Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Jordan Peele’s film is an intelligent and unflinching piece of work, firmly focused on the African American experience.

The new biopic 'Elvis' highlights the beginning and end of the career of this rock and roll legend. The audience is taken on this journey knowing the tragic ending but not so much about what led him there. A large topic of discussion is the influences on Elvis that made him who he was as a singer, musician, and performer, which were blues, gospel, and country. Many of the songs that rose him to fame were songs by Black artists he heard growing up in primarily Black settings.

“Candyman ain't a 'he.’ Candyman is the whole damn hive." Candyman represents all Black victims of white supremacy, and this art form narratively conveys it in a succinct, adulatory way, the history of which is rare to find.

A documentary film about a disabled female athlete who builds courage within herself and seeks faith.

This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.