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"urban movies" playlist


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Created by: okalone

Movies: 31, TV Shows: 1 [scroll to tv]

Playlist description:  african american favs



Movies (31)


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Untitled Jackie Robinson Project (2013)

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.

Views: 3,551 • Reviews: 1

Ray (2004)

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age sev...

Views: 2,691 • Reviews: 2

When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017)

Drama 

"Hit A Lick," tells the tragic story of Falicia Blakely, a teen mom who grows up in the fast-lane. When she becomes an exotic dancer, she attracts the attention...

Views: 2,782 • Reviews: 3

Bessie (2015)

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Views: 2,310 • Reviews: 0

Get on Up (2014)

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Views: 6,518 • Reviews: 5

Waist Deep (2006)

In the urban action thriller Waist Deep, director Vondie Curtis Hall (Redemption) takes audiences on a ride through contemporary Los Angeles - where a sexy 21...

Views: 28,505 • Reviews: 4

The Color Purple (1985)

Drama 

A black Southern woman (Whoopi Goldberg) struggles to find her identity after suffering years of abuse from her father and others over 40 year...

Views: 31,265 • Reviews: 7

What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Anna Mae always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, the now teenage Anna soon ...

Views: 38,585 • Reviews: 3

Menace II Society (1993)

Crime  Drama 

This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence ...

Views: 48,691 • Reviews: 10

Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)

Music-based romantic drama about the late singer/songwriter Frankie Lymon, who was responsible for many hit records but whose self-destructive life ended earl...

Views: 12,763 • Reviews: 2

Purple Rain (1984)

A brilliant, talented young musician struggles for success even as a rival musician threatens to supplant him, both professionally and romantically. PURPLE RAIN...

Views: 31,697 • Reviews: 11

Paid in Full (2002)

Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some co...

Views: 5,806 • Reviews: 0

Notorious (2009) (2009)

NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once sellin...

Views: 54,221 • Reviews: 7

Marshall (2017)

About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Views: 2,141 • Reviews: 0

Girls Trip (2017)

Comedy 

When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dan...

Views: 26,805 • Reviews: 17

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

The group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes pop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Views: 44,003 • Reviews: 11

Dead Presidents (1995)

This action film, directed by the Hughes brothers, depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn."...

Views: 20,108 • Reviews: 8

Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.

Views: 30,878 • Reviews: 3

The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)

There's fame…there's fortune…and then there's family. Sometimes it's hard to choose. Based on the inspiring and true story of the First Family of music, The J...

Views: 23,964 • Reviews: 2

Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le (2017)

Drama 

The story of R&B artist Michel'le, who rose to fame in the early 1980s when she signed on to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records.

Views: 11,344 • Reviews: 5

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Tv Shows (1)


The New Edition Story (2017)

A 3 night miniseries chronicling the ups and downs of legendary music group New Edition from their humble beginnings in Boston to individual solo success and ev...

Views: 17,216 • Followers: 3Reviews: 0
Season:1 Episode:3 (7 years ago)



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