Shades of Black

Former gang members return to depressed Gary, Ind., to quell violence perpetrated by their successors.","large":"Successful Los Angeles football coach John Bookman returns home to Gary, IN, when his father is murdered. Discovering the town overrun with violent street gangs, John is even more horrified to learn his father was shot by a member of the Rebels, a gang John himself helped form in his yo

Ever since they were kids, Sincere and Buns have lived life close to the edge, doing whatever it takes to survive; as adults, they build up their kingdom of crime on drug dealing and robbery.","large":"Ever since they were kids, Sincere (Nas) and Buns (DMX) have lived life close to the edge, doing whatever it takes to survive. As adults, they build up their kingdom of crime on drug dealing and rob

After eight years in prison, G (Jayceon Taylor) is released and returns to his old ways on the streets -- until he starts to fall for a policewoman (Shari Headley).

Based on the incredible true story of a gay Black man with few options who joins the Marines to prove himself to his estranged mother and triumph in a system that cast him aside, unexpectedly finding strength and camaraderie in this new community.","large":"A young, gay Black man with few options for his future decides to join the Marines, willing to do whatever it takes to prove himself to his es

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 veteran detective and a rookie cop have to stop a master thief's computer virus before it drains all the funds from a bank's accounts.","large":"A veteran detective is teamed with a rookie cop when they are sent to negotiate with a bunch of criminals holding a bank hostage. It transpires that a master thief has planted a computer virus that will drain funds from the bank's accounts. The detectiv

In the 1970s an aficionado (Terrence Howard) and a janitor (Bernie Mac) renovate an abandoned pool and establish a swim team in one of Philadelphia's roughest neighborhoods.","large":"In the 1970s Philadelphia, Jim Ellis, who is driven by a love of competitive swimming, fixes up an abandoned pool building with the help of a janitor named Elston. But when city officials mark the place for demolitio

When members of a stuffy country club oppose his bid to join, a rap mogul (Antwan "Big Boi" Patton) buys the land adjacent to the golf course's 17th hole.","large":"Superstar rap mogul C-Note (Antwan "Big Boi" Patton) wants to join the Carolina Pines Golf & Country Club, but faces stiff opposition from the establishment's snooty members. C-Note forces the issue by purchasing the land adjacent to t

Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) teams up with his agoraphobic buddy Bernie Pope (Danny Glover) to clean up Los Angeles' crime-infested streets.

Three women (Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes) conspire to steal a pile of cash that the Federal Reserve Bank has earmarked for destruction.","large":"After her husband loses his job, upper-crust housewife Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) is forced to take a job as a janitor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Mo. Spotting a weakness in the bank's security system, Bridget convinces

Former gang members return to depressed Gary, Ind., to quell violence perpetrated by their successors.","large":"Successful Los Angeles football coach John Bookman returns home to Gary, IN, when his father is murdered. Discovering the town overrun with violent street gangs, John is even more horrified to learn his father was shot by a member of the Rebels, a gang John himself helped form in his yo

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

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