Lena Waithe Movies

Twelve minutes before showtime, a young music manager is forced to decide what to do with life-changing news about his client, a hot-headed hip-hop...

A mother and daughter sift through old memories as they prepare to permanently close down their family's photo lab.

Nate, a workaholic drummer, spends all his time practicing, always striving for perfection. After he meets Yazmine, a like-minded, dedicated modern...

In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen...

Trapped in a cycle of work and self-isolation, burnt out Kelsey’s reality starts to blur until an irregular order for pickup disrupts...

Nikki spices things up while at her mom's struggling tofu restaurant while working to afford her breast augmentation surgery.

Talent, a working title, is the story of a failed songwriter, to be played by Erivo, who returns home to Chicago to lead a group of at-risk youth in...

Three generations of women say goodbye to their family ballroom dance studio.

After sweeping hair at a local barbershop, a 12-year-old boy uses his first payment to honor his late mother.

Savannah’s moss-covered forests, with all its whispering winds and enchanted branches, are alive to little Bertie Bee Hooks, the gifted...

When two undocumented window cleaners witness a domestic conflict inside a high-rise apartment, they must decide whether protecting their jobs and...

An immigrant fishing family is forced to decide whether to stay or leave Alaska behind after the snow crabs disappear.

A whimsical fantasy about a Black woman regaining her sense of self after years of being a corporate cog in the machine.