Films and programs like Bessie

I Am Michael

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 5.6

The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

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Behind the Candelabra

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

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Ray

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behi...

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The New Edition Story

Series Age rating: 14 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 8.8

Follow the story of R&B pioneers Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill as they navigate fame from their native Boston to Hollywood and beyond.

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Notorious

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 6.7

"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of th...

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Idlewild

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 6.1

A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner...

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