Shades of Black

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 rookie police officer (Channing Tatum) who once killed a pair of junkies in his youth remains haunted by the incident.","large":"When he was a youth in the Queensborough projects, Jonathan White (Channing Tatum) -- then known as Milk -- killed a couple of junkies. His dead father's former partner, Detective Stanford (Al Pacino), got him off the hook for the crime. Now a rookie police officer him

Robert transforms a group of roller skaters into a championship-caliber ice-hockey team by harnessing their natural talent and passion, but they must confront racism and discrimination in the predominantly white world of the sport.

In Philadelphia, a high-school basketball player, his sister and their older brother face life-changing decisions as they struggle to make something of themselves.

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

An ACLU attorney and a former narcotics officer help a single mother (Nicole Beharie) in her battle to establish that she was wrongly arrested on drug-dealing charges.","large":"After an overzealous district attorney's drug bust lands her in jail, single mother Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie) must face an agonizing choice: Plead guilty and go home a convicted felon, or fight the charges and risk a le

Escaped convicts (Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin) fight while they evade authorities seeking a computer disk on Cuban mobsters.","large":"During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper (Laurence Fishburne) is chained to Dodge (Stephen Baldwin), a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that so

A pompous husband, Brian, and his battered wife, Latavia, hold a brunch with unexpected consequences. When their invited guests, Todd and Glenda arrive, inhibitions are lowered, and lingering hostile and dark secrets are revealed.","large":"Interpersonal relationships are quickly pushed to the edge as a pompous husband, Brian, and his battered wife, Latavia, hold a brunch with unexpected consequen

A filmmaker returns to Detroit to bury his stepfather and settle his accounts, but his struggles with addiction and loss may finish him before he finishes the task.