Shades of Black

A racist prison guard has an affair with a Black woman after her husband, who was sentenced to capital punishment, dies.","large":"Hank, an embittered racist prison guard working on death row, begins an unlikely, emotionally charged sexual relationship with Leticia, a Black woman and wife of a man sentenced to death. The affair begins just after Hank oversees the capital punishment of Leticia's hu

A White House butler (Forest Whitaker) has a front-row seat to history through three decades and seven presidential administrations, including those of Eisenhower (Robin Williams), Kennedy (James Marsden) and Nixon (John Cusack).","large":"After leaving the South as a young man and finding employment at an elite hotel in Washington, D.C., Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) gets the opportunity of a li

Four Boston friends (Allen Payne, Aaron D. Spears) become big-time drug dealers but face the wrath of another kingpin.","large":"Four friends enter the drug trade in Boston in the late 1970s: Tristan (Allen Payne), Money (Aaron D. Spears), E-Bone and Simon. With the consent of a South End crime boss, Benny (Clarence Williams III), they quickly rise in the drug game, while the leader of the group,

A teenager (Sam Jones III) must elude thugs who believe he is responsible for the disappearance of a rapper (Nelly) and an unfinished album.","large":"Erik Triggs (Sam Jones III) is a good-natured Philadelphia teen and aspiring rapper who works at a hip-hop record label. There he hangs with rising superstar Prolifik (Nelly) during the day and works on his own music after hours. However, when Proli

A drug dealer forces a man back into being the violent person he once was.

A New Orleans paramedic encounters a psychedelic drug that challenges everything he knows about reality -- and the flow of time itself.","large":"When New Orleans paramedics and longtime best friends Steve and Dennis are called to a series of bizarre and gruesome accidents, they chalk it up to a mysterious new drug found at the scene. But after Dennis' oldest daughter disappears, Steve stumbles up

A gritty survivor is forced to fight for her life, when a blood feud between two centuries old gangs spills on to the doorstep of her squat.

A therapist (Stellan Skarsgard) treats a black stripper (Halle Berry) who has multiple personality disorder, including that of an imperious white racist.

After the senseless murder of her son (Aml Ameen), a grief-stricken mother (Viola Davis) joins forces with another woman (Jennifer Lopez) for vigilante justice.

A computer whiz (Shemar Moore) suspected of murder seeks an aspiring actress's (Nia Long) help to elude killers and the law.","large":"Freddy (Shemar Moore) is a big-shot music industry executive, whose cousin, Blusette (Salli Richardson), is a successful and well-known singer managed by 8-Ball Harris (Ernie Hudson). Blusette soon realizes, however, that 8-Ball is a small-time crook, hoping to use

Mobster Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) vies with rival Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) for control of illegal gambling in 1930s Harlem.","large":"Having just been released from jail, Bumpy Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) returns to his criminal ways as a linchpin in the African-American-run numbers racket. However, Bumpy's longtime friend Illinois Gordon (Chi McBride) and girlfriend Francine

When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and vengeance, he soon finds himself in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who's taken over the island paradise.

A former Marine (Michael Jai White) travels to Brazil to hunt down the brutal Japanese mobsters who attacked his sister and left her for dead.