Ava DuVernay
Follows the life of three siblings, one of whom moves from Los Angeles to Louisiana, to claim a shared inheritance from their recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Category: Drama
Stars: Rutina Wesley, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Category: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Kids
Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon
The film begins with the idea that 25 percent of the people in the world who are incarcerated are incarcerated in the U.S. Although the U.S. has just 5% of the world's population. "13th" charts the explosive growth in America's prison population; in 1970, there were about 200,000 prisoners; today, the prison population is more than 2 million. The documentary touches on chattel slavery; D. W. Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation"; Emmett Till; the civil rights movement; the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Richard M. Nixon; and Ronald Reagan's declaration of the war on drugs and much more.
Category: Crime, Documentary
Stars: Melina Abdullah,Michelle Alexander,Cory Booker,Dolores Canales
The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: David Oyelowo,Carmen Ejogo,Jim France,Trinity Simone