2000's Black Movies: +200 Films List

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Pumzi

Science Fiction
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Black Cast
Wanuri Kahiu
Release Date
October 21, 2009
Synopsis

Pumzi is a Kenyan science-fiction short film written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu. It was screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of its New African Cinema program.

Pumzi
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Hurricane In The Rose Garden Trailer
Release Date
October 20, 2009
Synopsis

A family comedy about what happens when a happily married couple's life is suddenly turned upside-down during an unwelcome visit from the husband's very traditional and very opinionated Nigerian Mom.

Hurricane In The Rose Garden

Black Dynamite

Comedy, Action
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Black Cast
Byron Minns, Kym Whitley, Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson
Release Date
October 16, 2009
Synopsis

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House...

Black Dynamite

Law Abiding Citizen

Drama, Crime, Thriller
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Release Date
October 15, 2009
Synopsis

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Law Abiding Citizen

Good Hair

Comedy, Documentary
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Black Cast
Chris Rock, Ice-T, Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Paul Mooney
Release Date
October 09, 2009
Synopsis

An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.

Good Hair

The Figurine

Drama, Mystery, Horror
Release Date
October 02, 2009
Synopsis

Two buddies and a girl, down on their luck, have their lives changed when one of them discovers a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which, according to legend, bestows seven years of good luck. But no one told them about the next seven years...

The Figurine
Black Cast
Brian J. White, Gladys Knight, Hope Olaide Wilson, Kwesi Boakye, Mary J. Blige, Taraji P. Henson, Tyler Perry
Release Date
September 11, 2009
Synopsis

When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.

I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Skin

Drama
Release Date
July 24, 2009
Synopsis

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Skin

Imagine That

Comedy, Family
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Imagine That Trailer
Black Cast
DeRay Davis, Eddie Murphy, Nicole Ari Parker, Yara Shahidi
Release Date
June 19, 2009
Synopsis

A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.

Imagine That

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Action, Crime, Thriller
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Trailer
Black Cast
Denzel Washington
Release Date
June 11, 2009
Synopsis

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Obsessed

Drama, Thriller
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Obsessed Trailer
Black Cast
Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba
Release Date
April 24, 2009
Synopsis

Things couldn't be better for Derek Charles. He's just received a big promotion at work, and has a wonderful marriage with his beautiful wife, Sharon. However, into this idyllic world steps Lisa, a temporary worker at Derek's office. Lisa begins to stalk Derek, jeopardizing all he holds dear.

Obsessed

Madea Goes to Jail

Comedy, Drama, Crime
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Madea Goes to Jail Trailer
Black Cast
David Mann, Derek Luke, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tamela Mann, Tyler Perry, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg
Release Date
February 16, 2009
Synopsis

At long last, Madea returns to the big screen in TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL. This time America's favorite irreverent, pistol-packin' grandmomma is raising hell behind bars and lobbying for her freedom...Hallelujer!

Madea Goes to Jail

The Princess and the Frog

Romance, Animation, Family
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Black Cast
Anika Noni Rose, Jenifer Lewis, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard
Release Date
December 08, 2009
Synopsis

A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

The Princess and the Frog
Black Cast
Courtney B. Vance, Deneen Tyler, Forest Whitaker, Irma P. Hall, Isaiah Washington, J.B. Smoove, Jackie Long, Karen Kaia Livers, Shad Moss, Taraji P. Henson, Jalene Mack, Robbie Jones
Directed By Black
Tim Story
Release Date
December 08, 2009
Synopsis

Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.

Hurricane Season
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Precious Trailer
Black Cast
Chyna Layne, Gabourey Sidibe, Lenny Kravitz, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd, Amina Robinson, Xosha Roquemore
Directed By Black
Lee Daniels
Release Date
November 06, 2009
Synopsis

Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret--she can't read.

Precious