Alfre Woodard Movies

A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live...

After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds...

Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life," but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no...

Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate...

After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest...

The film follows intrepid reporters Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and actor/advocates Malin Akerman, Mia Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Jennifer Garner,...

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning...

It is one of Egypt's enduring mysteries. What happened to Nefertiti and her husband, Akhenaten - the radical king, and likely father of King Tut? In...

A young girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mothers past.

Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.

In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even...

Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.

Old and bitter, Alvin just wants some peace and quiet in his last days. His wish, however, is not granted when a young, vibrant and ironically full...

This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old...

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded...

Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government...

The story of Sonny Bell (Freeman), an aging Chicago Blues musician, who refuses to retire and defiantly hits the road with his band for one last...

This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from...

A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.