Black Teen Drama & Ya Series and Films
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- CreatorStephen Adly GuirgisBaz LuhrmannStarsJustice SmithShameik MooreHerizen F. GuardiolaA ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.
- DirectorTayarisha PoeStarsLovie SimoneCeleste O'ConnorJharrel JeromeFive factions run the underground life of Haldwell School, a prestigious East Coast boarding school. At the head of the most powerful faction, The Spades, sits Selah Summers, walking the fine line between being feared and loved.
- CreatorSean ConwayPaolo GiordanoLuca GuadagninoStarsJack Dylan GrazerJordan Kristine SeamónChloë SevignyTwo American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.
- DirectorRick FamuyiwaStarsShameik MooreTony RevoloriKiersey ClemonsLife changes for Malcolm, a geek who's surviving life in a tough neighborhood, after a chance invitation to an underground party leads him and his friends into a Los Angeles adventure.
- CreatorSascha PennStarsPatina MillerLondon BrownMalcolm M. MaysPower Book III: Raising Kanan is a prequel set in the 1990s that will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
- CreatorSalim AkilStarsCress WilliamsNafessa WilliamsChristine AdamsA crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.
- CreatorKatie CappielloStarsOdessa A'zionOdley JeanAmir BageriaThe drama series tells the story of five high school students as they struggle with sexual, racial and economic politics and fight to succeed and become somebody.
- StarsAma QamataKhosi NgemaGail MabalaneA local teen uncovers her family's secret past and navigates the complicated world of a South African high school.
- StarsDede LovelaceKabrina AdamsNina MoranA diverse group of young women navigating their lives through the predominantly male oriented world of skateboarding.
- CreatorKenya BarrisLarry WilmoreStarsTrevor JacksonYara ShahidiDiggy SimmonsA spinoff of ABC's "Black-ish," Zoey Johnson is off to college and must live outside the nest, dealing with drugs, sex, and relationships along the way.
- CreatorRandy HugginsStarsDa'VinchiMichole Briana WhiteDemetrius 'Lil Meech' FlenoryTwo brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
- DirectorTy HodgesStarsMeagan GoodRaven-SymonéGarcelle BeauvaisA bullied 17-year-old girl raised by a single mother seeks guidance from her best friend and the girl's older sister.
- CreatorReggie Rock BythewoodStarsO'Shea Jackson Jr.Isaiah R. HillShinelle AzorohInspired by Kevin Durant's youth basketball playing experience on the AAU circuit.
- DirectorSarah GavronStarsBukky BakrayKosar AliD'angelou Osei KissieduA young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
- DirectorEkwa MsangiStarsNtare Guma Mbaho MwineZainab JahJayme LawsonReunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.
- DirectorRashaad Ernesto GreenStarsZora HowardJoshua BooneMichelle WilsonSeventeen year-old Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious Isaiah in her path toward self-discovery. Her entire world is turned upside down as she travails on the rigorous terrain of young love in the summer before she leaves for college.
- CreatorNkechi Okoro CarrollStarsGeffriMayaSylvester PowellRhoyle Ivy KingSpinoff from 'All American' follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills and an elite baseball player from Chicago as they contend with the high stakes of university sports at a Historically Black College in Atlanta.
- CreatorMindy KalingJustin NobleStarsPauline ChalametAmrit KaurReneé RappFour 18-year-old freshman roommates at Essex College in Vermont. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these sexually active college girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating.
- CreatorDaniel BarnzZelda BarnzStarsNathanya AlexanderChloe EastNava MauHigh school students explore modern sexuality, testing deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community.
- CreatorV.E. SchwabStarsSarah Catherine HookImani LewisElizabeth MitchellFalling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter and both are ready to make their first kill.
- CreatorSaladin K. PattersonStarsElisha WilliamsDulé HillSaycon SengblohA man recalls his experiences growing up in Montgomery, Alabama during the late 1960s.
- CreatorWendy CalhounKarin GistStarsYaya DaCostaNadine EllisLance GrossA single mom risks it all and moves her family to a vineyard with hopes of taking her natural-hair-care line to the next level by infiltrating the African American elite in Oak Bluffs.
- StarsDominique ThorneAlden EhrenreichManny MontanaGenius teenage inventor Riri Williams creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man.
- CreatorMelinda HsuCameron JohnsonNoga LandauStarsTian RichardsAshleigh MurrayMarquise VilsonTom Swift is a billionaire inventor who is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the shocking disappearance of his father while on a space flight.
- DirectorStanley M. BrooksStarsKelcey MawemaMorgan Taylor CampbellCamryn ManheimThe story of Kayla Adams, a 16-year-old who was sent to a youth residential treatment center by her mother Karen Adams at the suggestion of a school counselor.