Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
28 titles
Filmography
28 results

Origin
(2023)While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
(2024)Lifelong best friends share an unbreakable bond from decades of sisterhood.

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
(2020)Under the direction of their mother, five girls from Detroit rise the industry ranks to become the highest selling female gospel group in history.

King Richard
(2021)Based on a true story. Richard Williams, father of legendary tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams, shows family and perseverance can achieve the impossible and impact the world.

Justified: City Primeval
Raylan Givens left the hollers of Kentucky and is balancing life as a U.S. Marshal with being a part-time father. A chance encounter sends him to Detroit and on a collision course with a violent sociopath and a formidable defense attorney.

Abducted: The Carlina White Story
(2012)Starring Aunjanue Ellis, Keke Palmer, and Sherri Shepherd. A young woman abducted as an infant from a New York hospital works to find her biological parents. Based on a true story.

Of Mind and Music
(2014)A renowned neuroscientist tries to find the long-lost son of a talented singer who has Alzheimer's disease.

The Subject
(2021)During the fallout from his documentary that captured the murder of a Black teen, a filmmaker learns he’s become the subject of someone else’s movie.

Money Matters
(2011)Monique "Money" Matters caught at the brink of adolescence. Her relationship with her mother, is far from stable and depicts the struggle between a young mother and daughter who both come of age.
The Hungry Ghosts
(2009)
Nickel Boys
(2024)Nickel Boys follows two Black teens who are wards of a juvenile reformatory. Their profound friendship offers transformation and awakens hope.

The Opponent
(2000)Patty is trapped in an abusive relationship until she discovers women’s professional boxing.

Men of Honor
(2000)A black man joins the newly-integrated Navy and clashes with his officer.

Pimp
(2018)Wednesday grew up learning the pimp game from her dad. Once he's gone, she's left to look out for her girlfriend and mom in this Bronx love story.

Exhibiting Forgiveness
(2024)An admired American painter's path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father in this raw and deeply moving film starring André Holland and Andra Day.

Girls Town
(1996)
Undercover Brother
(2002)Blasted from the past and ready to take care of business, Undercover Brother is recruited to infiltrate a sinister underground movement headed by The Man, a white corporate criminal out to destroy the Black community.

The Caveman's Valentine
(2001)Disturbing images haunt a mentally ill homeless man as he attempts to pin a youth's murder on a celebrated photographer.

Freedomland
(2006)Sparks fly in this crime drama about a single mother who ignites a racial furor when she claims her son was kidnapped by a man from the project.

If Beale Street Could Talk
(2018)After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.