Best Movies

The Inquisitor

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Salem's Lot

Dr. Cody

Summer Camp

Mary

The Book of Clarence

Mother Mary

Weathering

Mum

Space Oddity

Dr. Olsen

The Gray Man

Margaret Cahill

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

Alma Thomas (voice)

Fatherhood

Marian

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Mary Parrish (voice)

The Making of Clemency

Herself

Clemency

Warden Bernadine Williams

The Lion King

Sarabi (voice)

No Small Matter

Narrator (voice)

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

Juanita

Juanita

Saint Judy

Judge Benton

Burning Sands

Professor Hughes

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

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So B. It

Bernadette

Captain America: Civil War

Miriam

Mississippi Grind

Sam

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Mary Lou Williams (voice)

Knucklehead

Sheila

A Path Appears

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Annabelle

Evelyn

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

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12 Years a Slave

Mistress Shaw

The Door

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Steel Magnolias

Ouiser

Black Panther

Dondi Reece

Medal of Honor

Narrator

Reach for Me

Evelyn

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

Alice Pratt

American Violet

Alma Roberts

Henry Box Brown

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Edna Reilly

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

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King Leopold's Ghost

Ilanga (voice)

Take the Lead

Augustine James

The Water Is Wide

Mrs. Brown

Something New

Joyce McQueen

Beauty Shop

Ms. Josephine

The Forgotten

Det. Anne Pope

Radio

Principal Daniels

The Singing Detective

Chief of Staff

A Wrinkle in Time

Mrs. Whatsit

The Core

Stickley

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Narrator

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

Searching for Debra Winger

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K-PAX

Claudia Villars

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

Medicine Woman (voice)

Disney's American Legends

Holiday Heart

Wanda Dean

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

Narrator

Lost Souls

Dr. Allen

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Mary Parrish (voice)

John Henry

Polly / Narrator (voice)

Dinosaur

Plio (voice)

Love & Basketball

Camille Wright

What's Cooking?

Audrey Williams

Eleanor Roosevelt

Narrator (voice)

Mumford

Lily

Funny Valentines

Joyce May

The Wishing Tree

Clara

The Underground Railroad

Down in the Delta

Loretta Sinclair

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa

Narrator

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

Maisie (voice)

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

Narrator (voice)

Follow Me Home

Evey

Miss Evers' Boys

Eunice Evers, R.N.

The Member of the Wedding

Berenice Sadie Brown

Star Trek: First Contact

Lily Sloane

A Step Toward Tomorrow

Dr. Sadlin

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Tamara O'Neil

Primal Fear

Shoat

How to Make an American Quilt

Marianna

The Piano Lesson

Berniece Charles

Crooklyn

Carolyn Carmichael

Aliens for Breakfast

Mrs. Marks

Blue Chips

Lavada McRae

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Narrator

Bopha!

Rosie Mangena

Heart and Souls

Penny Washington

Passion Fish

Chantelle

Rich in Love

Rhody Poole

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

Ann

Grand Canyon

Jane

Blue Bayou

Jessica Filley

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

Mary Thomas

Miss Firecracker

Popeye Jackson

Scrooged

Grace Cooley

The Child Saver

Andrea Crawford

Mandela

Winnie Mandela

Unnatural Causes

Maude DeVictor

L.A. Law: Pilot

Adrianne Moore

Extremities

Patricia

Puss in Boots

Princess Lovinia

Words by Heart

Claudie Sills

Black Hollywood

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Sweet Revenge

Vicki Teague

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Esther

The Killing Floor

Mattie

Cross Creek

Geechee

Precious Blood

Narrator

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Woman who lost her stuff

The Ambush Murders

Karisha Ellsworth

HealtH

Sally Benbow

Freedom Road

Katie

The Trial of the Moke

Lucy Smith

Remember My Name

Rita

Hate to See You Go

Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

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