Jezebel

Release Date:  3/9/19; SXSW Film Festival
Genre:  Drama/LGBTQ
Rating:  NR
Director:  Numa Perrier
Studio(s):   House of Numa
Running Time:  88 mins.

Cast:  Tiffany Tenille, Numa Perrier, Stephen Barrington, Bobby Field, Brett Gelman, Rockwelle Dortch, Zoe Tyson, Dennis Jaffee, Jessa Zarubica.
Story:   A true story.  In the last days of her mother’s life, 19 year old Tiffany crashes with five family members in a Las Vegas studio apartment. In order to make ends meet, her older sister, a phone sex operator, introduces her to the world of internet fetish cam girls. Tiffany becomes popular as the only “live black model” at the new adult site and soon becomes too close to one of her frequent callers. Dynamics shift in the sister relationship as each woman explores and exploits their sexuality, using their created fantasy worlds as an escape from the realities of their challenging real life circumstances. This bizarre coming of age story depicts sisterhood in a most unusual way.  Source:  sxsw.com.

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Fast Color

Release Date:  3/29/19; In Theaters
Genre:  Drama/Sci-Fi
Rating:  PG-13
Director:  Julia Hart
Studio(s):   LD Entertainment, Original Headquarters, Codeblack Films
Running Time:  100 mins.
Cast:  Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Ruth), Saniyya Sidney (Lila), David Strathairn (Ellis), Lorraine Toussaint (Bo), Christopher Denham (Bill)

Story:   Fast Color stars Mbatha-Raw as a woman who comes into her own after discovering she has superhuman abilities. When her powers are discovered, the woman is forced to abandon her family in order to protect them. Years later, her mission to remain unseen brings her back home.  Source:  Indiewire.

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Little

Release Date:  4/12/19; In Theaters
Genre:   Comedy/Fantasy
Rating:   NR
Director:  Tina Gordon
Studio(s):   Khalabo Ink Society, Universal Pictures, Will Packer Productions.
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:  Regina Hall (Jordan Sanders), Marsai Martin (Young Jordan), Issa Rae (April), Tone Bell (Preston), Justin Hartley.

Story:   Regina Hall and Marsai Martin both star as Jordan Sanders — Hall as the take-no-prisoners tech mogul adult version of Jordan and Martin as the 13-year-old version of her who wakes up in her adult self’s penthouse just before a do-or-die presentation.  Issa Rae plays Jordan’s long-suffering assistant April, the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body just as everything is on the line.  Little is an irreverent new comedy about the price of success, the power of sisterhood and having a second chance to grow up — and glow up — right.  Source:  Official site, littlethemovie.com.

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High Flying Bird

Release Date:  2/8/19; Netflix
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  TV-MA
Director:  Steven Soderbergh
Studio(s):   Extension 765, Harper Road Films, Netflix
Running Time:  90 mins.
Cast:  André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Bill Duke.

Story:   When an NBA lockout sidelines his big rookie client, an agent hatches a bold plan to save their careers — and disrupt the league’s power structure.  Source:  Netflix.

 

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My Online Valentine

Release Date:  2/7/19; VOD
Genre:  Romance
Rating:  NR
Director:  Christopher Nolen
Studio(s):  Nferno Productions, New Kingdom Pictures
Running Time:  102 mins.
Cast:  Taja V. Simpson (Cozi), Blue Kimble (Blaze), Robert Christopher Riley (Ajax), Laila Odom (Lalah).

Story:   My Online Valentine follows, Cozette “Cozi” Newton (Taja V. Simpson) and Blaze Maddox (Blue Kimble) who find romance through an online dating site, blazedates.com.  But, just as Cozi decides to take a risk and give dating Blaze a chance, her ex-boyfriend Ajax Booker (Robert Christopher Riley) pops back into her life with plans of his own. As Ajax has a plan of his own to woo back Cozi for Valentine’s Day, something unexpected happens where it will change the lives all.  Source:  Blackfilm.com.

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Troop Zero

Release Date:  1/17/2020; VOD;
(Original Release – 2/1/19; Sundance Film Festival)
Genre:  Family
Rating:  NR
Director:  Bert & Bertie
Studio(s):   Amazon Studios, Big Indie Pictures, Escape Artists
Running Time:  94 mins.
Cast:  Viola Davis, Allison Janney, McKenna Grace, Mike Epps

Story:  Nine-year-old oddball Christmas Flint (Mckenna Grace) is obsessed with space and making contact with the aliens of the universe. When she finds out the prize at the 1977 Birdie Jamboree is getting her voice on NASA’s Golden Record, Christmas forms her own misfit Birdie troop. Nothing can prepare them for the painfully perfect world of the legit Birdies. But, led by their reluctant yet fearless troop mama (Viola Davis) and Christmas’s dad (Jim Gaffigan), they find glory in the most unexpected circumstances—much to the despair of the ever-judgmental school principal, Miss Massey (Allison Janney).  Source:  Sundance.org.

 

 

 

 

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