John Earl Jelks

Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.

Business executive Jazmin Carter is known for two things: turning fledgling businesses into profit producers and avoiding Christmas in Harlem, the neighborhood where she grew up.

Angel is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future.

An estranged father and son reconnect after 11 years when they discover that they share the same apartment complex. The cause for the disconnect was the father inability to deal with his sons lifestyle.

A psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep, Snap is the story of Jim Whitman, a brilliant but painfully introverted musician who develops a crush on a young social worker.

2차 세계대전 당시 이탈리아 투산 지역을 지나던, 전원 흑인으로 구성된 92 보병부대에 대한 이야기. 영화는 부대원 중 한명이 위험에 빠진 이탈리아 소년의 목숨을 구함으로써 적에 노출돼 전원이 마을에 갇히는 것으로 시작한다.

The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.

This innovative drama, set in Ohio, traces an African American couple's search for intimacy and friendship. The spirited, African-identified Yasmine Allen is a writer and single mother who has been dating saxophone teacher Craig Watkins for a month. Wishing to end her self-imposed celibacy following her son's birth, Yasmine has reached a turning point in the relationship-but Craig, the Big Lug, wants to take it slow. Sage advice from friends and family members remind them, "sex is a powerful thang." Like her highly acclaimed CYCLES, Davis's film incorporates animation as well as Afro-Haitian dance in a rich exploration of the lives of African Americans.

Conflicts arise when a middle aged African American school teacher decides to visit her father's homeland of communist Cuba.

Subjected to Jim Crow laws and an overtly racist white population that still sees Blacks as property, an African American family in the South sends its sons away to a better life. Visualizing the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban, industrial North in sepia tones, director Iverson White’s period film captures the atmosphere of early 20th century America.