Black Experience on the Xfinity platform. Featuring Black independent films bursting with talented Black filmmakers, actors, screenwriters, and producers—you can many of your favorites by simply saying “Black Experience” or “Black Independent Films” into your Xfinity voice remote.Check out our top picks right here, then browse all the incredible film picks on the Black Experience on Xfinity.Eve’s BayouSet in 1962 Louisiana, this ground-breaking film centers around the youngest member of the Batiste family, Eve.
What did she see? And how will it haunt her? Husband, father, and womanizer Louis Batiste, played by a young Samuel L. Jackson, may be the head of this affluent family, but you’ll discover that it’s the women who rule this world of secrets, lies, and mystic forces.
And did you know that Jurnee Smollett and Meagan Good got their big breaks on the indie circuit? Jurnee even won a Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for “Best Child Performance”, with the film and its cast being nominated for over 15 awards.
It’s pivotal films like this one that helped launch their careers, so see where it all began for these stars when you watch!If Beale Street Could TalkThe perfect pick for a Valentine’s Day flick, director Barry Jenkins was quoted as saying this film is all about Black love, life, and community, but that it’s also rooted in reality.
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