Dee Rees

In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.

Dir. Dee Rees · With Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Dir. Dee Rees · With Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Dir. Dee Rees · With Queen Latifah, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps

At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

Dir. Dee Rees · With Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez