S. Epatha Merkerson Movies

The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social...

Blood Sugar Rising follows the diabetes epidemic in the U.S. Diabetes and pre-diabetes affect over 100 million people in the US, costing more than...

In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, takes on a grisly murder case. When the...

An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.

Anna, grieving the sudden death of her parents, relocates from New York to a small Florida town to live with the grandmother she has never met....

Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent her from being placed in a home where they'd just...

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

A presumed-dead man's current wife and former wives squabble over his funeral arrangements.

We meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise...

A popular high school girl finds out that a boy she slept with is HIV positive.

This unique documentary sets the stage in rural Alabama, prior to Emancipation, and traces the development, struggles, contributions and gradual loss...

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he...

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for...

An embittered ex-cop, on a quest for justice, teams up with a hard-boiled bounty hunter to go after the suspected killer of her brother in a robbery.

The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at...

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All...

A look at the last years of Marvin Gaye's life, from his parting ways with Motown and self-imposed exile to Europe, to his relationship with Freddy...

Abigail battles moving her elderly mother with dementia out from the family home. When her mother unconsciously haunts her by continually questioning...

A school administrator talks down a troubled student.