Common Movies

Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of...

Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation, restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul,...

An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in...

Inspired by the remarkable life journey of software engineer Charles Anderson, the film illuminates the challenges of his life before, during, and...

As Mark, Jen, Sylvia, and Jake navigate through their emotionally-arrested states, X/Y reveals the honest and wanton desire we all have to connect...

Under the direction of founder and world-renowned DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw Records has consistently released critically acclaimed,...

The Notorious B.I.G exploded onto the hip-hop scene in 1994 with the hip-hop anthem "juicy" after blazing remixes for Craig Mack and Mary J. Blige....

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the...

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...

A visual celebration of the beauty, strength, perseverance and spirit of the Black community in these troubling times.

The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.

An intimate look at the life, career and process of one of the most accomplished songwriters of all time, Diane Warren.

A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.

The story of music and the music industry told through interviews with musicians, composers and producers across genres.

A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.

The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in...

Director Marc Levin travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend Chuck D (from Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the...

Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.

The greatest rapper to ever pick up a mic - with his velvety flow and unparalleled rhyme style he captivated everyone from Jay Z to Tupac. Now...

A chronicle of the first African American high school rowing team in America made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West...