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Black Panther

Black Panther

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.3

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne...

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Blade

Blade

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

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Sankofa

Sankofa

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 7

On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.

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The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 6.8

An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next...

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Born in Flames

Born in Flames

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 6.5

In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.

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Space Is the Place

Space Is the Place

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1974 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the b...

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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 6.3

A quixotic artist hypothesizes about why he feels bad when a mystery girl stands him up. The event prompts him to ask: what's the content of a momentary feeling? Is it the sum of your experiences? And...

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Brown Girl Begins

Brown Girl Begins

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 3.9

It's 2049 on a forsaken island off the coast of Toronto where the survival of the islanders depends on young Ti-Jeanne to risk death by a spirit so she can take her place as a caribbean priestess and...

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