Lena Waithe Movies

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

A mother and daughter sift through old memories as they prepare to permanently close down their family's photo lab.

Ladylike is a modern day noir that follows Vaughan and Harlan, two vintage vixens who have a penchant for retro… and retribution. Not only are...

When Tita, an elderly fieldworker, reluctantly hires an AI humanoid to fill in for her picking strawberries, she attracts the engineers' attention...

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

A family and their diverse neighbors struggle to survive rising floodwaters and bias in the heart of America.

This film unpacks the question. Those who touched this piece have seen the world actively love their art or their athletic achievements, while also...

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...

Trapped in a cycle of work and self-isolation, burnt out Kelsey’s reality starts to blur until an irregular order for pickup disrupts...