7 Excellent Movies From Black Filmmakers to Watch on Netflix

1. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Movie Directed by Wedding Crashers’ David Dobkin, this laugher finds Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams starring as two small-town singers who get a chance to fulfil their dream of competing in the world’s biggest song contest.When: Friday on Netflix

Brenton Thwaites and Skylar Astin are playing World War II soldiers in the new movie Ghosts of War, which is now available to watch for DIRECTV subscribers.

reading fiction builds empathy. I don't know if watching movies works in exactly the same way, but I think it's fair to assume that it doesn't make you less empathetic.

Juneteenth may be enjoying its most high-profile year ever. Observed on June 19, Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 that Union soldiers announced to enslaved African American people in Galveston, Texas that they'd been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.

Miss Juneteenth, the stunning SXSW award-winning debut of writer-director Channing Godfrey Peoples that's out now. But the pageant culture that is the focus of her movie gives Black girls a hint of the American dream—a shiny spectacle, prohibitively expensive to enter, and life-changing for just a few winners, the Miss Juneteenth pageant offers a patina of respectability at a high cost.

Juneteenth may be enjoying its most high-profile year ever. Observed on June 19th, Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 that Union soldiers announced to enslaved African American people in Galveston, Texas that they'd been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.

Kelly Clarkson is weathering the often treacherous waters of divorce and has been looking to close friends for support amid her public split from husband Brandon Blackstock, according to a new report. “Blake [Shelton] has been supportive and the friend she has needed, as always,” a source close to the “American Idol” alum told Us Weekly on Wednesday.

Kelly Clarkson has been leaning on her loved ones since filing for divorce from Brandon Blackstock earlier this month. And among those helping her through this tough time is her Voice costar, Blake Shelton, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.“Blake has been supportive and the friend she has needed, as always,” says the source.

, which has been for perpetuating white savior tropes. (It's also directed by a white man and based on a book by a white woman.)Don't watch The Help.

reading fiction builds empathy. I don't know if watching movies works in the same way, but I think it's fair to assume that it doesn't make you less empathetic.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix is promoting a new “Black Lives Matter” collection to U.S.

This historical film is another one of DuVernay’s projects, and it’s a powerful depiction of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 marches from Selma, Alabama to the state’s capital in Montgomery.

By Dave McNary

The Black Lives Matter movement is not just about the unlawful deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. It’s about 400 years of oppression and systemic racism against black people in the United States by citizens, laws and law enforcement.

Kerry Washington‘s movie on Netflix, American Son, is getting a lot of love from citizens who are wanting to deepen their understanding about racial injustice.

With Black Lives Matter protests happening all over America for the past week in reaction to the frequent, unaccountable murders of Black people by the police, there has been a concurrent push to celebrate Black lives through art and appreciate the contributions that Black people make to American culture. One such area of culture is film, where Black directors have made incredible features and documentaries, many of which have changed the world.