When Viola Davis, sculpted and hardened from months of training, first stood in the full garb of the Agojie warrior women, with her bare feet in the African sand, it was the culmination of not just the years-long push to make “The Woman King,” but of a lifelong battle.

On Saturday, Marvel debuted the first teaser trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a sequel to the 2018 mega blockbuster which starred the late Chadwick Boseman as the titular hero, and we need some tissue to catch these tears.

“Master,” a new horror film by Mariama Diallo with themes of race and social justice at its core, is most frightening when dealing not with the supernatural, but with the real — the depressingly real, as in the indignities that three Black women face while trying to fit into an overwhelmingly white academic institution.

Girl power! Meagan Good has joined the ranks of fab female filmmakers and says she is “so excited” about making her directorial debut. The 38-year-old, who both directs and stars in If Not Now, When? — the official selection of the 2019 Urban World Film Festival— is joined by co-director Tamara LaSeon Bass.

Jesus saves—and sells—at the box office. Over the weekend, faith-based film, Overcomer, from evangelical filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick, proved as much, scoring an $8 million opening, landing in the #3 spot, and earning an A+ CinemaScore from moviegoers. Reports say it is exceeding expectations.