Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2000), Take a Giant Step (1959), There Goes My Baby (1994), Black Nativity (2013), Riot Girls (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best African-american Teenager movies.
Storyline: A look at the infamous "Scottsboro Boys" case that occurred in Alabama in 1931, in which nine young black men were arrested, tried and quickly convicted in the rape of two white women, despite overwhelming evidence that showed their accusers had falsely accused them and the fact that one of the women later admitted that no rape had in fact occurred (although both had had sexual relations with their boyfriends on the day prior to the "rape"). The case was one of the first that shined a spotlight on what many called the "legal lynchings" that occurred in the South whenever blacks were accused of crimes, especially against whites and most especially against white women.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: african-american teenager, white person, prosecutor, accuser, defense attorney, disturbing, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A black high school senior struggles with becoming a man, and living in a middle class white neighborhood in the late 1950s U.S. In protest of the paternalistic views of the Civil War emphasized in his history class, he storms out and gets caught smoking a cigar in the boys' room. Spence's crush on a white classmate goes nowhere because of her father's attitude toward blacks. His outspoken grandmother seems the only one who understands his angry growing pains, at the early stages of the U.S.'s Civil Rights Era.—David Stevens
Plot Keywords: african-american teenager, grandmother, housekeeper, mother, classmate, prostitute, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the final few days of Pop's Paradise - a hamburger joint that's been a second home to Westwood High's senior class - and a group of friends must face the biggest decisions of their lives. There's Stick, a surfer headed for Vietnam, Pirate, who wants to discover America along Route 66, and Michael, whose political activism may destroy his Harvard-bound future. Little do any of them realize that their final carefree days will also mark the end of their - and all of America's - innocence.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: high-school student, hippie, poor boy, surfer, african-american teenager, valedictorian, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes' celebrated play, the holiday musical drama BLACK NATIVITY follows Langston (Jacob Latimore), a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs (Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett). Unwilling to live by the imposing Reverend Cobbs' rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima (Jennifer Hudson). Langston embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey and along with his new friends, and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing, and family.—Fox Searchlight
Plot Keywords: african-american teenager, mother, reverend, heartwarming, lighthearted, melodramatic, baltimore ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In an alternate 1995, a mysterious disease has wiped out all of the adults. In this new age, two gangs are pitted against each other in a brutal war for territory, resources and survival.
Plot Keywords: african-american teenager, gang leader, gang member, enemy, raw, brutal, gory ...
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