Starting February 1, HBO Max will celebrate Black History Month 2022 with the “More Than a Month” campaign within the Black Voices collection, highlighting the streamer’s distinct and comprehensive slate of content that elevates the unique voices, timeless stories and powerful performances of the Black community. The month-long celebration also includes Twitter watch parties with talent and a sampling of select free titles available on Watch Free Episodes on HBO Max and Black Voices. The newly launched Black Voices will remain active and updated throughout the year.
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Throughout the month, the Black Voices collection, mirroring the Black Voices spotlight page in-app, will include a free sampling of HBO Original documentary film “A Choice of Weapons: Gordon Parks.” Additional titles will also be available to try for free via the Watch Free hub on HBOMax.com: episode one of the documentary series “Being Serena,” season one, episode one of the HBO Original “Insecure,” documentary film “King in the Wilderness,” season two, episode one of Max Originals “Love Life” and season two, episode one of “South Side.”
Black Voices on and throughout HBO Max in-app will feature programming from Black content creators and leads including HBO Originals “Lovecraft Country,” “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” and “Insecure,” Max Originals “South Side,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion,” and “That Damn Michael Che, to thought-provoking documentaries and biopics that highlight civil rights icons including HBO’s “Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches” (debuting February 23) and “Dreamland: the Burning of Black Wall Street” and “Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking.” Legacy titles featured include “Malcolm X,” “Eyes on the Prize,” “42,” “Bessie,” and “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.” The Warner Bros. Streaming Exclusive film “KIMI,” starring Zoë Kravitz and debuting February 10, will also be a part of the collection.
Additionally, on February 3, HBO Max will debut the 2021 finalists of HBO’s Short Films Competition in partnership with the American Black Film Festival (ABFF): “Cracked,” “Mass Ave,” “Pure,” “The Snakes,” and “When the Sun Sets” on Black Voices.
To further generate conversation amongst audiences, HBO Max Scene in Black, a social destination that elevates Black stories and talent, will host Twitter watch parties every week throughout the month of February celebrating nostalgic programming available on the platform.
Below are additional titles available on HBO Max this month and throughout the year. Visit HBOMax.com for more details.
MOVIES
- 2 Guns, 2013 (HBO)
- 12 Years a Slave, 2013 (HBO)
- A Rodeo Film, 2019 (HBO)
- Alex Cross, 2012
- Amistad, 1997
- Bessie, 2015 (HBO)
- Between The World And Me, 2020 (HBO)
- Beverly Hills Cop 3-Film Collection, 1984, 1987, 1994 (HBO)
- Black Boy Joy, 2019 (HBO)
- Blood Diamond, 2006
- Brown Sugar, 2002 (HBO)
- Charm City Kings, 2020
- Cleopatra Jones, 1973
- Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, 1975
- Collateral, 2004 (HBO)
- Confirmation, 2016 (HBO)
- Cracked, 2021 (premieres 2/3) (HBO)
- Dolapo Is Fine, 2020 (HBO)
- Dreamgirls, 2006 (HBO)
- Drop Zone, 1994 (HBO)
- Fatale, 2020 (HBO)
- Good Deeds, 2012
- Harlem Nights, 1989 (HBO)
- House Party 4-Film Collection, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001
- I, Robot, 2004 (HBO)
- Illusions, 1982
- Independence Day, 1996 (HBO)
- In the Heat of the Night, 1967 (HBO)
- Inside Man, 2006 (HBO)
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, 1999 (HBO)
- Jackie Brown, 1997 (HBO)
- Jason’s Lyric, 1994 (HBO)
- Joyful Noise, 2012 (HBO)
- Just Mercy, 2019
- Kin, 2018 (HBO)
- KIMI, (premieres 2/10)
- Lottery Ticket, 2010 (HBO)
- Love & Basketball, 2000
- Malcolm X, 1992
- Mass Ave, 2021 (premieres 2/3) (HBO)
- Menace II Society, 1993
- Mindhunters, 2005 (HBO)
- Monster’s Ball, 2001 (HBO)
- Night Catches Us, 2010 (HBO)
- Notes From the Field, 2018 (HBO)
- Pariah, 2011 (HBO)
- Prue, 2021 (premieres 2/3) (HBO)
- Ricochet, 1991 (HBO)
- Rush Hour 3-Film Collection, 1998, 2001, 2007
- Shadows, 1959
- Shaft 3-Film Collection, 1971, 1972, 1973
- Snakes on a Plane, 2006
- Sometimes in April, 2005 (HBO)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy, 2021 (HBO)
- Steel, 1997
- Suicide Squad, 2016
- Super Fly, 1972
- Tenet, 2020 (HBO)
- The Bodyguard, 1992
- The Book of Eli, 2010
- The Cypher, 2020 (HBO)
- The High Note, 2020 (HBO)
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, 2017 (HBO)
- The Legend of Bagger Vance, 2000
- The Little Things, 2021 (HBO)
- The Mighty Quinn, 1989
- The Snakes, 2021 (premieres 2/3) (HBO)
- The Suicide Squad, 2021 (HBO)
- The Tuskegee Airmen, 1995 (HBO)
- The World, the Flesh and the Devil, 1959
- Training Day, 2001
- Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls, 2007 (HBO)
- Tyler Perry’s Diary Of A Mad Black Woman, 2005 (HBO)
- Tyler Perry’s Family Reunion, 2006 (HBO)
- Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself, 2009 (HBO)
- Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, 2011 (HBO)
- Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail, 2009 (HBO)
- Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too, 2010 (HBO)
- Undisputed, 2002 (HBO)
- Uprooted – The Journey of Jazz Dance, 2020
- Waiting to Exhale (HBO)
- When the Sun Sets, 2019 (premieres 2/3) (HBO)
SERIES
- 2 Dope Queens (HBO)
- A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
- A Different World
- About Last Night (S1)
- The Boondocks
- David Makes Man
- Equal
- Eve
- Family Matters
- The Chris Rock Show (HBO)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- The Shop: Uninterrupted, (HBO)
- Gen:Lock
- Generation
- Hangin with Mr. Cooper
- Insecure (HBO)
- Key & Peele
- The Last O.G.
