Obba Babatundé Movies

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium’s first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from…

A teenage boy reluctantly turns to the streets to earn $6,000 a month for his mother’s cancer medicine and quickly discovers that street money does not come easy. When an…

A unique visual and musical experience based on the Gospel of John. Originally a Passion play, it freely blends elements of stage and cinema, creating a fresh take on this…

When buying a car, it is not uncommon for considerable sums of money to be involved. That is why you should think carefully before buying a new car for your…

Collin escaped the hood and found his wife and fortune. His brother Trey is paroled from a murder charge and comes to stay with him. After a disastrous accident, Trey…

A talented, shy, single doctor balances work, religion, love and BDSM.

After being tired of always monster hunting, the gang decides to go on a vacation free of any spooky stuff and hopefully mysteries. They go to the Little Bat village…

Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam. This eventually lands them…

In the mid-1990s, two inmates bury the burned bodies of two lifers at Mississippi’s infamous Parchman Farm; a third old-timer relates their story. They’d served 65 years for a murder…

It all begins with an anonymous text message with a party invitation. A dozen young men and women gather, eat, drink, party, and have the time of their lives inside…

When a professor of religious studies is forced to investigate why his students are being murdered, he discovers what ended his own life and is then reborn.

Samuel’s dream of buying a recording studio, making a hit record, and becoming a famous hip-hop artist has hit a snag. The money he borrowed to make it all happen…

It all begins with a text message. An anonymous message sent to the cell phones of a dozen young men and women. The message is an invitation to attend one…

An NFL journeyman struggles to deal with life’s complexities after his professional career is over.

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black…

A salute to a man who remains an inspiration and a force for social change nearly forty years after his untimely death at the age of 39.

Deanna, 17, a young hottie, seduces Melvin the class nerd, only to set him up for a cruel April Fools’ joke. She’s joined in her prank by Missy, the goody-two-shoes;…

A writer is touched by the story of a former Black Panther who seams to have been wrongfully convicted to life imprisonment 20 years ago. The writer decides to try…

A graduate student named Stan becomes the manager of an apartment complex which is quite uncommon. The tenants are all quite eccentric and uncommon characters, and the place is quite…

This biography of Dorothy Dandridge follows her career through early days on the club circuit with her sister to her turn in movies, including becoming the first black actress to…

Single mother, Theresa Johnson, becomes homeless, loses her job and tries to survive with her young daughter, Hillary, through charities and public shelters.

Two worlds collide when a successful Haitian American Attorney marries the love of his life only to have his past haunt him when the father of his former fling, a…