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Which Side Are You on
Which Side Are You on

How can we live with integrity and pleasure in this world of police brutality and racism? An Asian American activist is…

The Furrows
The Furrows

A young woman traverses the trenches of grief that have shaped her life.

Where We End & Begin
Where We End & Begin

Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they're reunited at a wedding in Nigeria.

Pride and Protest
Pride and Protest

An entertaining and politically charged retelling of Pride and Prejudice that tackles gentrification, prejudice, and the…

Harry Sylvester Bird
Harry Sylvester Bird

Harry leaves his racist and xenophobic parents in Pennsylvania and moves to Manhattan where he falls in love with a young…

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

Bethany Lu Carlisle is devastated when the tabloids report actor Keanu Reeves is about to tie the knot. What?! How could…

Witchful Thinking
Witchful Thinking

What does a witch do when life's a bore? You wish for something more. If wishes were fish, homebody witch Lucy Caraway…

Africa Risen
Africa Risen

A magnificent and wide-ranging anthology. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the…

Fake It Till You Bake It
Fake It Till You Bake It

A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and…

By Her Own Design
By Her Own Design

The story of Ann Lowe, a Black woman who created Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress.

Last Summer on State Street
Last Summer on State Street

A striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, community, and resilience, set in the housing projects of Chicago.

We Lie Here
We Lie Here

TV writer Yara Gibson is back to host her parents' twentieth-anniversary party and find the perfect family mementos for…

Jackal
Jackal

A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white Rust Belt town. But she's not the first-and she may not be…

American Royalty
American Royalty

A prince who wants to live out of the spotlight falls for a daring American rapper who turns his life,…

Sister Friends Forever
Sister Friends Forever

Four women who grew up in different neighborhoods, but the same church.

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

A window into the world of accomplished Nigerian women, illuminating the challenges they face and the risks they take.

Playing Their Games
Playing Their Games

While interning at a law firm, Yoshi Lomax discovers a secret society fueled by limitless desires and, armed with secrets…

The Two Lives of Sara
The Two Lives of Sara

A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee.

On Rotation
On Rotation

Ghanaian-American Angela Appiah has checked off all the boxes for the Perfect Immigrant Daughter: enroll in an elite…

If I Survive You
If I Survive You

A collection of humorous and harrowing linked stories following a Jamaican-American family as they seek stability upon…

Big Girl
Big Girl

For Malaya, the pressures of her predominantly white Upper East Side prep school and her painfully proper mother are…

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