Black Drama TV Shows 2024: Must-Watch Stories of Heart & Soul

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Black Drama TV Shows 2024: Must-Watch Stories of Heart & Soul

Dive into the depths of human emotion with our curated collection of 2024's Top Drama TV Shows with Black Protagonists. These series offer a profound exploration of life's complexities, challenges, and triumphs, all through the lens of Black storytelling.

From family dramas from the bustling streets of major cities to crimes in the quiet corners of small towns, each show weaves a tapestry of narratives that are both uniquely Black and universally human.

Experience the resilience, joy, heartache, and strength that define these captivating dramas. Join us on a journey through stories of love, family, ambition, and the quest for justice, as we shine a spotlight on voices that resonate with authenticity and power.

Stay tuned to our daily updated curated list of new TV series with Black protagonists in 2024.

Black Drama TV Shows releasing in 2024

Black Drama TV Shows already released in 2024

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Blood Legacy Trailer
Black Cast
Treasure Nkosi, Xolile Tshabalala, Buyile Mdladla, Mike Ndlangamandla, Connie Chiume, Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Pallance Dladla
Release Date
September 20, 2024
Synopsis
After years of estrangement, Khanyi Adesina returns home to fight for her family's business empire as it threatens to collapse under corruption.
Blood Legacy
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City of God: The Fight Rages On Trailer
Black Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues, Edson Oliveira, Roberta Rodrigues, Sabrina Rosa, Eli Ferreira, Victor Andrade
Release Date
August 25, 2024
Synopsis
Twenty years after City of God, Buscapé recounts how conflicts between police, traffickers, and militias impacted the community.
City of God: The Fight Rages On
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Emperor of Ocean Park Trailer
Black Cast
Forest Whitaker, Grantham Coleman, Tiffany Mack, Paulina Lule, Deanna Reed-Foster, James Vincent Meredith
Release Date
July 14, 2024
Synopsis
Follows Talcott Garland, whose tranquil existence is upended by the death of his father. Mariah Denton, a former journalist and ardent conspiracy theorist, questions the manner of his death and thinks he was the victim of foul play.
Emperor of Ocean Park

Lady in the Lake

Drama, Crime
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Lady in the Lake Trailer
Black Cast
Moses Ingram, Y'lan Noel, Byron Bowers, Josiah Cross
Release Date
July 18, 2024
Synopsis
When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore in 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course.
Lady in the Lake

Supacell

Season 1
Action, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Drama
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Supacell Trailer
Black Cast
Tosin Cole, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Josh Tedeku, Adelayo Adedayo
Created By Black
Rapman
Release Date
June 27, 2024
Synopsis
When five ordinary South Londoners discover they have extraordinary powers, it's down to one man to bring them together to save the woman he loves.
Supacell
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Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Trailer
Black Cast
Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, Dexter Darden, Taraji P. Henson, Myles Bullock, Don Cheadle, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Chloe Bailey, Melvin Gregg, Artrece Johnson, Jalyn Hall, Clifton Powell
Created By Black
Shaye Ogbonna
Release Date
September 05, 2024
Synopsis
The story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint, becoming one of the largest armed robberies the country has ever seen.
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Divided Youth

Season 1
Drama
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Divided Youth Trailer
Black Cast
Gabz, Victor Liam
Release Date
April 04, 2024
Synopsis
After her best friend Ícaro is found dead, aspiring rapper Malu sets out to unravel the truth behind his mysterious passing.
Divided Youth

Queenie

Season 1
Drama
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Queenie Trailer
Black Cast
Dionne Brown, Samuel Adewunmi, Bellah
Created By Black
Candice Carty-Williams
Release Date
June 07, 2024
Synopsis
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild.
Queenie

Swift Street

Season 1
Crime, Drama
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Swift Street Trailer
Black Cast
Tanzyn Crawford, Keiynan Lonsdale, Eliza Matengu, Alfred Chuol, Daniel Wuol, Blessing Mokgohloa, Jeriya Benn
Created By Black
Tig Terera
Release Date
April 24, 2024
Synopsis
When 21-year-old Elsie discovers that her hustler father Robert is being hunted down by a merciless crime boss over a bad debt, she decides to help him, sparking the beginnings of a reconciliation and a dubious reign as partners in crime.
Swift Street

Doctor Who

Season 14
Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
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Doctor Who Trailer
Black Cast
Ncuti Gatwa, Angela Wynter, Michelle Greenidge
Release Date
May 10, 2024
Synopsis
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Doctor Who

Diarra from Detroit

Season 1
Drama, Comedy
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Diarra from Detroit Trailer
Black Cast
Diarra Kilpatrick, Morris Chestnut, Phylicia Rashād, Dominique Perry, Claudia Logan, Bryan Terrell Clark, Shannon Wallace, Jon Chaffin
Release Date
April 18, 2024
Synopsis
A divorcing, overworked teacher finds herself drawn into a cold case after a dating app matches her with a man she suspects is the adult version of a boy abducted in the 90s.
Diarra from Detroit

Boarders

Season 1
Comedy, Drama
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Boarders Trailer
Black Cast
Jodie Campbell, Sekou Diaby, Aruna Jalloh, Myles Kamwendo, Josh Tedeku, Ene Frost
Created By Black
Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Release Date
March 19, 2024
Synopsis
Brace yourselves - the new kids are here. Five talented black scholarship students, and an elite private school with a reputation problem. One of them will have to change...
Boarders
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True Detective: Night Country Trailer
Black Cast
Kali Reis
Release Date
January 14, 2024
Synopsis
When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.
True Detective: Night Country

Domino Day

Season 1
Drama, Fantasy
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Domino Day Trailer
Black Cast
Siena Kelly, Babirye Bukilwa, Alisha Bailey, Percelle Ascott, Christopher Jeffers, Sandra James-Young, Babirye Bukilwa
Created By Black
Lauren Sequeira
Release Date
February 28, 2024
Synopsis
A young witch with extraordinary powers, Domino desperately seeks a community to help her understand who she is. Still, she doesn’t need to look far, as a coven of witches is already tracking her every move, convinced they must stop her before her powers destroy everyone and everything around her.
Domino Day

Soon Comes Night

Season 1
Action, Drama
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Soon Comes Night Trailer
Black Cast
Nyaniso Dzedze, Connie Chiume, Panch Gasela, Didintle Khunou, Thabo Malema, Dumisani Mbebe
Created By Black
Thabang Moleya
Release Date
January 19, 2024
Synopsis
A former freedom fighter orchestrates a series of heists in defiance of the law while trying to evade corrupt authorities and a cop with a tragic past.
Soon Comes Night

Sense and Sensibility

Romance, Comedy, Drama
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Sense and Sensibility Trailer
Black Cast
Bethany Antonia, Deborah Ayorinde, Akil Largie, Victor Hugo
Release Date
February 24, 2024
Synopsis
A period adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. After a change in circumstances, Marianne is torn between two men, while Elinor longs for a man beyond reach.
Sense and Sensibility

Perimeter

Season 1
Drama
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Perimeter Trailer
Black Cast
Ava Mone't, Tatyana Ali, Sharon Conley, Jordan Coleman, West Montez, Donovan Christie Jr., Shawn Vaughn, Jalen Gilbert, Malcolm Xavier
Release Date
February 29, 2024
Synopsis
Set in Atlanta in the 1990s, the series centers around the Dawn family, daughter Paige, a sophomore at Spelman college whose life gets off track when she falls for a bad boy type; her father, Councilman Robert Dawn, whose political ambitions on his quest to become mayor come at a grave personal and moral cost; and his wife, Connie, who tries to keep the family together. Their personal drama takes place against the larger backdrop of two of Atlanta's biggest cultural events at the time: Freaknik and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Perimeter

Genius: MLK/X

Season 4
Drama
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Genius: MLK/X Trailer
Black Cast
Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ron Cephas Jones, Weruche Opia, Jayme Lawson
Release Date
February 01, 2024
Synopsis
MLK/X follows Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X from their formative years to their rich, parallel stories as they shape their identities and become the change they wish to see in the world; the two visionaries ultimately rise to pioneer a movement.
Genius: MLK/X

Parish

Season 1
Drama, Action
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Parish Trailer
Black Cast
Giancarlo Esposito, Bonnie Mbuli, Zackary Momoh, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, Dax Rey, Ekow Blade, Tim J. Smith, Enuka Okuma, Kenneth Kynt Bryan
Created By Black
Sunu Gonera
Release Date
March 31, 2024
Synopsis
Gray Parish is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man. But when his son is violently murdered, old habits return, sending him on a relentless quest with moral intentions and dangerous consequences.
Parish

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

Season 1
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Drama, Action
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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Trailer
Black Cast
Danai Gurira, Lesley-Ann Brandt
Created By Black
Danai Gurira
Release Date
February 25, 2024
Synopsis
The love story of Rick Grimes and Michonne is changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. Can they find each other and who they were in a situation unlike any they've ever known?
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

