Lorraine Toussaint Movies

A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to...

Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys.

Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and...

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the...

When her daughter's lover begins exhibiting signs of becoming a dangerous abuser, a mother attempts to intervene.

A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to...

Upending expectations and challenging the definition of womanhood, these “first women” found themselves at the forefront of progressive...

In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances....

From The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, experience this Shakespearean classic directed...

John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she...

Three West Point 1861 generation cadets and friends go on opposite sides after the breakout of The Civil War, with tragic consequences. A subplot...

Down-on-his-luck lawyer Warren Blackburn defends wealthy Texan Johnnie Faye Boudreau, who is accused of murdering her husband.

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as...

An ill-fated, tender romance between an adult white male tutor and his 17-year-old African-American female student.

Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each...

An insecure MBA student fakes a broken ankle and poses as a medical student to win over a free-spirited woman who lives for music and dancing, only...

Fact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit. While on stakeout on a suspected getaway car...

The real-life California family doctor -- facing a jail sentence for money laundering and tax evasion -- recalls the events leading to the arrest of...

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story...

A man and woman with relationship issues decide to go on a meditation retreat that requires absolute silence for three days along with the man's best...