Angela Bassett Movies

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...

A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who...

Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.

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...

In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...

Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in love with in 2018; director Ryan Coogler;...

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.

The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family...

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements...

Revolutionary fragrances, Haute Couture and spectacular shows: in the world of luxury, Thierry Mugler broke every code. Enter into the backstage of...

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.

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.

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...

Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives...

The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus Attucks.