Black History Month Watch List:
SELF MADE: is Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker is a four-part Netflix biographical miniseries about Sarah Breedlove, who rose from a washerwoman to become America's first Black, self-made female millionaire.
HIDDEN FIGURES: is the true story of three brilliant African-American women mathematicians—Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson—who overcame racial and gender segregation to work as "human computers" at NASA during the Space Race.
THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT: is an inspiring true story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the first and only all-Black, all-female Women's Army Corps (WAC) unit to serve overseas during World War II.
THE GREAT DEBATERS: is the inspiring true story of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Jim Crow-era Texas.
KING RICHARD: is a biographical drama that follows a meticulous 78-page plan to guide his daughters, Venus and Serena, from the neglected tennis courts of Compton to global tennis superstardom.
COLIN IN BLACK & WHITE: is a six-part biographical drama miniseries on Netflix that chronicles the high school years and coming-of-age journey of activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
SHIRLEY: is political drama details the groundbreaking 1972 US presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, who made history as the first Black woman elected to the US Congress.
SUMMER OF SOUL: is a 2021 documentary that explores the forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.
BARRY: is the 2016 biographical drama follows a 20-year-old Barack Obama as a junior at Columbia University in New York City in 1981.
RUSTIN: is the true story of openly gay civil rights strategist Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) as he overcomes fierce political opposition and personal prejudice to organize the historic 1963 March on Washington.
BLACK PANTHER: is a 2018 superhero film about T'Challa, who returns to the hidden, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to become king after his father's death
PRINCESS AND THE FROG: is a Disney animated musical set in 1920s New Orleans that follows a hardworking waitress named Tiana who dreams of opening her own restaurant.