

Details:  Salt-N-Pepa will tell the story of nursing students Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton, who fell into the world of rap and hip hop, after recording for a friend’s school project. One of the first all-female rap groups, the series will look at the pair who were unafraid to talk about sex and share their thoughts on men. The series will feature their greatest hits including “Let’s Talk About Sex”, “What a Man”, “Shoop” and “Push It”. It will be exec produced by Cheryl James, Sandra Denton and Jesse Collins as well as Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere from Flavor Unit. Written by Abdul Williams with Andy Horne, Dionne Harmon and James “Jimmy” Maynes as co-exec producer.  Source:  Deadline; Photo Source:  BBC.

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The Photograph

Release Date:  2/14/20; In Theaters
Genre:  Drama/Romance
Rating:  PG-13
Director:  Stella Meghie
Studio(s):  Universal; Will Packer Productions
Running Time: Unknown
Cast: Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chelsea Peretti, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chante Adams, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Y’lan Noel, Courtney B. Vance, Lil Rel Howery, Teyonah Parris.

Details:  The Photograph stars Issa Rae as Mae Morton, the estranged daughter of famed photographer Christina Eames. When her mother suddenly passes away, Mae ends up on a journey to learn more about Christina’s life, and finds herself in a romance with Michael Block (LaKeith Stanfield), a journalist who’s writing an article about Christina, along the way.

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