Shades of Black

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 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 nurse (Pam Grier) takes revenge on a drug ring for the slaying of her undercover-officer boyfriend.","large":"Unable to pay back the $20,000 he owes the mob, small-time hustler Link (Antonio Fargas) instead gives up the identity of an undercover cop (Terry Carter) who happens to be dating his sister, Foxy Brown (Pam Grier). When gangsters later kill the cop, Foxy is quick to make the connection

A nurse (Pam Grier) seeks revenge on those she holds responsible for her 11-year-old sister's drug addiction.","large":"As a nurse, Coffy (Pam Grier) has seen the ill effects of drugs up close, but it isn't until her little sister becomes addicted to heroin that she finally decides to wage a one-woman battle. Disguised as a prostitute, Coffy goes on a killing rampage, at first going after street d

Two cool Chicago undercover officers (Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal) try to put a drug lord (Jimmy Smits) permanently out of business.","large":"Ray and Danny (Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal) are two Chicago police detectives hot on the trail of drug kingpin Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits). They manage to nab the drug lord, but the bust is messy, and the two are suspended. While vacationing in Key West,

A successful businesswoman (Sharon Leal) puts her family, career and life on the line to satisfy her addiction to sex.","large":"Successful businesswoman Zoe Reynard (Sharon Leal) seems to have a charmed life. She has a wonderful, loving husband (Boris Kodjoe), two beautiful children and a thriving career. However, as perfect as her life might look to other people, Zoe is secretly tormented by nym

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

Catherine Wright struggles with a debilitating sleep disorder. Her husband Michael struggles to cope when their newborn son lay in the wake.

Two young men cross paths on the dangerous streets of Atlanta. One tries to make a legitimate living, while the other tries to create mayhem and rule the streets.