Girls Trip became the first film with African American writers, director, producers, and leading cast to make more than $100 million at the box office.

Pariah, from director Dee Rees (Bessie, Mudbound), a queer woman of color, began as a short. In 2011, Rees made her film about teen Alike coming into her queer identity while clashing with her mother’s religion and homophobia, and it became a festival hit. Uneasy to watch as Alike (Adepero Oduye) struggles for acceptance in […]

Originally banned by the homophobic head of Kenya’s Film Classification Board, Ezekiel Mutua, because he alleged it would “promote lesbianism,” the film enjoyed massive audiences when the ban was lifted for a brief time in order to make it eligible for the foreign-language Oscar Award.

Directed by Matthew Warchus and written by Stephen Beresford, Pride (2014) tells the true story of how gays and lesbians in London joined forces with miners to enact political change.