- Lovecraft Country (HBO)
- Luther
- Martin
- PAUSE. with Sam Jay (HBO)
- Random Acts Of Flyness (HBO)
- Roots Collection
- Shaq Life (season 3 premieres 2/5)
- South Side
- That Damn Michael Che
- The Girl Before
- The Wayans Bros.
- Watchmen (HBO)
- We Stay Looking: An Insecure Podcast (HBO)
- We’re Here (HBO)
- Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas (HBO)
DOCUMENTARIES
- A Choice of Weapons: Inspired By Gordon Parks (HBO)
- American Revolution 2
- Baltimore Rising (HBO)
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO)
- Being Serena (HBO)
- Black Art: In The Absence of Light (HBO)
- Black Moderates and Black Militants
- Black Panthers
- By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (HBO)
- Cicero March
- Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
- Eyes on the Prize: Hallow Ground
- Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (premieres 2/23) (HBO)
- Freedom on My Mind
- Growing Up Milwaukee
- Home Videos (HBO)
- Jimi Plays Monterey
- John Lewis: Good Trouble, 2020
- Kareem: Minority of One (HBO)
- King in the Wilderness (HBO)
- Law and Order vs. Dissent
- Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight (HBO)
- Mavis! (HBO)
- Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (HBO)
- Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
- Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
- People’s Right to Know: Police vs. Reporters
- Presenting Princess Shaw
- Police Power and the Freedom of Assembly: The Gregory March
- Right to Dissent: A Press Conference
- Rock and a Hard Place (HBO)
- Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO)
- Sermon On The Mount (HBO)
- Shake!: Otis at Monterey
- Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Avenue
- Stockton on my Mind (HBO)
- Tiger (HBO)
- The Apollo (HBO)
- The End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House
- The Infamous Future
- The Loving Story (HBO)
- The Murder of Fred Hampton
- Tina (HBO)
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality (HBO)
- Under the Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story (HBO)
- United Skates (HBO)
- Venus and Serena (HBO)
- What’s My Name | Muhammad Ali (HBO)
- We Are The Dream: The Kids Of The Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (HBO)
- We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
- Women of Troy (HBO)
- Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (HBO)
COMEDY
- Amanda Seales: I Be Knowin’ (HBO)
- Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher (HBO)
- Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (HBO)
- Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (HBO)
- Chris Rock: Never Scared (HBO)
- D.L. Hughley: Going Home (HBO)
- D.L. Hughley: Unapologetic (HBO)
- Dave Chappelle: Killin’ Them Softly (HBO)
- Jerrod Carmichael: 8 (HBO)
- Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store (HBO)
- Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw (HBO)
- Marlon Wayans: You Know What It Is
- Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy (HBO)
- Orlando Leyba: Adorable (HBO)
- Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman
- Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue (HBO)
- Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It! (HBO)
FAMILY-FRIENDLY SERIES
- A Different World
- Craig of the Creek
- Eve
- Family Matters
- Fresh Prince
- Hanging with Mr. Cooper
- In the House
- Jamie Foxx Show
- Key & Peele
- Martin
- Parent Hood
- Young Justice
ANIMATION
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Black Dynamite
- The Boondocks, (S1-S4)
- Gen:Lock
- The Jellies
- Lazor Wulf (S1)
- Loiter Squad
- Mostly 4 Millennials
- Space Jam: A New Legacy
- Static Shock
- Todd McFarlane’s Spawn (HBO)
- Tropical Cop Tales
- Vixen
- Young Justice
