★7.4

Captain America: Civil War

as Miriam

★7.1

The Lion King

as Sarabi (voice)

★7.9

12 Years a Slave

as Mistress Shaw

★7.7

Primal Fear

as Shoat

★6.9

The Gray Man

as Margaret Cahill

★5.8

Annabelle

as Evelyn

★6.6

Dinosaur

as Plio (voice)

★5.8

The Core

as Stickley

★7.3

Star Trek: First Contact

as Lily Sloane

★7.2

K-PAX

as Claudia Villars

★7.3

Radio

as Principal Daniels

★6.0

Salem's Lot

as Dr. Cody

2034

★7.0

Heart and Souls

as Penny Washington

★7.5

Fatherhood

as Marian

★6.8

Scrooged

as Grace Cooley

★5.9

The Forgotten

as Det. Anne Pope

★6.4

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

as Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

★6.9

Take the Lead

as Augustine James

★6.3

Beauty Shop

as Ms. Josephine

★6.2

Extremities

as Patricia

★6.4

Something New

as Joyce McQueen

★5.1

Lost Souls

as Dr. Allen

★7.3

Love & Basketball

as Camille Wright

★5.9

Space Oddity

as Dr. Olsen

★5.9

The Book of Clarence

as Mother Mary

The Inquisitor

as Narration

★7.0

Passion Fish

as Chantelle

★6.0

Mississippi Grind

as Sam

The Thing That Hurts

★6.4

How to Make an American Quilt

as Marianna

★7.0

Holiday Heart

as Wanda Dean

★5.2

The Singing Detective

as Chief of Staff

★6.9

Saint Judy

as Judge Benton

★6.5

Miss Evers' Boys

as Eunice Evers, R.N.

★7.4

Disney's American Legends

★5.8

Burning Sands

as Professor Hughes

★6.8

Crooklyn

as Carolyn Carmichael

★6.6

Cross Creek

as Geechee

★4.5

A Step Toward Tomorrow

as Dr. Sadlin

★5.5

What's Cooking?

as Audrey Williams

★6.9

Steel Magnolias

as Ouiser

★6.1

Blue Chips

as Lavada McRae

★6.8

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

as Alice Pratt

★4.8

Mandela

as Winnie Mandela

★6.1

Remember My Name

as Rita

★6.7

Sweet Revenge

as Vicki Teague

★5.3

Summer Camp

as Mary

★6.7

American Violet

as Alma Roberts

★4.0

The Door

as E

★5.8

Miss Firecracker

as Popeye Jackson

★8.0

The Ambush Murders

as Karisha Ellsworth

★6.1

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

as Maisie (voice)

★8.0

King Leopold's Ghost

as Ilanga (voice)

★6.2

Black Panther

as Dondi Reece

★6.3

Clemency

as Warden Bernadine Williams

★8.5

Precious Blood

as Narrator

★6.3

Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Esther

★6.4

Grand Canyon

as Jane

★6.6

Pictures of Hollis Woods

as Edna Reilly

★5.0

Puss in Boots

as Princess Lovinia

★7.0

Knucklehead

as Sheila

★5.4

HealtH

as Sally Benbow

★7.0

Words by Heart

as Claudie Sills

★5.1

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Ann

★8.0

Eleanor Roosevelt

as Narrator (voice)

★6.3

A Wrinkle in Time

as Mrs. Whatsit

★6.5

Mumford

as Lily

★10.0

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

as Self

★5.0

Follow Me Home

as Evey

Pockets of Heaven

★7.0

The Water Is Wide

as Mrs. Brown

★6.0

The Trial of the Moke

as Lucy Smith

★7.0

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

as Medicine Woman (voice)

★6.3

Down in the Delta

as Loretta Sinclair

★5.5

Aliens for Breakfast

as Mrs. Marks

★6.6

So B. It

as Bernadette

★4.9

Weathering

as Mum

★6.4

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self

★7.5

The Child Saver

as Andrea Crawford

★5.2

Freedom Road

as Katie

★5.2

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

★9.0

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

as Mary Parrish (voice)

Hate to See You Go

★7.1

John Henry

as Polly / Narrator (voice)

★8.0

The Killing Floor

as Mattie

★5.4

Juanita

as Juanita

★7.6

The Piano Lesson

as Berniece Charles

★6.4

Rich in Love

as Rhody Poole

Black Hollywood

as Self

★6.5

Medal of Honor

as Narrator

★7.7

Funny Valentines

as Joyce May

The Making of Clemency

as Herself

Seven Candles For Kwanzaa

as Narrator

★8.0

A Path Appears

as Self

★7.4

Unnatural Causes

as Maude DeVictor

★8.5

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

as Woman who lost her stuff

★5.6

Bopha!

as Rosie Mangena

★2.8

Reach for Me

as Evelyn

★5.8

Special Report: Journey to Mars

as Tamara O'Neil

★7.0

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

as Mary Thomas

★6.0

The Member of the Wedding

as Berenice Sadie Brown

★9.0

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

as Narrator

★8.0

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

as Self

L.A. Law: Pilot

as Adrianne Moore

★7.5

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

as Narrator

Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

as Self

★8.0

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

as Mary Lou Williams (voice)

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

★6.3

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Narrator

★7.5

The Wishing Tree

as Clara

★6.3

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

as Mary Parrish (voice)

★7.0

The Underground Railroad

★10.0

Blue Bayou

as Jessica Filley

No Small Matter

as Narrator (voice)

★10.0

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

as Alma Thomas (voice)

★7.0

Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty

as Self - Narrator

Henry Box Brown