The Vince Staples Show

Season 1
Drama, Comedy
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The Vince Staples Show Trailer
Black Cast
Vince Staples
Release Date
February 15, 2024
Synopsis
Kind of famous and sort of rich, rapper and actor Vince Staples navigates the challenges and surprises of everyday life in his hometown of The Beach.
The Vince Staples Show

Criminal Record

Crime, Drama
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Criminal Record Trailer
Black Cast
Cush Jumbo, Cathy Tyson
Release Date
January 10, 2024
Synopsis
In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.
Criminal Record

The Big Cigar

Season 1
Drama, History
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The Big Cigar Trailer
Black Cast
André Holland, Tiffany Boone, Don Cheadle, Jordane Christie, Glynn Turman
Created By Black
Janine Sherman Barrois
Release Date
May 16, 2024
Synopsis
Follows Huey P. Newton's life. He escaped to Cuba to avoid prosecution for murder with the help of Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider, as well as a few other celebrity radicals.
The Big Cigar

Our favorites from 2023

Platform 7

Season 1
Drama
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Platform 7 Trailer
Black Cast
Jasmine Jobson
Release Date
December 07, 2023
Synopsis
Lisa, after witnessing a cataclysmic event on Platform 7 of a railway station, finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her own life and that of the event she has just witnessed.
Platform 7

In Your Dreams

Season 1
Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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In Your Dreams Trailer
Black Cast
Didintle Khunou, Thando Thabethe, Anthony Oseyemi, Mothusi Magano, Jesse Suntele, Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Nqobile Sipamla, Bongani Thwala, Lunathi Mampofu, Sonni Chidiebere, Kefentse Mokoena, Vika Matshingana, Khabonina Qubeka, Kkgabo Ramotshela, Sharon Chimhanda
Release Date
December 01, 2023
Synopsis
Best friends, Marcus and Lloyd, have just been evicted from their apartment and are struggling to keep their pest control business afloat. Then an old classmate introduces them to an ancient African statue that just might be the answer to their prayers. The tribe who created the relic believes it has the power to make dreams come true. Just not the kind of dreams our friends were hoping for.
In Your Dreams

NCIS: Sydney

Season 1
Action, Crime, Drama
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NCIS: Sydney Trailer
Black Cast
Olivia Swann
Release Date
November 10, 2023
Synopsis
The brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.
NCIS: Sydney

Culprits

Season 1
Crime, Drama
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Culprits Trailer
Black Cast
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Kevin Vidal
Release Date
November 08, 2023
Synopsis
A family man with a secret criminal past reunites with his crew when a killer starts targeting them.
Culprits

Black Cake

Season 1
Drama
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Black Cake Trailer
Black Cast
Chipo Chung, Ashley Thomas, Adrienne Warren, Mia Isaac, Faith Alabi, Lashay Anderson
Created By Black
Marissa Jo Cerar
Release Date
November 01, 2023
Synopsis
Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her children a flash drive that holds untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America; the stories shock her children and challenge everything they know about their family's origin.
Black Cake

Lost Women of Highway 20

Season 1
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Lost Women of Highway 20 Trailer
Black Cast
Octavia Spencer
Release Date
November 05, 2023
Synopsis
Explores the crimes that occurred along Highway 20 between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, where several young women and girls vanished, were sexually assaulted, or were killed.
Lost Women of Highway 20
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Anderson Spider Silva Trailer
Black Cast
William Nascimento, Seu Jorge, Jeniffer Dias, Tatiana Tiburcio, Bruno Vinicius, Caetano Vieira, Douglas Silva, Iza Moreira, Larissa Nunes
Created By Black
Marton Olympio
Release Date
November 16, 2023
Synopsis
The original series will tell the life of Anderson Silva, the fighter who became one of the great champions in the history of MMA. Born in São Paulo, he practiced practiced taekwondo, jiu-jitsu and muay thai as a child, and later in life, he entered professional wrestling.
Anderson Spider Silva

The Irrational

Season 1
Crime, Drama
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The Irrational Trailer
Black Cast
Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer
Release Date
September 25, 2023
Synopsis
Alec Baker is a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, corporations and law enforcement. However, he meets his match in a female domestic terror suspect who turns his world upside down.
The Irrational

Everything Now

Season 1
Comedy, Drama
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Everything Now Trailer
Black Cast
Sophie Wilde, Lauryn Ajufo
Release Date
October 05, 2023
Synopsis
After months in recovery for an eating disorder, 16-year-old Mia devises a bucket list of quintessential teen experiences to make up for lost time.
Everything Now

Found

Season 1
Drama, Crime
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Found Trailer
Black Cast
Shanola Hampton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta
Release Date
October 03, 2023
Synopsis
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. Of these reported cases, more than half of the missing people are people of color, too easily neglected by the system. Gabi Mosely, a former missing person herself, now specializes in PR and leads a crisis management team that seeks out these missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, Mosely is hiding a dark secret of her own.
Found

Robyn Hood

Season 1
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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Robyn Hood Trailer
Black Cast
Jessye Romeo, Nykeem Provo, Idrissa Sanogo, Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Jonathan Langdon, Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, Lisa Michelle Cornelius
Created By Black
Director X.
Release Date
September 27, 2023
Synopsis
Follows Robyn Loxley and anti-authoritarian masked hip-hop band, The Hood, as they call out injustices and fight for freedom and equality in the city of New Nottingham.
Robyn Hood

Lupin - Part 3

Season 3
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Lupin - Part 3 Trailer
Black Cast
Omar Sy, Etan Simon, Adama Niane
Release Date
October 05, 2023
Synopsis
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
Lupin - Part 3

Impure

Season 4
Crime, Drama, Action
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Impure Trailer
Black Cast
Raphael Logam, Leandro Firmino
Release Date
August 30, 2023
Synopsis
Rio de Janeiro, during the 90's. Evandro dreams about becoming a great businessman, but ends up entering the world of crime and making an empire out of his criminal organization. His business skills and leadership abilities draw the attention of Morello, a federal police officer with a self-destructive behavior who sees in Evandro a worthy enemy. Two strategists that share the love for danger. The hunt down begins.
Impure
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The Other Black Girl Trailer
Black Cast
Sinclair Daniel, Ashleigh Murray, Garcelle Beauvais, Karina Willis, Brittany Adebumola, Cassi Maddox, Amber Reign Smith, Briana Starks
Created By Black
Danielle Henderson
Release Date
September 13, 2023
Synopsis
Nella, an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only black girl at her company, so she’s excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
The Other Black Girl
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Top Boy - Season 3 - Final Chapter Trailer
Black Cast
Kane Robinson, Ashley Walters, Micheal Ward, Araloyin Oshunremi, Jasmine Jobson, Little Simz, Kadeem Ramsay
Release Date
September 07, 2023
Synopsis
Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.
Top Boy - Season 3 - Final Chapter

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Season 1
Drama, Western
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Lawmen: Bass Reeves Trailer
Black Cast
David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton
Release Date
November 05, 2023
Synopsis
The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded – and is believed to be the inspiration for The Lone Ranger.
Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Special Ops: Lioness

Season 1
Drama
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Special Ops: Lioness Trailer
Black Cast
Zoe Saldaña, LaMonica Garrett, Hannah Love Lanier, Morgan Freeman
Release Date
July 23, 2023
Synopsis
Joe attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the spear in the CIA's war on terror. She enlists Cruz, a female special operations Marine, as an undercover operative in the Lioness Program.
Special Ops: Lioness

The Changeling

Season 1
Drama, Fantasy
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The Changeling Trailer
Black Cast
Lakeith Stanfield, Clark Backo, Adina Porter, Alexis Louder, Malcolm Barrett, Teca Pereira, Amirah Vann
Written By Black
Victor LaValle
Release Date
September 07, 2023
Synopsis
Apollo and Emma's love story is a fairy tale—until Emma mysteriously vanishes. Bereft, Apollo finds himself on a death-defying odyssey through a New York City he didn't know existed.
The Changeling

Invasion

Season 2
Science Fiction, Drama
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Invasion Trailer
Black Cast
Shamier Anderson, India Brown, Tamara Lawrance, DeWanda Wise, Max Fincham
Release Date
August 23, 2023
Synopsis
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity’s existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.
Invasion

Painkiller

Season 1
Drama
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Painkiller Trailer
Black Cast
Uzo Aduba
Release Date
August 10, 2023
Synopsis
The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.
Painkiller

Run the World

Comedy, Drama
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Run the World Trailer
Black Cast
Bresha Webb, Corbin Reid, Tosin Morohunfola, Amber Stevens West, Andrea Bordeaux
Release Date
May 26, 2023
Synopsis

The story of a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. They're not only surviving – but thriving together.

