Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing.

All at Once

2016

English

6.2

♡ 8

50%

Action

Drama

Jon Abrahams Director

Annie Potts as Ginny Maxwell

Liza Colón-Zayas as Linda Ramirez

Stephen Henderson as Robert

Erika Christensen as Tiffany Fontinella

A young artist in New York City accepts guardianship of his best friends' daughters after the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Eleven years later, he returns to his hometown to raise the two girls.

Native Son

2019

English

5.7

♡ 28

62%

48%

a24

Action

based on novel or book

chicago, illinois

Drama

poverty

Rashid Johnson Director

Ashton Sanders as Bigger Thomas

Bryant Carroll as Dispatch

Margaret Qualley as Mary Dalton

Stephen Henderson as Mr. Green

A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.

Red Hook Summer

2012

English

5.3

♡ 1

57%

34%

Action

Drama

Spike Lee Director

Colman Domingo as Blessing Rowe

Jonathan Batiste as Da Organist Tk Hazelton

Stephen Henderson as Deacon Yancy

Arthur French as Mr. Curtis

When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.

Everyday People

2004

English

6.5

♡ 1

67%

40%

Action

brooklyn, new york city

Jim McKay Director

Stephen Henderson as Arthur

Jack O'Connell as John

Verna O. Hobson as Lady with Blue Drink

Lou Martini Jr. as Mr. Califano

The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery

Bruised

2020

English

6.2

♡ 35

51%

Halle Berry Director

Adriane Lenox as

Marcella Lentz-Pope as Additional Voices

Halle Berry as Jackie Justice

Stephen Henderson as Pops

Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out

American Masters August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

English

7.7

♡ 1

Sam Pollard Director

Roscoe Orman as Becker

Keith David as Narrator

Albert Jones as Sterling

Stephen Henderson as Turnbo

Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chronicling a century of African-American life. Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

The American Side

2016

English

4.8

♡ 2

79%

Jenna Ricker Director

Matthew Broderick as Borden Chase

Camilla Belle as Emily Chase

Stephen Henderson as Stickney

Joe Grifasi as The Serb

Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.

Fences

2016

English

7.2

♡ 257

92%

75%

Action

baseball

based on play or musical

Denzel Washington Director

Jovan Adepo as Cory

Stephen Henderson as Jim Bono

Russell Hornsby as Lyons

Denzel Washington as Troy Maxson

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

2014

English

4.5

♡ 4

49%

Spike Lee Director

Brian Jones as Baritone

Stephen Henderson as Deacon Yancy

Rami Malek as Seneschal Higginbottom

Jonathan Batiste as Vocals / Hammond B-3 Organ

Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood. Soon after his transformation he enters into a dangerous romance with Ganja Hightower that questions the very nature of love, addiction, sex, and status.

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The True Adventures of Wolfboy

The Good Heart

All at Once

Native Son

Red Hook Summer

Everyday People

Bruised

American Masters August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

The American Side

Fences

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus