Cast: Jill Scott

Direction Anthony Minghella

Cast Jill Scott · Lucian Msamati · Anika Noni Rose · Idris Elba

Plot Based on the best-selling novel series by Alexander McCall Smith, "Detective Agency" chronicles the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, the proprietor of the only female-owned detective agency in Botswana. As a...

Direction Tate Taylor

Cast Chadwick Boseman · David Andrew Nash · Nelsan Ellis · Viola Davis

Plot Chadwick Boseman stars as James Brown. From a childhood spent in poverty to his emergence as the Godfather of Soul, Brown's incredible life story is one of talent, determination, and...

Direction Deborah Kampmeier

Cast Dakota Fanning · Robin Wright · David Morse · Piper Laurie

Plot Like a lily growing in the swamp, Lewellen, a precocious southern girl, radiates splendor amidst the murk that surrounds her. She is being raised by her abusive father and disciplinarian...

Direction Salim Akil · Oz Scott · Michael Schultz · Rose Troche

Cast Cress Williams · China Anne McClain · Christine Adams · Nafessa Williams

Plot TV Series (2018-Present Day). Jefferson Pierce has made his choice. He hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a daughter hell-bent on justice and a...

Direction Tyler Perry

Cast Tyler Perry · Sharon Leal · Janet Jackson · Jill Scott

Plot The big screen adaptation of Perry's stage play about the trials of marriage, and what happens to one family when a sexy young temptress arrives on the scene.

Direction Kenny Leon

Cast Queen Latifah · Alfre Woodard · Phylicia Rashad · Jill Scott

Plot M'Lynn (Queen Latifah) and her only daughter Shelby (Condola Rashad) are preparing for Shelby's wedding to Jackson (Tory Kittles).

Direction Bruce Beresford

Cast Queen Latifah · Betsy Brandt · Rob Morrow · Marin Ireland

Plot A woman deals with the toxic water scandal in Flint, Michigan, and the effect it has on her family.

Direction RZA

Cast Azealia Banks · Jill Scott · Lucien Laviscount · Hana Mae Lee

Plot When struggling rapper Coco (Azealia Banks) enrolls in a poetry class, she thinks her rhymes will impress her teacher, Professor Dixon (Jill Scott). Instead, Dixon challenges Coco to seek real...

Direction David E. Talbert

Cast Paula Patton · Taye Diggs · Jill Scott · Adam Brody

Plot Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential...

Direction Nzingha Stewart

Cast Regina Hall · Jill Scott · Eve · Gabrielle Union

Plot After attending their friend Elise's (Sudano) wedding on New Year's Eve, Trista (Hall), a career-driven talent agent, Viviane (Scott), a successful gossip columnist, and Amaya (Cooper), a struggling actress, make...

Direction Tyler Perry

Cast Tyler Perry · Janet Jackson · Jill Scott · Sharon Leal

Plot Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of...

Direction Simon Frederick

Cast Simon Frederick · Nelson George · Lil Rel Howery · Kasi Lemmons

Plot A unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.

Direction Ron Howard

Cast Jay-Z · D'Angelo · Dirty Projectors · Gary Clark Jr.

Plot Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard joins us onstage for a live conversation, preceded by the world premiere of his star-studded concert documentary (screening at the Festival alongside Howard’s Rush), which...

Direction Stacey K. Black

Cast Barry Watson · Jill Scott · Ben Andrusco-Daon · Victoria Bidewell

Plot An angel returns to Earth, under the guise of a school counselor to help troubled students and families.

Direction Charles Sturridge · Tim Bricknell · Tim Fywell

Cast Jill Scott · Anika Noni Rose · Lucian Msamati · Desmond Dube

Plot A woman opens her own detective agency in Botswana.

Direction Michael Jai White

Cast Michael Jai White · Byron Minns · Anika Noni Rose · Kym Whitley

Plot Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher...

Direction Lisa Cholodenko

Cast Kyra Sedgwick · Aidan Quinn · Sherilyn Fenn · Kevin Bacon

Plot A traumatic event sends a musician (Kyra Sedgwick) back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abusive...

Direction Tracy Oliver · Ryan Case · Stella Meghie · Jamie Babbit

Cast Chase W. Dillon · Ryan Michelle Bathe · Michelle Buteau · Jill Scott

Plot TV adaptation of the 1996 comedy about about three divorced wives who share a common past.

Direction Poppy de Villeneuve

Cast Mary Earps · Chloe Kelly · Fran Kirby · Beth Mead

Plot This England women's football team was the feelgood story of the summer of 2022 and this film includes insightful behind-the-scenes access to the squad as they progressed through Euro 2022....

Direction Fracaswell Hyman

Cast Karamo Brown · Grace Byers · Common · Misty Copeland

Plot Prominent Black celebrities and artists read children's books from Black authors that highlight the Black experience. Conversations center around themes of identity, respect, justice, and action.