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…
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Sprinter
Release Date: 6/13/18 – 6/17/18; American Black Film Festival Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: Storm Saulter Studio(s): Mental Telepathy Pictures, MBG Entertainment, Flipped Out Entertainment, Overbrook Entertainment. Running time: 112 mins. Cast: Dale Elliott (Akeem Sharp), David Alan Grier (Coach Miller), Lorraine Toussaint (Donna), Bryshere Y. Gray (Marcus Brick). Story: A Jamaican teen, burdened by an…
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Release Date: 3/11/16 (In Theaters; Limited) Genre: Drama Rating: NR Running Time: Unknown Studio(s): Codeblack Films, Lionsgate, Spoken Productions. Director: RZA Cast: Common (Coltrane), Azealia Banks (Coco), John David Washington (Mahlik), Hana Mae Lee (Julie), Lorraine Toussaint (Nichelle), Jill Scott (Professor Dixon). Story: Coco (Azealia Banks) dreams of pursuing a hip-hop career, but is persuaded by…
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a/k/a Island in the Sun Release Date: 6/12/15 (American Black Film Festival); 7/25/15 (TV One) Genre: Drama Rating: NR Running Time: 85 mins. Studio(s): G.R. Entertainment Group, Island in the Sun, TV One. Director: Dianne Houston Cast: Lorraine Toussaint (Naomi Holloway), Erica Tazel (Vonda Hines), Aisha Hinds (Lara Cook-Nordholm), Leon Thomas III (Evan Holloway), Tom…
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Release Date: 1/13/15 (DVD, Digital HD, On Demand); 10/12/12 (Theatrical Release, limited) Genre: Drama Rating: R Running Time: 97 mins. Studio: Forward Movement, Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Code Black Films Director: Ava DuVernay Cast: Emayatzy Corinealdi ((Ruby) Omari Hardwick (Derek), Edwina Findley (Rosie), Lorraine Toussaint (Ruth), David Oyelowo (Brian), Sharon Lawrence (Fraine), Maya Gilbert (Gina).…
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Release Date: January 9, 2015 Genre: Drama/Biography Rating: Unknown Studio: Paramount Pictures, Cloud Eight Films, Celador Films, Harpo Films, Pathe, Plan B Entertainment, Lee Daniels Entertainment Director: Ava DuVernay Cast: David Oyelowo (Martin Luther King, Jr.), Oprah Winfrey (Annie Lee Cooper), Carmen Ejogo (Coretta Scott King), Lorraine Toussaint (Amelia Boynton), Giovanni Ribisi (Lee C. White), Tim Roth…
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