Rick Famuyiwa

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · With Shameik Moore, Zoë Kravitz, A$AP Rocky

In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.

Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · With Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Taye Diggs

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · With Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear

Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.

Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · With Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Yasiin Bey

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

Dir. Kasi Lemmons · With Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · With Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia