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31 Glorious Shows and Movies To Watch That Honour Black People

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Princess-India Alexander
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This Black History Month, we honour black glory in all forms. Our witty sitcoms, heartbreaking movies and striking documentaries deserve to be recognized.

Maybe that means binging on all six seasons of "Living Single" and following it up by watching Mary J. Blige give her Oscar-worthy performance in "Mudbound." Or perhaps it's weighing in on the Team Issa versus Team Lawrence debate for the fifteenth time.

Any way you choose to celebrate, this list is a great starting point. These 31 shows and movies don't just feature black actors, they also center nuanced representations of blackness. Here's to a glorious Black History Month.

  • 1"Mudbound"
In the post-World War II Jim Crow South, two families, one black and one white, struggle to keep their farms and lives intact in rural Mississippi. Featuring Mary J. Blige, directed and written by black creatives and nominated for four Oscars (including Best Picture), this movie is more than worthy of your Black History Month binge list.Watch on Netflix.
  • 2"I Am Not Your Negro"
    • In 1979, James Baldwin began writing "Remember This House," a radical account of the lives and assassinations of three men he was quite close to: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. However, Baldwin had only written 30 pages of the manuscript before passing away in 1987. This documentary, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, imagines what could have come of this never-finished book.Watch on Amazon Prime.
  • 3"Queen of Katwe"