Shades of Black

When a young girl and her dying mother are joined by a black male cook who comes to live with them, little do they know that their lives are about to change forever.

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

Personal disputes and problems with drugs, alcohol and illness accompany the musical quintet's rise to fame.

Personal disputes and problems with drugs, alcohol and illness accompany the musical quintet's rise to fame.

A black attorney (Danny Glover), his wife (Whoopi Goldberg) and their two children move to a posh neighborhood in Greenwich, Conn.

Tragedy strikes a prosperous Louisiana family in 1962 after a girl (Jurnee Smollett) catches her father (Samuel L. Jackson) with another woman.","large":"Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), c

A traumatized shark expert (Halle Berry) must battle her own fears to lead a thrill-seeking businessman on a dive into a dangerous section of water known as "Shark Alley.".

A woman (Renee Goldsberry) falls in love with her former boyfriend's brother (Terron Brooks) while living with him.

A troubled star and an aspiring politician fall deeply in love, but those around the couple urge them to put their careers ahead of romance.","large":"Though she's been groomed for stardom all her life by an overbearing mother (Minnie Driver), singer Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is having trouble dealing with her success. Feeling unable to cope any longer, Noni tries to kill herself, but luckily Kaz (Na

A former sailor (Ossie Davis) recounts the story of black crew members aboard the USS Mason during World War II.","large":"In the 1990s, Lorenzo DuFau tells the story of the USS Mason, the historic World War II battleship with an entirely segregated black crew. Aware of their deadly mission, the sailors aboard the USS Mason engage in fierce combat and fight to defend their country, despite the ove

A misfit soldier (Charlie Sheen) lands in a bully's (Martin Sheen) stockade with five men united by their race and their walk.

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

Pregnant and abused, a Harlem teen (Gabourey Sidibe) enrolls in an alternative school in an attempt to bring value to her life.","large":"Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her vicious mother (Mo'Nique). Precious instinctively sees a chance to turn her life ar

A troubled star and an aspiring politician fall deeply in love, but those around the couple urge them to put their careers ahead of romance.","large":"Though she's been groomed for stardom all her life by an overbearing mother (Minnie Driver), singer Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is having trouble dealing with her success. Feeling unable to cope any longer, Noni tries to kill herself, but luckily Kaz (Na

A Los Angeles high-school teacher (Samuel L. Jackson) confronts violent students with a grudge against him and society.","large":"When a student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield (Samuel L. Jackson), he feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but, soon after, Trevor is stabbed by the same student. Fifteen months later, a ph

An angry Vietnam veteran (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs) leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.

A New York journalist (Christopher Reeve) lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp (Morgan Freeman) up for murder.","large":"Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve) is a reporter struggling to keep his job at a magazine. Assigned to write a real-life prostitution exposé, he fails to gain information from his subjects and decides to make up his own story about a pimp. The piece reviv

An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition -- they must become roommates.

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple follows rhythm and blues singer Sharon Jones as she tries to hold her band together while battling pancreatic cancer.

One year after Hurricane Katrina, coach Al Collins (Forest Whitaker) gathers displaced students and turns them into a championship basketball team.","large":"One year after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, high-school basketball coach Al Collins (Forest Whitaker) gathers displaced students and rebuilds the school team, the Patriots. Though the young athletes originally hailed from five differ

Akeelah, an 11-year-old girl living in South Los Angeles, discovers she has a talent for spelling, which she hopes will take her to the National Spelling Bee.

A troubled star and an aspiring politician fall deeply in love, but those around the couple urge them to put their careers ahead of romance.","large":"Though she's been groomed for stardom all her life by an overbearing mother (Minnie Driver), singer Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is having trouble dealing with her success. Feeling unable to cope any longer, Noni tries to kill herself, but luckily Kaz (Na

A Los Angeles high-school teacher (Samuel L. Jackson) confronts violent students with a grudge against him and society.","large":"When a student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield (Samuel L. Jackson), he feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but, soon after, Trevor is stabbed by the same student. Fifteen months later, a ph

An angry Vietnam veteran (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs) leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.

A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from reaching their target.