What to Watch: US Black History Month

My list

Celebrate Black History Month in the US with a selection of Black British stories and titles from Black talent!

Young woman sits on the steps leading up to a turquoise front door

TV

Black Earth Rising

A young man and a woman walk through a shopping centre smiling at each other

Film

Rye Lane

Film

Blue Story

A Black man with a shaved head and beard looks down the camera, his image is repeated and enlarged behind him with an orange clock face encircling him

TV

The Lazarus Project

Film

Pirates

Film

His House

Young woman in a yellow sweater looks at her phone with a shocked expression, standing in a corner shop

TV

Chewing Gum

TV

Jungle

Film

Rocks

TV

Mood

Film

The Last Tree

TV

Small Axe

TV

The Girl Before

Film

Attack the Block

TV

Sitting in Limbo

Two Black men standing facing each other looking serious, one wearing a grey hoodie and black coat, the other wearing a burnt orange sweater

TV

Top Boy (Netflix Season 3)

Three Black men in red shirts and red berets speaking into microphones to a crowd

Film

Bobi Wine: The People's President

Images of a young Black woman and man in colour performing into a microphone, and black and white images of them looking determined

TV

Champion

Young girl with white paint marks in her face.

Film

I Am Not a Witch

Young man surrounded by a young woman and older woman, dressed in glamourous black outfits with fur, stand outside looking sad. They look like they are at a funeral.

TV

Riches

A Black man and woman and two white women stand in a dark underground train tunnel wearing bulletproof vests

TV

Culprits

Two women stand next to each other dressed in gold, white and blue Ancient Egyptian clothing

TV

Queen Cleopatra

Man with hands in his pockets stands against a brick wall

Film

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Film

A United Kingdom

A black woman with cropped hair stands in a swim suit on the edge of a low rock overlooking a serene, vast blue sea in Greece

Film

Drift

Widows

A white woman and back man in a stylish suit and coat, stand by a car and glass fronted offices

TV

Granite Harbour

A man and a woman in period costume walking side by side while guiding their horses by the reins

Film

Mr. Malcolm's List

A young black woman and man kiss in front of a sunset view of the London sky.

Film

Been So Long

Film

Yardie

Film

Poly Styrene: I am a Cliché

A young mixed-race Black woman and a young white woman dressed in grand period dresses sitting on ornate chairs

Film

Belle

Film

Inna de Yard

Film

Boxing Day

A Black man and American Japanese woman stand in a home, looking scuffed up and slightly bloody

TV

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

TV

Top Boy

Film

Entergalactic

A group of young Black teens in trendy clothes in a colourfully graffitied underpass

Film

The Kitchen

Film

Earth Mama

A young Black man in a suit standing at a tired office kitchen, flanked by a standing young white man and a seated older white man

TV

Dreaming Whilst Black

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TV

Sitting in Limbo

A powerful and precise BAFTA-winning drama inspired by the Windrush scandal.

Gameplay of a red transformers robot holding a luminous shield, standing in a car park ready for action

Transformers: Battlegrounds

Construct your team and get ready to fight against the Decepticons in this turn-based strategy game for Transformer fans.

Beautiful, painting-esque gameplay of a dark, autumnal forest with rounded ghost figure and rounded glowing yellow character

The Final Farewell

This charming narrative adventure addresses important subjects such as grief, loss, acceptance and learning to let go.