S. Epatha Merkerson Movies

  • 1988
    Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

    Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

    Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

    7.51988HD

    Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1 1/2 miles long,...

    Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
  • 1994
    A Place for Annie

    A Place for Annie

    A Place for Annie

    61994HD

    Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just...

    A Place for Annie
  • 2020
    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    102020HD

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

    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
  • 1993
    It's Nothing Personal

    It's Nothing Personal

    It's Nothing Personal

    01993HD

    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.

    It's Nothing Personal
  • 2014
    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    1.52014HD

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

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
  • 2016
    Year by the Sea

    Year by the Sea

    Year by the Sea

    82016HD

    Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.

    Year by the Sea
  • 1995
    A Mother's Prayer

    A Mother's Prayer

    A Mother's Prayer

    8.51995HD

    Rosemary Holmstrom is struggling to bring up her son following the death of her husband. When she is diagnosed with AIDS, at first she refuses to...

    A Mother's Prayer
  • 1990
    Moe's World

    Moe's World

    Moe's World

    01990HD

    The spirit of a deceased 11-year-old boy acts as the guardian of his family and friends in the working-class neighborhood he left behind.

    Moe's World
  • 2005
    Lackawanna Blues

    Lackawanna Blues

    Lackawanna Blues

    6.32005HD

    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...

    Lackawanna Blues
  • 2007
    Girl, Positive

    Girl, Positive

    Girl, Positive

    6.12007HD

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

    Girl, Positive
  • 1999
    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    01999HD

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

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
  • 1970
    Eye for an Eye

    Eye for an Eye

    Eye for an Eye

    01970HD

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

    Eye for an Eye
  • 2010
    We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

    We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

    We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918

    6.52010HD

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

    We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
  • 1970
    Sexual Healing

    Sexual Healing

    Sexual Healing

    01970HD

    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...

    Sexual Healing
  • 2001
    The Rising Place

    The Rising Place

    The Rising Place

    62001HD

    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...

    The Rising Place
  • 1998
    An Unexpected Life

    An Unexpected Life

    An Unexpected Life

    4.51998HD

    Sequel to "An Unexpected Family."

    An Unexpected Life
  • 2016
    You Can Go

    You Can Go

    You Can Go

    52016HD

    A school administrator talks down a troubled student.

    You Can Go
  • 1970
    After All

    After All

    After All

    01970HD

    After 10 years on the road, Jake returns home for his son’s funeral. Facing a family he doesn’t know, Jake decides to stay and take a job...

    After All
  • 2008
    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    82008HD

    Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon (Their...

    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
  • 2020
    Blood Sugar Rising

    Blood Sugar Rising

    Blood Sugar Rising

    02020HD

    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...

    Blood Sugar Rising