By Alexa Rodriguez
To make Black History Month a bit more nourishing for everyone stuck at home,
Fast Company has scoured the streaming services for a bounty of entertaining and often enlightening films and TV shows that showcase either Black stories or the talents of Black creators.
Have a look below at 91 movies and TV series to stream during this poignant Black History Month.
Fictional movies and shows rooted in history
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Netflix
Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichael in On the Count of Three. Photograph: Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Marshall Adams
The shaggy bromance comedy On the Count of Three explains its title and premise in its stark opening scene. Two best friends have guns trained at each otherâs head, agreeing that, yep, on the count of three theyâll shoot, bringing to end two lives that in their eyes havenât been worth living, an inevitable solution to a bleak problem. Predictably we then rewind to âearlier that morningâ to see how the pair found themselves on the precipice of suicide at the back of a strip club.
Jerrod Carmichael: Directorial debut a natural progression of truth
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Jerrod Carmichael directed and stars in On the Count of Three. File Photo by John Gress/UPI | License Photo
Jerrod Carmichael sees On the Count of Three as a continuation of his serious-minded comedy. Photo courtesy of the Sundance Institute
Jan. 30 (UPI) Standup comedian and actor Jerrod Carmichael made his directorial debut with
On the Count of Three, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
Carmichael said the dark comedy about two friends making a suicide pact fit his aesthetic of using comedy to address serious issues.