Run the World

Bel-Air

Drama
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Bel-Air Trailer
Black Cast
Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Coco Jones, Jabari Banks, Olly Sholotan
Release Date
February 23, 2023
Synopsis

The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.

Bel-Air

Snowfall

Drama, Crime
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Snowfall Trailer
Black Cast
Damson Idris, Isaiah John, Nicco Annan, Brandon Jay McLaren, Matthew Hancock
Release Date
February 22, 2023
Synopsis

Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and it's name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.

Snowfall
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Truth Be Told Trailer
Black Cast
Deborah Ayorinde, Gabrielle Union, Haneefah Wood, Mekhi Phifer, Michael Beach, Octavia Spencer, Ron Cephas Jones, Tracie Thoms, Mychala Lee, Sharar Ali-Speakes
Created By Black
Nichelle D. Tramble
Release Date
January 19, 2023
Synopsis

Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation.

Truth Be Told
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Godfather of Harlem Trailer
Black Cast
Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Erik LaRay Harvey, Forest Whitaker, Giancarlo Esposito, Ilfenesh Hadera, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Nigel Thatch
Release Date
January 15, 2023
Synopsis

Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

Godfather of Harlem

Full Circle

Season 1
Crime, Drama
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Full Circle Trailer
Black Cast
Zazie Beetz, Jharrel Jerome, CCH Pounder, Adia, Sheyi Cole, Gerald W. Jones III
Release Date
July 13, 2023
Synopsis
An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
Full Circle

Godfather of Harlem

Season 3
Crime, Drama
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Godfather of Harlem Trailer
Black Cast
Forest Whitaker, Ilfenesh Hadera, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Elvis Nolasco, Erik LaRay Harvey, Nigel Thatch, Markuann Smith, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Release Date
January 15, 2023
Synopsis
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
Godfather of Harlem

Truth Be Told

Season 3
Drama
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Truth Be Told Trailer
Black Cast
Octavia Spencer, Mekhi Phifer, Ron Cephas Jones, Tracie Thoms, Gabrielle Union, Haneefah Wood, Merle Dandridge, Mychala Lee, Deborah Ayorin, Sharar Ali-Speakes, Michael Beach
Release Date
January 19, 2023
Synopsis
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation.
Truth Be Told

Snowfall

Season 6
Crime, Drama
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Snowfall Trailer
Black Cast
Damson Idris, Isaiah John, Nicco Annan, Brandon Jay McLaren, Matthew Hancock
Release Date
February 22, 2023
Synopsis
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and it's name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
Snowfall

Bel-Air

Season 2
Drama
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Bel-Air Trailer
Black Cast
Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Coco Jones, Jordan L. Jones, Olly Sholotan, Jimmy Akingbola, Akira Akbar, Simone Joy Jones
Release Date
February 23, 2023
Synopsis
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
Bel-Air

From

Season 2
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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From Trailer
Black Cast
Harold Perrineau, Corteon Moore, Angela Moore
Release Date
April 23, 2023
Synopsis
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
From

Run the World

Season 2
Comedy, Drama
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Run the World Trailer
Black Cast
Bresha Webb, Corbin Reid, Tosin Morohunfola, Amber Stevens West, Andrea Bordeaux
Release Date
May 26, 2023
Synopsis
The story of a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. They're not only surviving – but thriving together.
Run the World

Swarm

Season 1
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Swarm Trailer
Black Cast
Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey, Kiersey Clemons, Byron Bowers, Damson Idris
Created By Black
Donald Glover, Janine Nabers
Release Date
March 16, 2023
Synopsis
A young woman's obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn.
Swarm

The Power

Season 1
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
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The Power Trailer
Black Cast
Adina Porter, Edwina Findley Dickerson, Halle Bush, Toheeb Jimoh, Reese Alexander
Release Date
March 30, 2023
Synopsis
The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly teenage girls develop the power to electrocute people at will. Following remarkable characters from London to Seattle, Nigeria to Eastern Europe, the Power evolves from a tingle in teenagers’ collarbones to a complete reversal of power balance.
The Power
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Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Trailer
Black Cast
India Ria Amarteifio, Golda Rosheuvel, Adjoa Andoh, Arsema Thomas
Created By Black
Shonda Rhimes
Release Date
May 04, 2023
Synopsis
The story of how the young Queen Charlotte’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton.
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Class of '09

Season 1
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Class of '09 Trailer
Black Cast
Brian Tyree Henry, Rosalind Eleazar, Michael Burgess, LisaGay Hamilton, Greg Weeks, Britt Douyon, Zuri James, Maurice P. Kerry, Roxzane T. Mims
Release Date
May 10, 2023
Synopsis
Set in three distinct points in time, follow a class of FBI agents who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.
Class of '09

Judge Me Not

Season 1
Comedy, Drama
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Judge Me Not Trailer
Black Cast
Chyna Layne, Javon Terrell
Created By Black
Lynn Toler
Release Date
May 24, 2023
Synopsis
The story of a bright, young black woman who struggles with mental health issues, a ludicrous family, and volatile love life, as she takes on her new role as a judge in a court full of outrageous characters both in front of and behind the bench.
Judge Me Not

Gen V

Season 1
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Gen V Trailer
Black Cast
Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jessie T. Usher
Release Date
September 29, 2023
Synopsis
An irreverent, R-rated series set at America’s only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (run by Vought International) exploring the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities.
Gen V

Hijack

Season 1
Drama
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Hijack Trailer
Black Cast
Idris Elba, Mohamed Elsandel
Release Date
June 28, 2023
Synopsis
When Flight KA29 is hijacked during its seven-hour journey from Dubai to London, Sam Nelson—an accomplished corporate negotiator—tries using his professional skills to save everyone on board. Will this high-risk strategy be his undoing?
Hijack

Average Joe

Season 1
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Average Joe Trailer
Black Cast
Deon Cole, Malcolm Barrett, Tammy Townsend, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Ashani Roberts, Stanley Aughtry, Teresa L. Graves
Release Date
June 16, 2023
Synopsis
Follows Joe Washington, who discovers his recently deceased father had stolen millions of dollars from dangerous people, and now those people think Joe knows where it is, so he must find the truth and the millions.
Average Joe

Secret Invasion

Season 1
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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Secret Invasion Trailer
Black Cast
Samuel L. Jackson, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Samuel Adewunmi
Release Date
June 21, 2023
Synopsis
Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.
Secret Invasion

Our favorites from 2022

Kindred

Season 1
Drama, Science Fiction
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Kindred Trailer
Black Cast
Mallori Johnson, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Jayden Braddock
Created By Black
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Release Date
December 13, 2022
Synopsis
A young aspiring writer discovers secrets about her family's past when she finds herself mysteriously being pulled back and forth in time to a 19th century plantation.
Kindred

Archive 81

Drama, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Archive 81 Trailer
Black Cast
Mamoudou Athie
Release Date
January 14, 2022
Synopsis

An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.

Archive 81
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The Kings of Napa Trailer
Black Cast
Ashlee Brian, Ebonée Noel, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Yaani King Mondschein
Release Date
January 11, 2022
Synopsis

The wine business has brought the King's family success and acclaim, but following the patriarch's sudden exit from the company, his three children must grapple for the reigns to the kingdom, to their own power, wealth and legacy.

The Kings of Napa

Naomi

Drama, Science Fiction
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Naomi Trailer
Black Cast
Kaci Walfall, Daniel Puig, Cranston Johnson
Created By Black
Ava DuVernay
Release Date
January 11, 2022
Synopsis

Follow a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes.

Naomi

DMZ

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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DMZ Trailer
Black Cast
Rosario Dawson, Amandla Jahava
Directed By Black
Ava DuVernay
Release Date
March 17, 2022
Synopsis

In the near future after a bitter civil war leaves Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world, fierce medic Alma Ortega sets out on a harrowing journey to find the son she lost in the evacuation of New York City at the onset of the conflict. Standing in her way are gangs, militias, demagogues and warlords, including Parco Delgado, the popular — and deadly — leader of one of the most powerful gangs in the DMZ.

DMZ
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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Trailer
Black Cast
Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Damon Gupton, Dominique Fishback, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Omar Benson Miller, Samuel L. Jackson
Directed By Black
Samuel L. Jackson, Walter Mosley
Written By Black
Samuel L. Jackson, Walter Mosley
Created By Black
Samuel L. Jackson, Walter Mosley
Release Date
March 10, 2022
Synopsis

Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker, Ptolemy Grey is assigned to the care of orphaned teenager Robyn. When they learn about a treatment that will restore Ptolemy’s dementia-addled memories, it begins a journey toward shocking truths.

