Angela Bassett Movies
- 2020
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me7.92020HD
Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements...
- 1991
City of Hope
City of Hope6.71991HD
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who...
- 1990
Challenger
Challenger6.21990HD
A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its...
- 1991
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage61991HD
This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit (drug...
- 2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy82009HD
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...
- 2013
Betty and Coretta
Betty and Coretta7.1672013HD
The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.
- 1999
Our Friend, Martin
Our Friend, Martin7.41999HD
Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.
- 2006
Time Bomb
Time Bomb5.52006HD
The Department of Homeland Security receives a threat that a bomb has been set to explode during a sports event in Washington, D.C.
- 1986
Liberty
Liberty01986HD
Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.
- 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives5.92003HD
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...
- 2016
The Snowy Day
The Snowy Day72016HD
Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.
- 2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Ruby's Bucket of Blood6.12001HD
A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.
- 2008
Gospel Hill
Gospel Hill4.82008HD
Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a...
- 2000
Boesman and Lena
Boesman and Lena6.32000HD
Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.
- 1985
Doubletake
Doubletake5.21985HD
Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives...
- 1990
In the Best Interest of the Child
In the Best Interest of the Child1.51990HD
Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on her that the child may be being sexually abused by her father. What is she...
- 2024
Butterfly in the Sky
Butterfly in the Sky82024HD
Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!”...
- 2004
The Lazarus Child
The Lazarus Child5.62004HD
A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.
- 2002
Our America
Our America72002HD
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
- 1991
The Heroes of Desert Storm
The Heroes of Desert Storm2.51991HD
The first Iraq war saw many tragedies and acts of heroism. This is the story seen through the eyes of the men and women involved.