THE PIANO LESSON (2024)

 

Directed By: Malcolm Washington 

Written By: Virgil Williams and Malcolm Washington 

Based on the play by: August Wilson 

Cinematography: Michael Gioulakis 

Editor: Leslie Jones 

Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Stephen James, Erykah Badu, Michael Potts, Pauletta Washington, Skylar Aleece Smith 

Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.

BABES (2024)

 

Directed By: Pamela Adlon 

Written By: Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz 

Cinematography: Jeffrey Kim 

Editor: Elizabeth Merrick and Annie Eifright

Cast: Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, Hassan Minhaj, John Carroll Lynch, Stephen James, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bernhard, Elena Ouspenskaia 

Lifelong friends Eden and Dawn, one single and wanting a baby, the other already a mother, navigate challenges to their bond when Eden pursues pregnancy alone after a one-night stand.

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018)

Written & Directed By: Barry Jenkins 
Based on the Novel By: James Baldwin 
Cinematography: James Laxton 
Editor: Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders 
Music By: Nicholas Britell 


Cast: Stephen James, KiKi Layne, Regina King, Michael Beach, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Aunjaune Ellis, Diego Luna, Dave Franco, Brian Tyree Henry, Ed Skrein, Emily Rios, Finn Wittrock, Ebony Obsidian 


African-American teen sweethearts Fonny and Tish are ripped apart when Fonny is wrongly arrested for the rape of a Puerto Rican woman because of the machinations of a racist cop. While seeking justice for Fonny, a pregnant Tish relies on her Harlem community, including her sister, mother Sharon and future mother-in-law.