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Girlfriend Intervention

Name of Show: Betty and Corretta
Director: Grazia Caroselli
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About Show: In Girlfriend Intervention, four wise, poised, and stylish African-American women help white sisters seek a complete makeover. From their wardrobes to their homes, these women will have their confidence restored.

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Name of Show: The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Director: Christine Swanson
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About Show: Details the humble beginnings, struggles to find their place, and later, becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world.

Betty and Corretta

Name of Show: Betty and Corretta
Director: Yves Simoneau
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About Show: The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story

Name of Show: The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story
Director: Nelson George
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About Show: The inspiring true story of NBA great Kevin Durant's mother, Wanda, and her dedication to raising one of the greatest basketball players in the world.

Pastor Brown

Name of Show: Pastor Brown
Director: Rockmond Dunbar
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About Show: When her father falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica Brown returns home in more than a decade. Her father's dying wish that she take over as head of Mount Olive Baptist Church turns her life and her family's life upside down.

Twist of Faith

Name of Show: Twist of Faith
Director: Paul A. Kaufman
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About Show:  Grieving over the untimely loss of his family and in a dissociative state, an aimlessly-wandering Jewish man is rescued by another family who help him find his way back to happiness again.

Mahalia

Name of Show: Mahalia
Director: Kenny Leon
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About Show: The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who began singing early and became one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Name of Show: The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Director: Christine Swanson
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show:  Details the humble beginnings, struggles to find their place, and later, becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world.

Livin’ Large

Name of Show: Livin' Large
Director: Michael Schultz
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About Show:  A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.

Jackie Robinson

Name of Show: Jackie Robinson
Director: Brian Helgeland
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About Show: In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Trip to Bountiful

Name of Show: Trip to Bountiful
Director: Michael Wilson
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About Show:  Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and escapes the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home. When Ludie and Jessie Mae discover she is gone, they call law enforcement to help, but Mrs. Watts is one step ahead of them and convinces the local sheriff to help her on her journey home to Bountiful.

 

Thurgood Marshall

Name of Show: Thurgood Marshall
Director: Reginald Hudlin
About Show: The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Natural Hair

Name of Show: Natural Hair
Director: Isis Brantley
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About Show: A feature-length documentary that explores the struggles of hair identity told by women of color.

Kings of the Evening

Name of Show: Throwback Holiday
Director: Andrew P. Jones
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About Show: Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang. He returns to a bleak urban town caught in the depths of the Great Depression - no jobs, no prospects, no hope - where he is thrown together with four strangers, each struggling to survive as they scratch and scheme to dig their way out of poverty. Life is grim. But on Sunday nights, in a dingy hall in a forlorn neighborhood, the men of the ghetto piece together the finest attire their meager lives can beg, borrow, or steal to compete in an underground contest like no other. The big winner will go home with the five-dollar prize. The real prize - far less tangible, yet priceless - is the chance to feel like a king, if just for an evening. To men like these, the touch of a woman, the adulation of the crowd, and the feel of a fine-looking suit are proof enough that a man might yet escape the debasement of the ghetto. And only one can emerge - King of the Evening.

A Distant Shore: African-Americans of D-Day

Name of Show: A Distant Shore: African-Americans of D-Day
Director: Trey Haley
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About Show: 1.2 million African Americans served in World War II in some capacity, and although primarily forgotten by history, nearly 2,000 African Americans were among the troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy. A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day told the story of these African American soldiers in World War II who went ashore in France during the 1944 Invasion of Normandy.

Black Coffee

Name of Show: Black Coffee
Director: Mark Harris
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About Show: After getting fired from his work and losing his girlfriend, Robert gets employed at his cousin's coffee business. His life changes after he meets Morgan, an attorney while delivering her coffee.

Found 20 Results

Girlfriend Intervention

Name of Show: Betty and Corretta
Director: Grazia Caroselli
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: In Girlfriend Intervention, four wise, poised, and stylish African-American women help white sisters seek a complete makeover. From their wardrobes to their homes, these women will have their confidence restored.

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Name of Show: The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Director: Christine Swanson
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: Details the humble beginnings, struggles to find their place, and later, becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world.

Betty and Corretta

Name of Show: Betty and Corretta
Director: Yves Simoneau
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story

Name of Show: The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story
Director: Nelson George
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: The inspiring true story of NBA great Kevin Durant's mother, Wanda, and her dedication to raising one of the greatest basketball players in the world.

Pastor Brown

Name of Show: Pastor Brown
Director: Rockmond Dunbar
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: When her father falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica Brown returns home in more than a decade. Her father's dying wish that she take over as head of Mount Olive Baptist Church turns her life and her family's life upside down.

Twist of Faith

Name of Show: Twist of Faith
Director: Paul A. Kaufman
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show:  Grieving over the untimely loss of his family and in a dissociative state, an aimlessly-wandering Jewish man is rescued by another family who help him find his way back to happiness again.

Mahalia

Name of Show: Mahalia
Director: Kenny Leon
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who began singing early and became one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Name of Show: The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Director: Christine Swanson
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show:  Details the humble beginnings, struggles to find their place, and later, becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world.

Livin’ Large

Name of Show: Livin' Large
Director: Michael Schultz
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show:  A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.

Jackie Robinson

Name of Show: Jackie Robinson
Director: Brian Helgeland
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Trip to Bountiful

Name of Show: Trip to Bountiful
Director: Michael Wilson
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show:  Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and escapes the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home. When Ludie and Jessie Mae discover she is gone, they call law enforcement to help, but Mrs. Watts is one step ahead of them and convinces the local sheriff to help her on her journey home to Bountiful.

 

Thurgood Marshall

Name of Show: Thurgood Marshall
Director: Reginald Hudlin
About Show: The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Natural Hair

Name of Show: Natural Hair
Director: Isis Brantley
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: A feature-length documentary that explores the struggles of hair identity told by women of color.

Kings of the Evening

Name of Show: Throwback Holiday
Director: Andrew P. Jones
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang. He returns to a bleak urban town caught in the depths of the Great Depression - no jobs, no prospects, no hope - where he is thrown together with four strangers, each struggling to survive as they scratch and scheme to dig their way out of poverty. Life is grim. But on Sunday nights, in a dingy hall in a forlorn neighborhood, the men of the ghetto piece together the finest attire their meager lives can beg, borrow, or steal to compete in an underground contest like no other. The big winner will go home with the five-dollar prize. The real prize - far less tangible, yet priceless - is the chance to feel like a king, if just for an evening. To men like these, the touch of a woman, the adulation of the crowd, and the feel of a fine-looking suit are proof enough that a man might yet escape the debasement of the ghetto. And only one can emerge - King of the Evening.

A Distant Shore: African-Americans of D-Day

Name of Show: A Distant Shore: African-Americans of D-Day
Director: Trey Haley
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: 1.2 million African Americans served in World War II in some capacity, and although primarily forgotten by history, nearly 2,000 African Americans were among the troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy. A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day told the story of these African American soldiers in World War II who went ashore in France during the 1944 Invasion of Normandy.

Black Coffee

Name of Show: Black Coffee
Director: Mark Harris
Airing: Click here for Schedule | Check Local Listings
About Show: After getting fired from his work and losing his girlfriend, Robert gets employed at his cousin's coffee business. His life changes after he meets Morgan, an attorney while delivering her coffee.