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Here are some of our picks for inclusive Black love stories in film and media. We hope you enjoy these tender love stories and beautiful depictions.

Stand and Deliver is an inspirational classic from 1988 starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, and his class of rag tag students in East Los Angeles. It’s the story of how a new teacher shows a motley group of students in the inner city with backgrounds as gang members, dishwashers, and mechanics — the power of self-determination. He teaches the teenagers to believe in themselves through algebra and calculus.

Although bogged down by a slow pace and moralistic intent, ‘Deadly Garage Sale’ (2022) makes the most of its silly and nonsensical premise.

An animated short film that never gets old, especially with iconic characters from the Disney series.

Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.

This documentary moves chronologically through Black representation in horror films, revealing the genre's connections to Black history.