Queen Latifah is “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith in this Dee Rees-directed drama about how Smith’s tumultuous personal life fueled her genre-defying sound.

The Outsider's Cynthia Erivo stars as Harriet Tubman in this drama about the heroic abolitionist's escape from slavery and dangerous missions to liberate hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad.

When a teenager witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood friend by a cop, she must decide what to do next in this drama adapted from the critically acclaimed novel of the same name.

Go behind Deborah Lacks’ search to learn about the mother she never knew and understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs.

Jordan (Regina Hall) is transformed into her 13-year-old self (Marsai Martin) when the pressures of her career become too much to bear — and her long-suffering assistant April (Issa Rae) is the only one in on her secret.

A young Black man's dalliance with a wealthy white family takes a disastrous turn in this modern reimagining of Richard Wright's haunting novel.