Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
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- 2024 | Nickel BoysasHattie
Nickel Boys
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
- 2024 | Exhibiting ForgivenessasJoyce
Exhibiting Forgiveness
A Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they struggle and learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.
- 2023 | The Color PurpleasMama
The Color Purple
A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
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- 2021 | King RichardasOracene 'Brandy' Williams
King Richard
A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.
- 2018 | If Beale Street Could TalkasMrs. Hunt
If Beale Street Could Talk
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
- 2016 | The Birth of a NationasNancy
The Birth of a Nation
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