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
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Suspicion Trailer
Black Cast
Georgina Campbell
Release Date
February 04, 2022
Synopsis

Five ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul. They embark on a desperate race against time to prove their innocence, but will anyone believe them—and are they telling the truth?

Suspicion

Roar

Drama
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Roar Trailer
Black Cast
Cynthia Erivo, Issa Rae, Ego Nwodim, Leslie David Baker, Griffin Matthews
Release Date
April 15, 2022
Synopsis

Featuring an all-star cast, this genre-bending anthology series weaves together eight darkly comedic feminist fables that take unexpected approaches to subjects like gender roles, autonomy, and identity.

Roar

61st Street

Drama, Crime
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61st Street Trailer
Black Cast
Aunjanue Ellis, Courtney B. Vance, Tosin Cole, Andrene Ward-Hammond
Release Date
April 10, 2022
Synopsis

Moses Johnson is a promising high-school athlete with a bright future who’s accused of murdering a police officer during a drug bust gone wrong. Swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, Moses’ case is taken up by ageing public defender Franklin Roberts, who sees this as his chance to finally challenge the institutional racism at the heart of the judicial system.

61st Street
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Long Slow Exhale Trailer
Black Cast
Lyriq Bent, Rose Rollins
Release Date
April 04, 2022
Synopsis

Set in the competitive world of women's college basketball, this series follows the successful head coach of a championship team who finds herself embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal that threatens to destroy everything she's built. As she tries to find the truth among the many secrets she uncovers, she is forced to make hard decisions that will affect her, her family and the team of female athletes who all rely on her.

Long Slow Exhale
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Savage Beauty Trailer
Black Cast
Rosemary Zimu, Nthati Moshesh, Dumisani Mbebe, Nambitha Ben-Mazwi
Release Date
May 12, 2022
Synopsis

In Savage Beauty, Rosemary Zimu plays Zinhle - a first young woman with a tragic past who is determined to take revenge on the Bhengus family, who destroyed a lot of lives with their infernal vision. Don and Grace Bhengu once used street children to test a toxic beauty product. Many of those children do not have children, but one of the survivors has developed and particular vengeance. But she knows she has to play it smart to play the powerful family.

Savage Beauty

Blood Sisters

Drama, Crime
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Blood Sisters Trailer
Black Cast
Tope Tedela, Gabriel Afolayan, Kehinde Bankole, Wale Ojo, Ini Dima Okojie, Nancy Isime, Deyemi Okanlawon
Release Date
May 05, 2022
Synopsis

Blood Sisters tells the story of two friends Sarah (Ini Dima-Okojie) and Kemi (Nancy Isime). Sarah is engaged to her dream man, Kola (Deyemi Okanlawon.) However, their seemingly idyllic union has a dark side.

Blood Sisters

The Lazarus Project

Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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The Lazarus Project Trailer
Black Cast
Paapa Essiedu, Vinette Robinson
Release Date
June 16, 2022
Synopsis

George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the Lazarus Project – a secret organisation that turns back time when the world is at threat of extinction.

The Lazarus Project

Tom Swift

Drama, Science Fiction
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Tom Swift Trailer
Black Cast
April Parker-Jones, Ashleigh Murray, LeVar Burton, Marquise Vilson, Tian Richards
Release Date
May 31, 2022
Synopsis

Tom Swift is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the shocking disappearance of his father. Tom takes to the road on a quest to unravel the truth, leaving behind the comforts of his usual moneyed lifestyle, all while fighting to stay one step ahead of an Illuminati-scale group hell-bent on stopping him.

Tom Swift

Tales of the Walking Dead

Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Tales of the Walking Dead Trailer
Black Cast
Jessie T. Usher, Terry Crews
Release Date
August 14, 2022
Synopsis

Six original one-hour standalone episodes focused on both new and established characters within the walker apocalypse. Each episode has its own distinct tone and point of view — but the stakes are high in each story, pushing new, indelible characters with relentless, life-threatening choices and situations. We get to see the apocalypse through different eyes, discovering more worlds, mythos, and mysteries of the Walking Dead.

Tales of the Walking Dead

Surface

Drama
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Surface Trailer
Black Cast
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Stephan James, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Nia Cummins
Release Date
July 29, 2022
Synopsis

A traumatic head injury leaves Sophie with extreme memory loss. In her quest to put the pieces of her life back together—with help from her husband and friends—Sophie begins to question the truth behind her picture-perfect life.

Surface
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Reasonable Doubt Trailer
Black Cast
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Ealy, McKinley Freeman, Toby Onwumere, Candice Tracy Ross, Pauletta Washington, Angela Grovey, Eugene Byrd, Christopher Mychael Watson, Jasmine Akakpo, Monte Bell
Created By Black
Raamla Mohamed
Release Date
September 27, 2022
Synopsis

In this legal drama, you’ll judge Jax Stewart for her questionable ethics and wild interpretations of the law… until you’re the one in trouble. Then you’ll see her for what she is: the most brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los Angeles who bucks the justice system at every chance she gets.

Reasonable Doubt

Panhandle

Comedy, Drama
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Panhandle Trailer
Black Cast
Tiana Okoye, Deja Dee, Wallace Smith, Drez Ryan
Release Date
September 26, 2022
Synopsis

The series follows an eccentric, agoraphobic armchair detective paired with a reluctant traffic cop in a series that showcases community, connection, and only-in-Florida characters. Together, Bell Prescott and Cammie Lorde wrestle with personal demons, shocking twists, and a few Florida gators on their journey to heal themselves and their town.

Panhandle

From Scratch

Drama, Romance
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From Scratch Trailer
Black Cast
Keith David, Kellita Smith, Zoe Saldana, Doug Locke, Rodney Gardiner
Written By Black
Tembi Locke, Attica Locke
Release Date
October 21, 2022
Synopsis

An artist finds romance with a chef in Italy and embarks on a life-changing journey of love, loss, resilience and hope across cultures and continents.

From Scratch

Travessia

Drama, Romance, Soap
Black Cast
Ailton Graça, Nando Cunha, Lucy Alves, Indira Nascimento, Dandara Mariana
Release Date
October 10, 2022
Synopsis

A young Maranhense woman has her life turned upside down after she is targeted by a deepfake.

Travessia
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East New York Trailer
Black Cast
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Amanda Warren, Lavel Schley
Release Date
October 02, 2022
Synopsis

Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.

East New York
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Interview With the Vampire Trailer
Black Cast
Dana Gourrier, Jacob Anderson, Kalyne Coleman, Cynthia Bailey
Release Date
October 02, 2022
Synopsis

Louis de Pointe’s epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of life as a black man in 1900s New Orleans, Louis finds it impossible to resist the rakish Lestat De Lioncourt’s offer of the ultimate escape: joining him as his vampire companion.

Interview With the Vampire

Riches

Drama
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Riches Trailer
Black Cast
Deborah Ayorinde, Emmanuel Imani, Sarah Niles, Hugh Quarshie
Created By Black
Abby Ajayi
Release Date
December 02, 2022
Synopsis

Stephen Richards has built a cosmetics empire, but when he suffers a stroke, his family's secrets and lies rise to the surface and the future of his multi-million-pound company is at stake.

Riches

The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself

Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself Trailer
Black Cast
Jay Lycurgo, Franc Ashman, Fehinti Balogun
Release Date
October 28, 2022
Synopsis

Caught between two warring clans, the son of a notorious witch responsible for a deadly massacre tries to find his place in the world — and his powers.

The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself

Our favorites from 2021

True Story

Season 1
Drama, Crime
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True Story Trailer
Black Cast
Kevin Hart, Wesley Snipes, William Catlett, Tawny Newsome, Ash Santos, Lauren London
Release Date
November 24, 2021
Synopsis
A world-famous comedian desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with his brother threatens to sabotage more than his success.
True Story
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BMF - Black Mafia Family Trailer
Black Cast
Michole Briana White, Myles Truitt, Russell Hornsby, Steve Harris, Ajiona Alexus, Demetrius 'Lil Meech' Flenory, da'Vinchi, Eric Kofi Abrefa
Release Date
September 26, 2021
Synopsis

The drug trafficking drama is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country. It revolves around brothers Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory, who together took their vision beyond the drug trade and into the world of hip-hop. The drama, per Starz, will tell a story about love, family and capitalism in the pursuit of the American dream.

BMF - Black Mafia Family

Foundation

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Foundation Trailer
Black Cast
Clarke Peters, Leah Harvey, Lou Llobell, T'Nia Miller, Alfred Enoch
Release Date
September 23, 2021
Synopsis

Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

Foundation

Swagger

Drama
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Swagger Trailer
Black Cast
Caleel Harris, Isaiah R. Hill, Miles Mussenden, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Quvenzhané Wallis, Shinelle Azoroh, Tristan Mack Wilds
Created By Black
Reggie Rock Bythewood
Release Date
October 29, 2021
Synopsis

Explore the world of AAU basketball in the nation’s capital, and the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, and opportunism and corruption. Greatness is a journey.

