Nia Long
21) Soul food
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
22) Love Jones
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Set in Chicago, a beautiful photographer and a sweet-talking poet get together and discover romance.
23) Premonition
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A housewife's life is shattered when she finds out that her husband Jim is killed in a gruesome car accident. But when she awakes the next morning, he is still alive and well. She keeps having dreams about his death, and must decide what to do.
25) In too deep
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An undercover cop infiltrates a deadly gang, and the line between his true identity and his street persona begins to disappear.
26) Baadasssss!
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peeble's struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned.
27) Boyz n the hood
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Three young black men with different backgrounds struggle to survive the violence and bigotry of Los Angeles.
28) Missing
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When the mother of a young woman goes missing with her boyfriend while vacationing in Columbia, she fears the worse. Although she is thousands of miles away, she uses everything in her power to get answers. After getting stonewalled and running into miles of international red tape, the young woman relies on her wit and savvy to find the answers. As time runs out, can she get the proof she needs to find her mother?
30) Beaches
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this contemporary remake, it follows the serendipitous meeting of two young girls on the Venice Beach Boardwalk who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on an unexpected and lifelong friendship. CC is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles when a director who gives her first big shot discovers her. Hillary, the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer, is struggling to find her own destiny." --
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Boyz n the hood: "Three friends struggle to survive in South Central Los Angeles where friendship, pain, danger and love form a true picture of life in 'the hood.'" --
Baby boy: "Jody doesn't have or want a job, because he lives with his mother Juanita in South Central L.A. Her new boyfriend Melvin is an ex-convict, 'original gangster,' and landscaper. Jody views Melvin's arrival with suspicion--the last time Juanita had a boyfriend, she threw out...
