Shades of Black

Racial tensions collide in a collection of intertwined stories involving residents of Los Angeles.

During the racially charged summer of 1971, outspoken civil rights activist Ann Atwater and local Ku Klux Klan leader C.P. Ellis come together to co-chair a community summit on the desegregation of schools in Durham, N.C.","large":"The true story of the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader. During the racially ch

A man is forced to smuggle and sell illegal black diamonds to pay for his father's pardon back home in South Africa.

Students at a retired fighter pilot's (Lou Gossett Jr.) flight school for troubled youths stumble on a military plot to attack Cuba with chemical weapons.","large":"Retired from the Air Force, Chappy Sinclair (Lou Gossett Jr.) now runs a private flight school that happens to cater to misfits and juvenile offenders. Desperate to instill discipline, Chappy hires as an instructor his former protégé,

Although ordered to kill his boss's girlfriend (Kent Masters-King), a hit man (Treach) develops feelings for her and reflects on his violent past.","large":"Treach of Naughty by Nature stars in this action-packed drama as Malik Bishop, a tough-as-nails gangster kid turned elite hit man. While staking out his next assignment - the innocent girlfriend of his notorious boss - Malik reflects on the da

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

During his life sentence in post-apartheid South Africa, brutal murderer Piet Blomfield seeks redemption through meetings with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Two roommates (Dr. Dre, Snoop "Doggy" Dogg) who work at a car wash must save their kidnapped boss (George Wallace) in order to keep their jobs.","large":"The Wash is an action-comedy starring Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. As mismatched roommates working at a car wash, they come together to rescue their boss (George Wallace) from a couple of first-time kidnappers. If they don't settle their differences a

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