Available On: Amazon
Written and Directed By: Nijla Mu'min
Produced by: Avril Z. Speaks, Maya Emelle, Arielle Saturne
Winner, Grand Jury Prize for Writing - SXSW Film Festival
Summer is a carefree 17-year-old whose world gets turned upside down when her mother, a popular meteorologist, abruptly decides to convert to Islam.
Available On: Amazon
Written and Directed By: Ryan Daniel Dobson
Produced by: Suzanne Watson & Avril Z. Speaks
Set amidst the red clay of Oklahoma City, a conflicted woman whose life circumstances have led her down a path of prostitution reunites with her childhood sweetheart who believes he can give her a better life.
Available On: Netflix
Written by: Muzi Thembu & Phumi Tau/Directed by: Muzi Thembu
Produced by: Phumi Thembu & Avril Z. Speaks
A cynical South African leaves her responsibilities at home to pursue her dream on Broadway in New Your City, only to feel unwelcome.
Available On: Amazon Prime
Written & Directed by: Adam Saunders
Produced by: Avril Z. Speaks
When hot-shot entrepreneur Ethan Cox gets caught up in a social media scandal, his company's acquisition is jeopardized. Desperate to find a way forward, Ethan decides to hire a 71-year-old snack cart vendor, Dotty, to pose as the company's figurehead. However, when Dotty finds her groove, she refuses to play the straw man any longer.
Available On: HBO Max
Directed & Executive Produced by: Avril Z. Speaks
When Keith Warren, a Black man, was found hanging in the woods of Silver Spring, MD, police ruled it a suicide. For 35 years, the family attempted to find the truth, and his sister, Sherri Warren, now has one goal -- to get his death certificate changed.
Available On: Apple TV
Co-Executive Producer: Avril Z. Speaks
Following one woman's journey as she reexamines her past relationship with a trusted teacher, exposing an epidemic of widespread grooming in U.S. high schools.
Available On: Kinema
Directed By: Loria King
Produced By: Avril Z. Speaks
Winner, Best Feature Documentary - Baltimore International Black Film Festival; Winner, Best Documentary - Virginia Black Film Festival
Black America Is… is an ongoing documentary series that celebrates and examines the formation of Black identity in the United States. The project explores people from varied socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds, including all ages, genders, and sexual identities, who self-identify as Black to define and redefine what it means to be Black in America.
Available On: Netflix
Directed & Executive Produced by: Avril Z. Speaks & Skye Borgeman
From eerie encounters to bizarre disappearances, mysterious hauntings to chilling cold cases - a mix of perplexing phenomena are explored in this investigative docuseries.