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• Selma

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  A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.

• Judas and the Black Messiah

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  Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.

• Summer of Soul (... or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

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  Documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity.

• Black Panther

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  T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

• Moonlight

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  A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.

• Nope

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  The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

• Abbott Elementary. The Complete First Season

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  Follows a group of teachers brought together in one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching.

• I Am Not Your Negro

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  Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.

• The Last Black Man in San Francisco

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  A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.

• Sorry to Bother You

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  In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.

• Power. The Complete First Season

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  James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all, catering to the city's elite and dreaming big, lives a double life as a drug kingpin.

• Black Lightning. The Complete First Season

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  A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.

• Fruitvale Station

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  The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

• One Night in Miami...

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  A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.

• Queen & Slim

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  A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.

• Black-ish. The Complete First Season

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  A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

• Lilies of the Field

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  A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.

• The Photograph

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  A series of intertwining love stories set in the past and in the present.

• Finding Samuel Lowe

  From Harlem to China

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  A former television executive and her two older brothers go on a search to find out what happened to their Chinese maternal grandfather, who left their mother in the 1930s in Jamaica.

• 1619

  Up From Slavery : a 14-part Documentary Series

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  In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are…Read moreRead more of this annotation