Swagger
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Colin in Black & White Trailer
Black Cast
Colin Kaepernick, Jaden Michael
Release Date
October 29, 2021
Synopsis

The life of athlete Colin Kaepernick and his adoptive parents as they navigate the challenges of raising a black son in a white family and community.

Colin in Black & White

4400

Drama, Science Fiction
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4400 Trailer
Black Cast
Anji White, Brittany Adebumola, Derrick A. King, Ireon Roach, Jaye Ladymore, Joseph David-Jones, Khailah Johnson, T.L. Thompson, Amarr M. Wooten
Release Date
October 25, 2021
Synopsis

4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they've been returned with a few…upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.

4400

Stay Close

Drama, Mystery, Crime
Black Cast
Bethany Antonia, Cush Jumbo, Daniel Francis
Release Date
December 31, 2021
Synopsis

The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past.

Stay Close

The Girl Before

Drama, Mystery
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The Girl Before Trailer
Black Cast
David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kayla Meikle, Jessica Plummer
Release Date
December 19, 2021
Synopsis

A traumatized woman who falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house, which remains under the spell of the architect who originally designed it, but everything may not be as it seems.

The Girl Before
Black Cast
Daveed Diggs, Joshua Caleb Johnson, McKinley Belcher III, Miles Mussenden, Orlando Jones
Release Date
August 09, 2020
Synopsis

Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.

The Good Lord Bird

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond Trailer
Black Cast
Christina Marie Karis, Joe Holt, Aliyah Royale
Release Date
October 04, 2020
Synopsis

A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Fargo - Season 4

Comedy, Drama, Crime
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Fargo - Season 4 Trailer
Black Cast
Anji White, Chris Rock, Emyri Crutchfield, Glynn Turman, Jeremie Harris, Karen Aldridge
Release Date
September 27, 2020
Synopsis

In 1950s Kansas City, Missouri, two criminal syndicates have struck an uneasy peace. One Italian, one African-American. Together they control an alternate economy — that of exploitation, graft and drugs. This too is the history of America. To cement their peace, the heads of both families have traded their youngest sons.

Fargo - Season 4

Big Sky

Drama, Crime, Thriller
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Big Sky Trailer
Black Cast
Jeffrey Joseph, Kylie Bunbury
Release Date
November 17, 2020
Synopsis

Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. When they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the perpetrator before another woman is taken.

Big Sky
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Small Axe Trailer
Black Cast
Daniel Francis, John Boyega, Kayla Meikle, Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn
Directed By Black
Steve McQueen
Release Date
November 15, 2020
Synopsis

An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.

Small Axe
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Industry Trailer
Black Cast
Myha'la Herrold, David Jonsson, Alex Alomar Akpobome
Release Date
November 09, 2020
Synopsis

In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.

Industry

Lupin

Drama, Mystery, Crime
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Lupin Trailer
Black Cast
Omar Sy
Release Date
January 08, 2021
Synopsis

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

Lupin

Bridgerton

Drama, Romance
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Bridgerton Trailer
Black Cast
Adoja Andoh, Golda Rosheuvel, Regé-Jean Page, Ruby Barker, Shonda Rhimes
Release Date
December 25, 2020
Synopsis

Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

Bridgerton

Them

Drama, Horror
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Them Trailer
Black Cast
Ashley Thomas, Deborah Ayorinde, Shahadi Wright Joseph
Release Date
April 09, 2021
Synopsis

A Black family moves to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood where malevolent forces, next door and otherworldly, threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.

Them

Debris

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Debris Trailer
Black Cast
Riann Steele
Release Date
March 01, 2021
Synopsis

Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.

Debris

Jiva!

Drama
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Jiva! Trailer
Black Cast
Noxolo Dlamini
Release Date
June 24, 2021
Synopsis

JIVA! is a fun and energy-packed drama series that follows the life of the talented street dancer Ntombi, who while juggling the demands of a dead end job, family responsibility and a rocky love life realises that her dance moves could be her ticket out of her working class neighbourhood in Durban. But first, she must overcome her fears, beat her rivals and sort out the chaos that is her family.

Jiva!
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The Underground Railroad Trailer
Black Cast
Sheila Atim, Thuso Mbedu, William Jackson Harper, Aaron Pierre
Created By Black
Barry Jenkins
Release Date
May 14, 2021
Synopsis

Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.

The Underground Railroad
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September Mornings Trailer
Black Cast
Liniker
Release Date
June 25, 2021
Synopsis

The journey of Cassandra, who starts to see things get on track in her life with a place of her own for the first time, a boyfriend who she loves, Ivaldo, a job as a courier in downtown São Paulo, and fulfilling her dream of being a cover artist of Vanusa, a famous Brazilian singer from the 70s. Her life takes an unexpected turn, however, when her ex, Leide, shows up with Gersinho and claims he is Cassandra’s son.

September Mornings
Black Cast
Nse Ikpe-Etim, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Efa Iwara
Release Date
August 27, 2021
Synopsis

Alhaja Eniola Salami starts anew and sets her sights on a different position of power, fueled by revenge, regret and ruthlessness.

King of Boys: The Return of the King
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All Rise Trailer
Black Cast
J. Alex Brinson, Jessica Camacho, Simone Missick
Release Date
September 23, 2019
Synopsis

A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.

All Rise

Top Boy

Drama, Crime
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Top Boy Trailer
Black Cast
Ashley Walters, David 'Santan Dave' Omoregie, Kane Robinson, Michael Ward, Simbi 'Little Simz' Ajikawo
Release Date
September 13, 2019
Synopsis

Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.

Top Boy
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga Trailer
Black Cast
Ashton Sanders, Julian Elijah Martinez, Rodney Barnes, RZA, Shameik Moore, Zolee Griggs
Release Date
September 04, 2019
Synopsis

In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to become one of the unlikeliest success stories in American music history.

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Brotherhood

Drama, Action, Adventure
Black Cast
Naruna Costa, Seu Jorge, Wesley Guimarães
Release Date
October 25, 2019
Synopsis

An honest lawyer reaches a moral crossroads after the cops force her to inform on her incarcerated brother, the leader of a rising criminal faction.

Brotherhood
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Tyler Perry's Sistas Trailer
Black Cast
Ebony Obsidian, KJ Smith, Tyler Perry
Release Date
October 23, 2019
Synopsis

There's nothing that bonds a group of single black women together more than sidestepping the land mines of living, working and dating in Atlanta. In a sea of swipe-lefts, social media drama and unrealistic #relationshipgoals, these friends try to find their Mr. Right.

Tyler Perry's Sistas

Watchmen

Drama, Crime, Science Fiction
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Watchmen Trailer
Black Cast
Danielle Deadwyler, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr., Regina King, Robert Wisdom, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Alexis Louder, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Written By Black
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Release Date
October 20, 2019
Synopsis

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Watchmen

Raising Dion

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Raising Dion Trailer
Black Cast
Ja'Siah Young, Michael B. Jordan, Alisha Wainwright
Release Date
October 04, 2019
Synopsis

A widowed mom sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her young son's emerging superpowers while keeping his extraordinary gifts under wraps.

Raising Dion
Black Cast
Dorian Missick, Joy Bryant, Nicholas Pinnock, Tyla Harris
Release Date
February 11, 2020
Synopsis

A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.

For Life

October Faction

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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October Faction Trailer
Black Cast
Aurora Burghart, Gabriel Darku, Tamara Taylor, Troy James
Release Date
January 23, 2020
Synopsis

Monster hunters Fred and Deloris Allen tangle with evil ... and family drama with their teenage twins. From the comics by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.

October Faction

Gangs of London

Drama, Crime
Black Cast
Lucian Msamati, Paapa Essiedu, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Sope Dirisu
Release Date
April 03, 2020
Synopsis

When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, volatile and impulsive Sean Wallace to restore control and find those responsible for killing his father.

Gangs of London
Black Cast
Blair Underwood, Carmen Ejogo, Garrett Morris, Kevin Carroll, Mouna Traoré, Octavia Spencer, Tiffany Haddish
Release Date
March 20, 2020
Synopsis

This limited series chronicles the incredible true story of Madam C.J. Walker, who was the first African American self-made millionaire.

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Noughts + Crosses

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Noughts + Crosses Trailer
Black Cast
Masali Baduza, Rakie Ayola
Release Date
March 05, 2020
Synopsis

In an alternate history where black “Cross” people rule over white “Noughts”, young couple Sephy and Callum are divided by their colour but united by love.

