Lorraine Toussaint Movies

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...

Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and...

Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys.

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the...

Upending expectations and challenging the definition of womanhood, these “first women” found themselves at the forefront of progressive...

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as...

When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's...

When her daughter's lover begins exhibiting signs of becoming a dangerous abuser, a mother attempts to intervene.

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story...

Down-on-his-luck lawyer Warren Blackburn defends wealthy Texan Johnnie Faye Boudreau, who is accused of murdering her husband.

A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to...

Three West Point 1861 generation cadets and friends go on opposite sides after the breakout of The Civil War, with tragic consequences. A subplot...

John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she...

An ill-fated, tender romance between an adult white male tutor and his 17-year-old African-American female student.

A man and woman with relationship issues decide to go on a meditation retreat that requires absolute silence for three days along with the man's best...

Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the made-for-TV The Face of Rage is set in a rehabilitation facility. Here a group of rapists are required to...

Sprinter tells the story of Akeem Sharp who is set to be Jamaica's next big track-and-field sensation. Akeem hopes to rise in the track and field...

In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances....

The real-life California family doctor -- facing a jail sentence for money laundering and tax evasion -- recalls the events leading to the arrest of...

A man looks back at his childhood and his relationship with his grandfather.