Black History Month is well underway, and Prime Video and IMDb TV continue to celebrate with a dedicated collection of titles including Amazon Originals Coming 2 America, the sequel to the Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall 80’s comedy classic, and Harlem starring Meagan Good and Whoopi Goldberg. The collection also features a variety of throwbacks from the classic series 227 to Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur in Poetic Justice, and more.
As a reminder, this February, Prime Video and IMDb TV are also offering customers the opportunity to stream MasterClass’ Black History, Black Freedom, and Black Love, a three-part, 50-lesson class that examines the past, present and future of race relations in America.
For a complete collection of titles and content, visit Prime Video’s Black Voices homepage.
Sample of Amazon Originals Celebrating Black History Month
Harlem (2021), from writer Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), a new comedy following a group of stylish and ambitious girlfriends in Harlem NYC: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a hopeless romantic fashion designer. Together, they level up into the next phase of their careers, relationships & big city dreams.
Phat Tuesdays (2022), in the words of Anthony Anderson, Tiffany Haddish, Steve Harvey, Regina King and more, tells the unbelievable story of how one man, Guy Torry, moved mountains to launch an all-Black comedy night at The Comedy Store. What started as an experiment in 90’s Los Angeles turned into a breeding ground for today’s greatest comedians, elevating Black voices to have their turn on the stage.
Coming 2 America (2021), Akeem and Semmi are back! Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.
The Underground Railroad (2021), from Academy Award® winner Barry Jenkins and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, “The Underground Railroad” is a new series that chronicles Cora Randall’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South. After escaping a Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad beneath the Southern soil.
Also Available on Prime Video
227 (1986) – In a world gone “condo,” apartment building 227 is much more than just a street address–it’s a haven from the fast- paced life of Washington D.C. for its many tenants. Through the good times and the bad, through rent hikes and garbage strikes, the tenants of 227 are a close-knit, tough, not always harmonious family, and Mary Jenkins is the “thread” that keeps them together.
Cooley High (1975) – Set in 1964 Chicago, “Cooley High” is a slice-of-life tale of two high school students–best friends–coping with the challenges of everyday life and growing up in the shadows of the housing projects. Glynn Turman and Laurence- Hilton Jacobs star.
Red Tails (2012) – WWII African American fighter pilots–the Tuskegee Airmen–fight racism and the Nazis to fly their way into history.
Sister Act (1992) – Whoopi is a singer forced to hide out from the mob in a convent.
Poetic Justice (1993) – Superstar Janet Jackson makes her film debut with Tupac Shakur in an intense and original street-smart love story.
Lilies of the Field (1963) – Sidney Poitier won the Best Actor Oscar as a warm, sensitive handyman who, while stranded in an Arizona desert town, builds a chapel for a lively group of nuns (including Lilia Skala).
Starting Feb. 1, Prime members can stream MasterClass’ Black History, Black Freedom, and Black Love, a three-part, 50-lesson class that examines the past, present and future of race relations in America taught by Jelani Cobb, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Angela Davis, Sherrilyn Ifill, Nikole Hannah-Jones, John McWhorter and Cornel West. With more than 50 lessons and 10 hours of content, the three-part class provides a foundational understanding of the historical and cultural context—and lasting impact—of white supremacy, and how it has influenced modern societal structures in the United States, while providing the knowledge and skills necessary to begin dismantling it and discover a path forward. As part of MasterClass’ $2 million commitment to make content that inspires and educates on social justice and against systemic racism, the class will also be available for free during Black History Month on IMDb TV and masterclass.com.
Sample of IMDb TV Originals Celebrating Black History Month
Timewasters (2021), follows a struggling jazz band from South London that is propelled back in time.
Uninterrupted’s Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (2021), follows a new mecca of high school athletics, nestled just outside of Los Angeles. The back-to-back state champion Sierra Canyon Trailblazers exploded onto basketball’s national stage with one of the highest profile classes in history, including some of the nation’s highest-ranking players – BJ Boston, Amari Bailey, Bronny James, Shy Odom, Zaire Wade, and Ziaire Williams.
Also Available on IMDb TV
Black Dynamite (2009) – Black Dynamite is the greatest African- American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it’s up to him to find justice.
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) – Andre Shame has no choice but to leave his private eye job with the L.A.P.D. after failing to crack the case on drug lord Mendoza and becoming romantically entangled with the wrong woman.
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