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Seventeen year old Tanya's plans for a carefree summer are derailed when her stressed-to-the-limit mom takes off for a wellness retreat and puts Tanya and her three siblings in the charge of a crotchety (and racist) old babysitter. The babysitter’s sudden death leaves the kids short on cash and reluctant to pull mom prematurely out of her much-needed R&R, so Tanya is forced to get a job. Posing as an adult, she gets a gig as the executive assistant at a fashion company and overnight is thrust into the world of adulthood and parenting.
Apr 2024
After the events in Belize, Peaches learns that every island in the Caribbean has its own demonic legends. She travels to Puerto Rico, where the past is now shaping her future, and this time, the evil curator is solely focused on revenge.
Oct 2025
Foreign invaders strike Los Angeles, turning a neighborhood into ground zero for survival.
When the children of two legendary — and feuding — R&B artists are forced to collaborate on a holiday song remake, their rivalry turns into unexpected romance. But between family legacies, long-buried grudges, and a looming Christmas Eve deadline, they’ll need to find harmony both on and off the stage to create the hit that could heal two families.
Dec 2025
Jasmine, a whip-smart beauty entrepreneur, dreams of launching her own haircare brand but can’t seem to catch a break. Enter Caleb Samuel — a social-media-famous preacher’s kid with millions of followers, a fast car, and complicated family expectations. What starts as a strategic business move quickly becomes a connection that challenges them both to face love, purpose, and legacy in ways they never expected.
Nov 2025
Two Memphis women with big hearts — a dating coach and a once-great Beale Street blues singer — find themselves unexpectedly alone for Christmas. Determined not to spend the holidays in heartbreak, they form an unlikely friendship and help each other take bold steps toward love, healing, and second chances — all set to the rhythm of Memphis soul.
The film follows criminal justice reform advocate Kemba Smith, a woman charged as a co-conspirator to her college boyfriend's drug-trafficking crimes and sentenced to 24.5 years in federal prison with no opportunity for parole.
Nov 2023
A once-beloved talk show host finds herself battling alcohol addiction and personal demons that destroy everything she holds dear. On the road to recovery, she must confront her past, repair broken relationships, and rediscover her purpose before she can truly heal.
A girls' weekend retreat at a cabin in the woods turns deadly for three BFFs and their daughters when a decades-old evil from their past awakens.
Sep 2024
A famous handbag designer working on a special-edition holiday line for charity finds her newest designs stolen in a company data breach. When she hires an IT expert to save the day, she discovers he’s the same man she shared a romantic — and awkward — moment with at last year’s Christmas party. As they work together to recover what was lost, they may just find something even more valuable.
After being stood up at the altar on Christmas Eve, Wyvetta loses her love on her favorite holiday. To show solidarity, Wyvetta's best friend, Dione suggests that the two of them renounce love. Things become complicated when Dione falls for a mild-mannered record store owner and tries to keep it under wraps.
When her daughter vanishes overseas, a mother enlists some unlikely allies to help get her back.
May 2025
Spoiled socialite will learn a lesson after her father asks her to work in a family homeless center.
Nov 2021
A mega star, with the world at her feet, is unraveling at the core. When her car breaks down and a stranger offers to help her, a whole new chapter in her life starts.
Based on a powerful true-life story, Detroit native Dwen Curry moves to Oakland, California as a teen in the early 90s and overcomes depression, suicidal thoughts and drug addiction. He finds success as a salon owner and celebrity stylist to LisaRaye McCoy, Mariah Carey, YoYo, Missy Elliot, DMX, and more. Fueled by his desire for a lavish lifestyle and a drive to take care of those around him, Dwen leads a secret life as the criminal mastermind of an underground organization known as the Gay Gangsters, making millions from fraud. Dwen's life is even more complicated by his sexuality, identity, and struggles with self-acceptance as Dwen journeys from being a gay man to fully accepting herself as transgender. Dwen's rise to celebrity is followed by her fall when she is convicted for wire fraud and sent to prison. This coming of age tale is filled with glitz, glamour, and gangster moves as we witness Dwen's trials and eventual triumphs to survive and stand strong in her authentic truth.
Feb 2025
Pastor Blaine has taken over the Graceway Church, whose financials are in dire straits. Looking to the Jubilee to save the day, First Lady Rita suggests a SO GIFTED reunion to rouse the necessary ticket sales. Will the ghost of the (Christmas) past haunt the Church's future? Or can the brothers, and wives, overcome old gripes to reconcile, and harmonize, for a reunion to bring it all back together.
Dec 2023
Every year the three Miles sisters, Jasmine, Kira, and Tisha, battle each other for a chance to win the neighborhood Christmas Church Cook-Off competition. But when Aaliyah, the vivacious Social Media Influencer, enters the competition, the sisters must choose to rise together, or fall divided.
Nov 2022
When Vera’s 20-year high school reunion collides with the holiday season, she braces herself for a weekend filled with awkward encounters, old flames, and plenty of bad decisions. But what starts as chaos may just lead to closure, laughter, and the kind of joy that only comes from reconnecting — and forgiving.
Aug 2024
A pair of star-crossed lovers – an undercover cop and a defense lawyer who met while pursuing a major crime lord – are put in jeopardy when one of them gets kidnapped by a corrupt element imbedded in Philadelphia’s most revered institutions.
After Cara's friends give her a new look for a night out during the holidays, she has a romantic encounter with a man on an elevator, only to find out he's dating her overbearing boss.
Dec 2020