Noughts + Crosses

Queen Sono

Drama, Action, Crime
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Queen Sono Trailer
Black Cast
Kagiso Lediga, Khathu Ramabulana, Loyiso Madinga, Pearl Thusi, Sechaba Morojele, Vuyo Dabula
Release Date
February 28, 2020
Synopsis

A highly trained South African spy must face changing relationships in her personal life while taking on her most dangerous mission yet.

Queen Sono

Soul City

Drama, Horror
Black Cast
Chad L. Coleman, Chike Ozah, Coodie, Dorian Missick, Kanesha Washington, Omar J. Dorsey, PJ Morton, Rhonda Johnson Dents
Release Date
February 25, 2020
Synopsis

New Orleans lore collides with dark magic in this horror anthology series. Created by Coodie & Chike and starring Chad Coleman, PJ Morton and Omar Dorsey, these “Twilight Zone”-style tales expose chilling corners of the Big Easy.

Soul City

Utopia Falls

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Utopia Falls Trailer
Black Cast
Akiel Julien, Robyn Alomar
Release Date
February 14, 2020
Synopsis

In a genre bending take on a coming of age story, a group of teens in a distant future colony uncover an ancient forbidden archive of historical, cultural and musical relics. This discovery forces them to question everything they've been taught, and use the power of music to ignite change in their reality to expose the truth.

Utopia Falls

P-Valley

Drama, Crime
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P-Valley Trailer
Black Cast
J. Alphonse Nicholson, Parker Sawyers, Brandee Evans, Jerome Beazer, Nicco Annan, Harriett D. Foy, Shannon Thornton, Elarica Johnson
Created By Black
Katori Hall
Release Date
July 12, 2020
Synopsis

Down deep in the Mississippi Delta, Trap music meets film noir in this kaleidoscopic story of a little-strip-club-that-could and the big characters who come through its doors—the hopeful, the lost, the broken, the ballers, the beautiful, and the damned.

P-Valley

Love Life

Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Love Life Trailer
Black Cast
Blair Underwood, Janet Hubert, Jessica Williams, Keith David, Kingsley Ben-Adir, William Jackson Harper, Ego Nwodim, Punkie Johnson
Release Date
May 27, 2020
Synopsis

A romantic comedy anthology series which follows a different protagonist each season on the journey from first love to last love, with each half-hour episode chronicling one of their relationships.

Love Life
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Blood & Water Trailer
Black Cast
Dillon Windvogel, Gail Nkoane Mabalane, Khosi Ngema, Thabang Kamogelo Molaba, Ama Qamata
Directed By Black
Travis Taute
Release Date
May 20, 2020
Synopsis

After crossing paths at a party, a Cape Town teen sets out to prove whether a private-school swimming star is her sister who was abducted at birth.

Blood & Water
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The Eddy Trailer
Black Cast
Leïla Bekhti, Amandla Stenberg, André Holland
Release Date
May 08, 2020
Synopsis

Bandleader Elliot is improvising his way through a complex score of problems: his Parisian jazz club The Eddy isn’t doing too well. Ruthless debt collectors are breathing down his neck. And then his teenage daughter Julie arrives from New York.

The Eddy
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I May Destroy You Trailer
Black Cast
Lara Rossi, Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Aml Ameen, Jay Lycurgo, Franc Ashman, Fehinti Balogun, Weruche Opia, Danielle Vitalis, Sarah Niles
Created By Black
Michaela Coel
Release Date
July 07, 2020
Synopsis

Following triumph from a piece of writing that garnered internet acclaim, Arabella Essiuedu – easily distracted, non-committal and carefree – finds herself feted as the ‘voice of her generation,’ with an agent, a book commission and a helluva lot of pressure. After being sexually assaulted in a nightclub, her life changes irreversibly and Arabella is forced to reassess everything: her career, her friends, even her family. As Arabella struggles to come to terms with what has happened, she begins a journey of self-discovery.

I May Destroy You
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Black Earth Rising Trailer
Black Cast
Abena Ayivor, Emmanuel Imani, Lucian Msamati, Michaela Coel, Noma Dumezweni, Nyasha Hatendi, Tamara Tunie, Tyrone Huggins
Release Date
September 10, 2018
Synopsis

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.

Black Earth Rising
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All American Trailer
Black Cast
Asjha Cooper, Bre-Z, Daniel Ezra, G.G. Townson, Greta Onieogou, Jalyn Hall, Karimah Westbrook, Samantha Logan, Taye Diggs, Thomas Q. Jones, Spence Moore II
Release Date
October 10, 2018
Synopsis

When a rising high school football player from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds - Compton and Beverly Hills - begin to collide. Inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger.

All American

The Passage

Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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The Passage Trailer
Black Cast
Caroline Chikezie, McKinley Belcher III, Saniyya Sidney
Release Date
January 14, 2019
Synopsis

A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.

The Passage
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American Soul Trailer
Black Cast
Sinqua Walls, Wayne Brady, Katlyn Nichol
Release Date
February 05, 2019
Synopsis

The story of entrepreneur Don Cornelius, who developed the Soul Train show, which rose to prominence in the 1970s.

American Soul

Always a Witch

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Always a Witch Trailer
Black Cast
Angely Gaviria
Release Date
February 01, 2019
Synopsis

A young 17th-century witch time travels to the future to save the man she loves, but first must adjust to present-day Cartagena and defeat a dark rival.

Always a Witch

The Twilight Zone

Drama, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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The Twilight Zone Trailer
Black Cast
Betty Gabriel, Billy Porter, Colman Domingo, Damon Wayans Jr., Damson Idris, DeWanda Wise, Diarra Kilpatrick, Jordan Peele, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Kylie Bunbury, Sanaa Lathan, Steve Harris, Tawny Newsome, Tracy Morgan, Zazie Beetz
Written By Black
Jordan Peele
Created By Black
Jordan Peele
Release Date
April 01, 2019
Synopsis

Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.

The Twilight Zone

Turn Up Charlie

Comedy, Drama
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Turn Up Charlie Trailer
Black Cast
Idris Elba
Release Date
March 15, 2019
Synopsis

A down-and-out DJ plots to rebuild his music career while working as a nanny for his famous best friend's wild 11-year-old daughter.

Turn Up Charlie
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When They See Us Trailer
Black Cast
Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Chris Chalk, Jharrel Jerome, Jovan Adepo, Kylie Bunbury, Marquis Rodriguez, Storm Reid, Brett Gray
Release Date
May 31, 2019
Synopsis

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

When They See Us

Carole & Tuesday

Drama, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Carole & Tuesday Trailer
Black Cast
Nai Br.XX
Release Date
April 11, 2019
Synopsis

Fifty years have passed since mankind began migrating to the new frontier: Mars. It's an age where most culture is produced by AI, and people are content to be passive consumers. There's a girl. Scrapping a living in the metropolis of Alba City, she's working part time while trying to become a musician. She's always felt like something is missing. Her name is Carole.There's a girl. Born to a wealthy family in the provincial town of Herschel City, she dreams of becoming a musician, but nobody around her understands. She feels like the loneliest person in the world. Her name is Tuesday.
A chance meeting brings them together. They want to sing. They want to make music. Together, they feel like they just might have a chance. The two of them may only create a tiny wave. But that wave will eventually grow into something larger...

Carole & Tuesday
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Dark Money Trailer
Black Cast
Arnold Oceng, Babou Ceesay, Susan Wokoma
Created By Black
Levi David Addai
Release Date
July 08, 2019
Synopsis

13 year old British film star Isaac Mensah was sexually abused by a producer on the set of a Hollywood film, the family decide to take action after learning the truth and Deal with US Lawyers who offer the family 3 million to stay silent.

Dark Money
Black Cast
Brian J. White, Essence Atkins
Release Date
June 18, 2019
Synopsis

A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.

Ambitions

Why Women Kill

Comedy, Drama, Crime
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Why Women Kill Trailer
Black Cast
Kevin Daniels, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Saidah Arrika Ekulona
Release Date
August 15, 2019
Synopsis

Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.

Why Women Kill
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David Makes Man Trailer
Black Cast
Jordan Bolger, Phylicia Rashad, Travis Coles, Alana Arenas
Release Date
August 14, 2019
Synopsis

A 14-year-old prodigy's mother relies on him to find a way out of poverty, but he is haunted by the death of his friend; he must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him a way out.

David Makes Man

Joint Venture

Drama, Crime
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Joint Venture Trailer
Black Cast
Leilah Moreno, Luís Navarro, Teca Pereira
Release Date
August 04, 2019
Synopsis

Set in a fictional modern-day Sao Paulo, where marijuana has been legalized, this series follows 29-year-old Biriba, a drug dealer who decides to give up his criminal life and enter the legal drug sales industry. Unfortunately for Biriba, going straight is more difficult than he could have imagined.

Joint Venture

The Get Down

Drama, Music
Black Cast
Herizen F. Guardiola, Jaden Michael, Jaden Smith, Justice Smith, Mamoudou Athie, Shameik Moore, Skylan Brooks, Stefanée Martin, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Release Date
August 12, 2016
Synopsis

In 1977 New York City, the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history.

