Shades of Black

A teenager (Sam Jones III) must elude thugs who believe he is responsible for the disappearance of a rapper (Nelly) and an unfinished album.","large":"Erik Triggs is a good-natured Philadelphia teen and aspiring rapper who works at a hip-hop record label. There he hangs with rising superstar Prolifik during the day and works on his own music after hours. However, when Prolifik is kidnapped and his

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

To avoid losing her home to foreclosure, single mother Angela Logan (Kimberly Elise) tries to bake and sell 100 apple cakes in 10 days.

B.C. (Cedric Sanders), the only black kid on the racetrack, uses dirt track racing as a way to reach manhood.

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.