SheWantTheD
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Personally I love black movies/movies with a black protagonist a lot. I've searched for similar threads on here and people mostly post old movies. Here's a list of great movies I watched with black protagonists.
Sundance releases a lot of great movies like this that never reach many theaters.
Brotherly Love (2015) - a lot of familiar faces in this movies. just check it out for yourself.
Beyond the Lights (2014) - this one is more well known.
From the Rough (2014) - Taraji P Henson stars in this and plays the first woman to become a collegiate men's golf team Catana Starks.
Gimme The Loot (2013)
Pariah (2011) - older movie about a black lesbian female protagonist still in the closet.
Dope (2015) - Was in theaters, saw it last summer I believe. Was a good movie.
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (2013) - I liked this movie a lot and highly recommend it! The protagonists are a two boys black and asian. This was both their first major roles and they killed it. Movie is basically them surviving a summer in the ghetto and all the trials and tribulations that come with it. Jordin Sparks is in this movie.
Yelling To The Sky (2011) - This movie features Zoe Kravitz (she's the main character). First time I saw her
Anyways, the movie is about her moving to the ghetto (I don't know from where), and facing drama both at home and school, and her growth as a teenager. I really liked this movie.
Life of a King (2013) - Movie starring Cuban Gooding Jr who plays a janitor who recently got out of a prison and starts a chess club at a school in an impoverished neighborhood. I saw this one recently and really liked it.
The Intouchables (2011) - saw this a couple months ago. Girl I was dating recommended it to me and it's a really great movie. Very funny too. It's a french movie though, so I watched it with English subtitles.
I'm gonna go back to a list I created and add more. I hope you enjoy watching these as I did. You can easily find them online with a quick google search.
Sundance releases a lot of great movies like this that never reach many theaters.
Brotherly Love (2015) - a lot of familiar faces in this movies. just check it out for yourself.
Beyond the Lights (2014) - this one is more well known.
From the Rough (2014) - Taraji P Henson stars in this and plays the first woman to become a collegiate men's golf team Catana Starks.
Gimme The Loot (2013)
Pariah (2011) - older movie about a black lesbian female protagonist still in the closet.
Dope (2015) - Was in theaters, saw it last summer I believe. Was a good movie.
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (2013) - I liked this movie a lot and highly recommend it! The protagonists are a two boys black and asian. This was both their first major roles and they killed it. Movie is basically them surviving a summer in the ghetto and all the trials and tribulations that come with it. Jordin Sparks is in this movie.
Yelling To The Sky (2011) - This movie features Zoe Kravitz (she's the main character). First time I saw her
Anyways, the movie is about her moving to the ghetto (I don't know from where), and facing drama both at home and school, and her growth as a teenager. I really liked this movie.Life of a King (2013) - Movie starring Cuban Gooding Jr who plays a janitor who recently got out of a prison and starts a chess club at a school in an impoverished neighborhood. I saw this one recently and really liked it.
The Intouchables (2011) - saw this a couple months ago. Girl I was dating recommended it to me and it's a really great movie. Very funny too. It's a french movie though, so I watched it with English subtitles.
I'm gonna go back to a list I created and add more. I hope you enjoy watching these as I did. You can easily find them online with a quick google search.
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