Black joy watchlist

A New York jazz musician suddenly finds himself stuck between Earth and the afterlife.

The true story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur, from his early days in New York City through his evolution into one of the world’s most influential voices before his untimely death at the age of 25.

Three female, African American soul singers try to come to terms with fame as they become an overnight success as a pop group.

Never-before-seen footage from the Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969 features concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension and more.

A schoolteacher in Harlem is whisked away by a snowstorm to a fantasy New York City in order to find herself.

King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader, but soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country.

Apollo Creed's son Adonis Johnson turns to his late father's friend Rocky Balboa to train him to be a fighter.

A teenage boy living in New York City pursues his dream of becoming a martial arts master.

Four poor black women try to get some payback from the social system which has abused them by a staging a series of bank robberies.

Spider-Man crosses parallel dimensions and teams up with the Spider-Men of those dimensions to stop a threat to all reality.

Eleven year-old Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins.

A collision of worlds when two African-American families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha's Vineyard for a wedding.

After a woman is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she decides to spend her last few weeks having fun and spending her life savings.

A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Set against the backdrop of Sunday dinner and delicious soul food, an African American family tries to pull itself back together after the matriarch becomes ill.

Whoopi Goldberg returns as the lounge singer who goes undercover as a nun to help an ailing inner-city school.

A pampered African prince comes to Queens in search of a bride.

When a student in Los Angeles, whose dream is to attend Harvard, attends an underground party, he has the chance to go from geek to dope.

When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.

Kid, a typical teenager, has to deal with punks, an over-protective father and beautiful best friends who want him to choose between them.