Stephen McKinley Henderson Movies

A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life...

A modern day take on Julius Caeser set in Buffalo, New York that finds mobster Earl Roman running his empire with an iron fist, but a soft heart...

Humboldt Parkway was a beloved feature of Buffalo. In the 1960s it was bulldozed to make way for an expressway that has caused a great health hazard...

When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may...

In 1978 Tennessee, a single mother and political appointee risks her career and her life to blow the whistle on rampant corruption in the penal...

Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood. Soon after his...

IT’S UP TO US is a new documentary film about the history of racism in America.

The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery

Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic...

Every year, thousands of high schoolers enter the August Wilson monologue competition for a chance to perform on Broadway. This film follows these...

A six-part documentary about the making and shooting of Alex Garland's 'Civil War'.

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the...

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like...

A young artist in New York City accepts guardianship of his best friends' daughters after the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Eleven years later, he...

An unapologetically romantic tale about an adulterous young woman struggling to rebuild her life and a painter suffering from undiagnosed Asperger's...

Traumatized by a violent robbery, a Brooklyn coffee shop owner lashes out against an innocent kid, and stumbles into a dangerous confrontation with a...

A larger-than-life man in the twilight of his career seeks justice against three internet crusaders after an online sting operation goes too far.