African-American cinema – Stream On Demand

What to stream: ‘The Gray Man’ on Netflix, ‘Anything’s Possible’ on Prime Video, ‘Happening’ on AMC+, ‘The Last Movie Stars’ on HBO Max

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Plus ‘Aftershock’ on Hulu, ‘Prizefighter’ on Prime Video, ‘Don McLean’s American Pie’ on Paramount+, season four of ‘Virgin RIver.’ ‘The Forgiven’ on VOD

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis star in the Oscar-winning film

Oscar-winner ‘Fences’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

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Denzel Washington directs and stars in the screen adaptation of the acclaimed August Wilson play, reprising his role from the 2010 stage revival along with costars Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Hornsby, and Mykelti Williamson.

David Oyelowo is Martin Luther King in Ava DuVernay's 'Selma.'

Academy Award winner ‘Selma’ on Paramount+

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Ava Duvernay directs this acclaimed drama about the 1965 civil rights march through Alabama led by Dr. Martin Luther King.

‘Black Dynamite’ vs. Kung Fu Island on Paramount+

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This tongue-in-cheek tribute to the black exploitation action cinema of the seventies is a dead-on parody of the sloppy filmmaking of the cheapest films of the genre.

‘Babylon’ – London’s reggae underground on Criterion Channel and Mubi

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This high-energy drama set in the Jamaican subculture of South London explores the the black experience in Thatcher’s England.

David Oyelowo and Madina Nalwanga in Disney's "Queen of Katwe."

‘Queen of Katwe’ – The inspiring true story on Disney+

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Lupita Nyong’o stars in the true story of a poor, uneducated girl in Uganda who became an international chess champion.

‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ – Melvin Van Peebles’ outlaw indie on Criterion Channel

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Raw, jagged, explosively angry, and shot guerrilla style on a starvation budget on the streets of Los Angeles, this is a landmark of American independent cinema.