Adepero Oduye
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka Falcon, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier. The pair, who came together in the final moments of “Avengers: Endgame,” team up on a global adventure that tests their abilities—and their patience.
Five Days at Memorial
Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
Tazmanian Devil
19-year-old Nigerian immigrant DAYO (Attah) starts his first year at an American University after recently moving to the United States. Naturally reserved, Dayo decides to join Tau Alpha Zeta (TAZ), a popular African-American fraternity that represents the flair and confidence he’s missing in his life. During the initiation process, Dayo begins to bond with his fellow group of pledges. At home, Dayo must keep his pledging life a secret from his previously estranged father, JULIUS (Mwine), a strictly religious pastor. Adding to the tension of unfamiliarity between the two is Dayo’s hidden resentment toward his father who abandoned him, and his mother ELIZABETH (Oduye), in Nigeria to start a new life, in the United States, when Dayo was just a child. As his home life and new life grows increasingly challenging, Dayo must decide if he wants to appease his father or if he wants to become his own man.
Steel Magnolias
Six Louisiana women rely on each other as they encounter a variety of triumphs and tragedies in life, and they regularly congregate at a beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life, death, husbands, children and a number of other topics.
Pariah
Kim Wayans, Adepero Oduye, Aasha Davis and Charles Parnell star in Dee Rees’s inspiring film that critics hail is “Vibrantly alive! Potently moving and heartfelt!” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). Seventeen-year-old Alike (pronounced ah-lee-kay) lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is quietly embracing her identity as a lesbian. But whenever Alike's development becomes a topic of discussion at home, her parents’ already strained marriage is pushed to the breaking point. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity – sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.