Lena Waithe Movies

A whimsical fantasy about a Black woman regaining her sense of self after years of being a corporate cog in the machine.

Three generations of women say goodbye to their family ballroom dance studio.

A non-binary South Asian teenager uses bharatanatyam dance to explore their gender identity.

Freyr was born with a third hand growing out of his chest. At his funeral, a friend and coworker, Tom recounts the story of how they bonded over...

An examination of how the American flag can be reclaimed as a symbol of unity for all Americans, with a focus on the LGBTQ community.

Talent, a working title, is the story of a failed songwriter, to be played by Erivo, who returns home to Chicago to lead a group of at-risk youth in...

A young Caribbean immigrant mother struggling to make ends meet at her dye factory job finds a release through her abandoned dream of dance.

Every year Henry looks forward to his job working as a mall Santa alongside his son Otis. But as Otis grows older, this may prove to be their last...

After sweeping hair at a local barbershop, a 12-year-old boy uses his first payment to honor his late mother.

In a not so distant future, a burgeoning streamer is torn between her ambition and the ultimate cost of her success after joining a novel program.

In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen...

An immigrant fishing family is forced to decide whether to stay or leave Alaska behind after the snow crabs disappear.

When two undocumented window cleaners witness a domestic conflict inside a high-rise apartment, they must decide whether protecting their jobs and...