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7.2

♡ 11

57%

97%

R.J. Daniel Hanna Director

Cooper Thornton as Loan Officer

Aunjanue Ellis as Lorraine Townsend

Michael Beasley as Robert Michaels

Vanessa Williams as Sally Rae

A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him.

Pimp

2018

6.4

♡ 29

50%

Christine Crokos Director

Vanessa Morgan as Destiny

Aunjanue Ellis as Gloria May

Edi Gathegi as Kenny Wayne

Keke Palmer as Wednesday

An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

The Subject

2020

5.0

♡ 2

Lanie Zipoy Director

Caleb Eberhardt as Kwame Johnson

Aunjanue Ellis as Leslie Barnes

Jason Biggs as Phil Waterhouse

Vanessa Aspillaga as Pilar

A successful white documentarian deals with the fallout from his last film, which caught the murder of a Black teen on tape. While he films a new doc series, someone else tapes his every move.

Disappearing Acts

2000

6.3

♡ 3

60%

Gina Prince-Bythewood Director

Wesley Snipes as Franklin Swift

CCH Pounder as Mrs. Swift

Aunjanue Ellis as Pam

Regina Hall as Portia

A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

2020

7.4

100%

Christine Swanson Director

Raven Goodwin as Denise Clark Bradford

Demore Barnes as Elbert Clark

Aunjanue Ellis as Mattie Moss Clark

Eugene Clark as Presiding Bishop

With guidance from their mother, five siblings overcome humble beginnings to form the renowned gospel group the Clark Sisters.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

2009

7.4

♡ 11

85%

1970s

husband wife relationship

based on a true story

surgeon

Thomas Carter Director

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Ben Carson

Aunjanue Ellis as Candy

Maestro Harrell as Joe - Teen

Kimberly Elise as Sonya Carson

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.

Notorious

2009

6.7

♡ 45

52%

George Tillman Jr. Director

Marc John Jefferies as Cease

Aunjanue Ellis as Sandy

Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur

Angela Bassett as Voletta Wallace

"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."

The Caveman's Valentine

2001

5.8

♡ 5

46%

Kasi Lemmons Director

Peter MacNeill as Cork

Aunjanue Ellis as Lulu

Ann Magnuson as Moira

Samuel L. Jackson as Romulus

Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?

Of Mind and Music

2014

7.0

♡ 3

71%

Richie Adams Director

Andre Royo as Kenny

Bill Cobbs as Stompleg

Aunjanue Ellis as Una Vida

Jentzen Ramirez as Young Cruz

Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption and reward by helping Una Vida, a jazz singer he discovers performing on the streets of New Orleans. Her health declining and her singing partner and her adopted daughter unable to help, Cruz seeks out her long lost son in an effort to bring resolution to the grief, loss and longing that has overshadowed her hard but beautiful life.

Exhibiting Forgiveness

2024

6.9

♡ 6

95%

92%