Lynn Whitfield Movies

As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs,...

When a high school basketball coach is fired for praying with one of his players, he follows God's calling and hires an agnostic, gambling lawyer to...

Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang...

Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman...

Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.

A young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit.

Kelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask for. However, Kelly has struggled to find time for love...

In a reality TV show created by the U.S. government about spies, audiences go on fake undercover missions, but fact cannot be easily distinguished...

Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing...

The story follow legendary railroad worker John Henry during the late 19th century.

A woman (Lynn Whitfield) dying of kidney disease learns that God works in mysterious ways after convincing her son (Michael Jai White) to help a...

The greatest feeling in the world is when you learn to love! Follow the stories of seven everyday people as they experience laughter, life and...

The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning...

Three siblings return to their musical roots, agreeing to let their brother manage their family band.

When gruff and independent Candy meets her angry and stubborn birth mother, can the two open their hearts to each other?

A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.

On her way to the most important meeting of her career, severe weather forces a New York executive to share a rental car with her former nemesis, her...

A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written...

Preacher's daughter Amara Winter sings in the church choir before being discovered by a well-established musician. She soon rises to international...

Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of...