The Get Down
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Greenleaf Trailer
Black Cast
Desiree Ross, Gregory Alan Williams, Keith David, Kim Hawthorne, Lamman Rucker, Lynn Whitfield, Merle Dandridge, Andrea Laing, Deborah Joy Winans, Tinashe Kajese
Release Date
June 21, 2016
Synopsis

The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. Born of the church, the Greenleaf family love and care for each other, but beneath the surface lies a den of iniquity—greed, adultery, sibling rivalry and conflicting values—that threatens to tear apart the very core of their faith that holds them together.

Greenleaf

Roots

Drama
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Roots Trailer
Black Cast
Anika Noni Rose, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Emyri Crutchfield, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Malachi Kirby, Mekhi Phifer, Regé-Jean Page, Saniyya Sidney
Release Date
May 30, 2016
Synopsis

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

Roots

Pitch

Drama
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Pitch Trailer
Black Cast
Kylie Bunbury, Meagan Holder, Mo McRae
Release Date
September 22, 2016
Synopsis

The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.

Pitch

Lethal Weapon

Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
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Lethal Weapon Trailer
Black Cast
Aubrey Cleland, Chandler Kinney, Damon Wayans, Dante Brown, Johnathan Fernandez, Keesha Sharp, Michelle Mitchenor
Release Date
September 21, 2016
Synopsis

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

Lethal Weapon
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This Is Us Trailer
Black Cast
Brian Tyree Henry, Carl Lumbly, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Garrett Morris, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Melanie Liburd, Mo McRae, Omar Epps, Pam Grier, Rob Morgan, Ron Cephas Jones, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Sterling K. Brown, Yetide Badaki, Lyric Ross, Susan Kelechi Watson, Nicco Annan, Niles Fitch
Release Date
September 20, 2016
Synopsis

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.

This Is Us
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Queen Sugar Trailer
Black Cast
Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Dondre Whitfield, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey, Rhonda Johnson Dents, Rutina Wesley, Tina Lifford, Deja Dee
Created By Black
Ava DuVernay
Release Date
September 06, 2016
Synopsis

Two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.

Queen Sugar

Atlanta

Comedy, Drama
Black Cast
Brian Tyree Henry, Donald Glover, Katt Williams, Lakeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz, Jerome Beazer, Conphidance, Austin Crute, Sullivan Jones
Directed By Black
Donald Glover
Created By Black
Donald Glover
Release Date
September 06, 2016
Synopsis

Two cousins, with different views on art versus commerce, on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene; Earnest 'Earn' Marks, an ambitious college dropout and his estranged cousin, who suddenly becomes a star.

Atlanta

Insecure

Comedy, Drama
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Insecure Trailer
Black Cast
Issa Rae, Jay Ellis, Larry Wilmore, Luke James, Prentice Penny, Yvonne Orji, Courtney Taylor
Created By Black
Issa Rae
Release Date
October 09, 2016
Synopsis

Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

Insecure
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The Quad Trailer
Black Cast
Anika Noni Rose, E. Roger Mitchell, Jasmine Guy, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Sean Blakemore, Zoe Renee
Release Date
January 30, 2017
Synopsis

Dr. Eva Fletcher is the newly-elected President of the fictional Georgia A&M University. Upon arriving, Eva is charged with saving the prestigious HBCU from bankruptcy and her twenty-year marriage from crumbling while managing a tumultuous relationship with her rebellious only daughter. A diverse group of freshman also promises to keep Eva's hands full.

The Quad

Star

Drama
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Star Trailer
Black Cast
Brandy Norwood, Brittany O'Grady, Queen Latifah, Quincy Brown, Ryan Destiny, Deja Dee
Created By Black
Lee Daniels
Release Date
December 14, 2016
Synopsis

Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her sister, Simone, and her Instagram bestie, Alexandra, and together, the trio journeys to Atlanta with the hope of becoming music superstars.

Star

Rebel

Drama, Crime
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Rebel Trailer
Black Cast
Danielle Moné Truitt, Giancarlo Esposito, Mykelti Williamson
Release Date
March 28, 2017
Synopsis

After her brother is slain by police, Oakland police officer Rebecca “Rebel” Cole becomes disillusioned with the system and is forced to take matters into her own hands and become a private investigator and a champion for her community.

Rebel
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Shots Fired Trailer
Black Cast
Clare-Hope Ashitey, DeWanda Wise, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Sanaa Lathan, Stephan James, Tristan Mack Wilds, Aisha Hinds
Created By Black
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Release Date
March 22, 2017
Synopsis

A media storm sets off when an African-American cop kills a white teenager in a small North Carolina town.

Shots Fired

24: Legacy

Drama, Mystery
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24: Legacy Trailer
Black Cast
Anna Diop, Ashley Thomas, Corey Hawkins
Release Date
February 05, 2017
Synopsis

The story of military hero Eric Carter’s return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil.

24: Legacy

Claws

Comedy, Drama
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Claws Trailer
Black Cast
Harold Perrineau, Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran, Niecy Nash, Nicco Annan
Release Date
June 11, 2017
Synopsis

Follow the life and crimes of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.

Claws

American Gods

Drama, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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American Gods Trailer
Black Cast
Orlando Jones, Ricky Whittle, Rodney Barnes, Yetide Badaki, Conphidance
Release Date
April 30, 2017
Synopsis

An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.

American Gods

Dear White People

Comedy, Drama
Black Cast
Antoinette Robertson, Ashley Blaine Featherson, Brandon P. Bell, DeRon Horton, Giancarlo Esposito, Jeremy Tardy, Justin Simien, Lena Waithe, Logan Browning, Marque Richardson, Obba Babatundé
Created By Black
Justin Simien
Release Date
April 28, 2017
Synopsis

At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.

Dear White People

Superstition

Season 1
Drama, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Superstition Trailer
Black Cast
Brad James, Demetria McKinney, Joel Anderson Thompson, Mario Van Peebles, Morgana Van Peebles, Myles Truitt, Robinne Lee
Created By Black
Mario Van Peebles
Release Date
October 20, 2017
Synopsis

The Mosley family keeps the secrets and dark history of a town located on the outskirts of New Orleans that is also a landing patch for the world's darkest manifestations of fear, guided into the world by a mysterious malefactor named The Dredge.

Superstition

Black Lightning

Drama, Action, Crime, Science Fiction
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Black Lightning Trailer
Black Cast
China Anne McClain, Christine Adams, Cress Williams, Damon Gupton, Jahking Guillory, Jason Louder, Jordan Calloway, Laura Kariuki, Marvin 'Krondon' Jones III, Nafessa Williams, Salim Akil, Tosin Morohunfola, Wayne Brady, William Catlett, Deja Dee
Release Date
January 16, 2018
Synopsis

Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.

Black Lightning

The Chi

Drama
Black Cast
Barton Fitzpatrick, Jacob Latimore, Jahking Guillory, Jason Mitchell, Luke James, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Tiffany Boone, Alex Hibbert, Yolonda Ross
Created By Black
Lena Waithe
Release Date
January 07, 2018
Synopsis

A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.

The Chi

Seven Seconds

Drama, Crime
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Seven Seconds Trailer
Black Cast
Clare-Hope Ashitey, Regina King
Release Date
February 23, 2018
Synopsis

Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.

Seven Seconds
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In Contempt Trailer
Black Cast
Christian Keyes, Erica Ash, Mouna Traoré
Release Date
April 10, 2018
Synopsis

The procedural is set in the fast-paced world of a legal aid office in New York City and follows Gwen Sullivan, an opinionated attorney whose passion for her job and clients make her arguably the most talented public defender in her district.

In Contempt

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger

Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Marvel's Cloak & Dagger Trailer
Black Cast
Aubrey Joseph, Miles Mussenden
Release Date
June 07, 2018
Synopsis

Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger

Pose

Drama
Black Cast
Angelica Ross, Billy Porter, Dominique Jackson, Hailie Sahar, Indya Moore, MJ Rodriguez, Ryan Jamaal Swain
Release Date
June 03, 2018
Synopsis

A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.

Pose

Castle Rock

Drama, Mystery
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Castle Rock Trailer
Black Cast
Barkhad Abdi, André Holland, Yusra Warsama
Release Date
July 25, 2018
Synopsis

Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.

Castle Rock
Black Cast
Crystal R. Fox, Danielle Deadwyler, Shari Headley, Tika Sumpter, Tyler Lepley, Tyler Perry
Release Date
May 28, 2013
Synopsis

Follow the complicated dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work in their opulent Savannah, Georgia, mansion.

Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots
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True Detective Trailer
Black Cast
Carmen Ejogo, Deborah Ayorinde, Mahershala Ali, Ray Fisher
Release Date
January 12, 2014
Synopsis

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

True Detective
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Being Mary Jane Trailer
Black Cast
Aaron D. Spears, B.J. Britt, Gabrielle Union, Margaret Avery, Raven Goodwin, Richard Brooks, Richard Roundtree, Stephen Bishop
Release Date
January 07, 2014
Synopsis

Mary Jane Paul is a one-woman-show: a successful TV news anchor, and an entirely self-sufficient powerhouse who remains devoted to a family that doesn't share her motivation. Intense drama and unforgettable moments unfold as Mary Jane juggles her life, her relationships, her work, and commitments to her family.

Being Mary Jane

Power

Drama, Crime
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Power Trailer
Black Cast
Courtney Kemp Agboh, Curtiss Cook Jr., Geoffrey Owens, McKinley Belcher III, Naturi Naughton, Omari Hardwick, Shannon Thornton
Release Date
June 07, 2014
Synopsis

A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential, all while wanting to escape the underworld and keep his family safe.

Power

Resurrection

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Black Cast
Omar Epps
Release Date
May 15, 2014
Synopsis

The people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear.

Resurrection

Rosemary's Baby

Drama, Mystery
Black Cast
Zoe Saldana
Release Date
May 11, 2014
Synopsis

Young Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy move in with a rich couple, who soon take an unusual interest in the Woodhouses' attempts to have a second baby after Rosemary miscarried the first one. Guy soon has unusual success and Rosemary becomes pregnant, but it becomes clear that the two are connected and that the pregnancy may not be all that Rosemary hoped for...

Rosemary's Baby
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Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong Trailer
Black Cast
April Parker-Jones, Charles Malik Whitfield, Edwina Findley Dickerson, Eltony Williams, Heather Hemmens, Tyler Perry
Release Date
September 09, 2014
Synopsis

Follow the relationships of a group of husbands and wives that live and love on the same street. While the neighbors come from very different backgrounds, their lives are similar – raising children, dealing with exes, worrying about money and keeping romance in their relationships. But just below the surface — secrets, lies and deception threaten to destroy what they have built.

Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong

Extant

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Extant Trailer
Black Cast
Halle Berry, Henderson Wade, Kiersey Clemons
Release Date
July 09, 2014
Synopsis

An astronaut returns home from a year long solo mission in space. She tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.

Extant

How to Get Away with Murder

Drama, Mystery, Crime
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How to Get Away with Murder Trailer
Black Cast
Billy Brown, Milauna Jemai Jackson, Rome Flynn, Tamberla Perry, Aja Naomi King, Alfred Enoch, Amirah Vann, Viola Davis
Release Date
September 25, 2014
Synopsis

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.

How to Get Away with Murder

The Book Of Negroes

Drama, History, War
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The Book Of Negroes Trailer
Black Cast
Aunjanue Ellis, Clement Virgo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Louis Gossett Jr., Lyriq Bent, Mouna Traoré, Dwain Murphy, Cara Ricketts
Release Date
January 07, 2015
Synopsis

Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.

The Book Of Negroes

Empire

Drama, Music
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Empire Trailer
Black Cast
Bryshere Y. Gray, Grace Byers, Taraji P. Henson, Ta'Rhonda Jones, Terrence Howard, Trai Byers, Vivica A. Fox
Created By Black
Lee Daniels
Release Date
January 07, 2015
Synopsis

A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.

Empire

Minority Report

Drama, Crime, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Minority Report Trailer
Black Cast
Meagan Good
Release Date
September 21, 2015
Synopsis

Minority Report follows the unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen. Set in Washington, D.C., it is 10 years after the demise of Precrime, a law enforcement agency tasked with identifying and eliminating criminals... before their crimes were committed. To carry out this brand of justice, the agency used three precogs - "precognitives" Dash, Arthur and Agatha - who were able to see the future. Now, in 2065, crime-solving is different, and justice leans more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the precogs.

Minority Report
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Rosewood Trailer
Black Cast
Gabrielle Dennis, Kamal Angelo Bolden, Khalilah Joi, Lorraine Toussaint, Morris Chestnut
Release Date
September 23, 2015
Synopsis

Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. is a brilliant private pathologist who uses wildly sophisticated technology and his drive to live life to the fullest to help a tough-as-nails detective and the Miami PD uncover clues no one else can see.

Rosewood
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Undercover Trailer
Black Cast
Adrian Lester, Daniel Ezra, Dennis Haysbert, Shannon Hayes, Sope Dirisu, Sophie Okonedo, Tamara Lawrance
Release Date
April 03, 2016
Synopsis

Undercover follows Maya, the first black Director Of Public Prosecutions. Just as she is about to take up the post and her life comes under intense public scrutiny, she learns that that her husband Nick has been lying to her for years. Twenty years ago Nick was a fearless and dedicated undercover officer, infiltrating organisations considered a danger to society because of their political beliefs. Nick built himself a fake past and now with his wife unsuspecting and his conscience killing him – his secret identity may compromise the new Director of Public Prosecutions.

Undercover
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Underground Trailer
Black Cast
Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Alano Miller, Aldis Hodge, Amirah Vann
Created By Black
Misha Green
Release Date
March 09, 2016
Synopsis

A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.

Underground

Shaft

Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Blaxploitation
Black Cast
Richard Roundtree
Release Date
October 09, 1973
Synopsis

Shaft is a series of TV movies that aired along with Hawkins during 1973-74 television season on The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies. The series was based on three films beginning with Shaft, and starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft.
Because it was aired on over-the-air television, CBS felt that the character needed to be toned down. Now instead of working against the police, he worked with them. The series rotated with Hawkins starring James Stewart as a country lawyer who investigates his cases, similarly to his earlier film Anatomy of a Murder. Contemporary analysts suggested that since the two shows appealed to vastly different audience bases, alternating them only served to confuse fans of both series, giving neither one the time to build up a large viewership.

Shaft

Roots

Drama
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Roots Trailer
Black Cast
Ben Vereen, LeVar Burton, Olivia Cole
Release Date
January 23, 1977
Synopsis

The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.

Roots
Black Cast
Damon Evans, Debbie Allen, James Earl Jones, Kristoff St. John, Lynn Hamilton, Roger E. Mosley
Release Date
February 18, 1979
Synopsis

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material by Haley.
Roots: The Next Generations was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times as large as that of the original.

Roots: The Next Generations

Shaka Zulu

Drama, Action, Adventure, War
Release Date
October 24, 1986
Synopsis

South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.

Shaka Zulu

Martin

Comedy, Drama
Black Cast
Carl Anthony Payne II, Martin Lawrence, Thomas Mikal Ford, Tichina Arnold
Release Date
August 27, 1992
Synopsis

Martin is an American sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions that aired for five seasons, from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on Fox. The show is both titled after and stars actor-comedian Martin Lawrence along with supporting characters Tichina Arnold, Thomas Mikal Ford, Carl Anthony Payne II, and Tisha Campbell.
Reflecting the rising popularity of the Fox network throughout the 1990s, Martin was one of the network's highest-rated shows during the sitcom's five-season run. In contrast to the popularity of NBC's "Must See TV" on Thursday nights in the 1990s, many African American and Latino viewers flocked to Fox's Thursday night line-up of Martin, Living Single, and New York Undercover. In fact, these were the three highest-rated series among black households for the 1996–1997 season.

Martin

Moesha

Comedy, Drama
Black Cast
Brandy Norwood, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lamont Bentley
Release Date
January 23, 1996
Synopsis

Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. It was originally ordered as a pilot for the CBS network's 1995-1996 television season, who rejected. It was then picked up by UPN, who aired it as a mid-season replacement. It went on to become the biggest success for the nascent network and one of the greatest hits over the course of the network's entire run.

Moesha

Smart Guy

Comedy, Drama, Kids
Black Cast
Essence Atkins, Jason Weaver, John Marshall Jones, Omar Gooding, Tahj Mowry
Release Date
March 26, 1997
Synopsis

T.J. is a boy genius who gets bumped up from the fourth grade to high school. T.J. tries to adjust to his new life, but he shares some classes with his 14 year-old brother Marcus, the school jock, and his clueless and self-absorbed 16 year-old sister Yvette.

Smart Guy

Luther

Drama, Mystery, Crime
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Black Cast
Idris Elba, Wunmi Mosaku
Release Date
May 04, 2010
Synopsis

A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

Luther
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Black Cast
Ashley Walters, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Kane Robinson, Letitia Wright, Nicholas Pinnock, Sharon Duncan-Brewster
Release Date
October 31, 2011
Synopsis

A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.

Top Boy: Summerhouse

Scandal

Drama
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Black Cast
Kerry Washington, Shonda Rhimes
Release Date
April 05, 2012
Synopsis

Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.

Scandal

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