Starz Makes Available Collection of Films and Docs Centered on Black Voices Including America To Me, The Rape of Recy Taylor and More - No Subscription Required

STARZ MAKES CURATED COLLECTION OF FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES AND SERIES CENTERED ON ESSENTIAL BLACK VOICES AVAILABLE WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION

Santa Monica, Calif., June 5, 2020 – Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), has made available a collection of programming that amplifies Black voices across STARZ platforms including the App and On-Demand without a subscription. The collection features feature films, documentary films and series that examine issues of racial inequality and injustice in America today and throughout the last century.

Beginning today, the following titles will be available on Starz platforms, APP & linear:

“America to Me“ – An Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival, the San Francisco Chronicle recently called “America to Me” “one of the most urgent pieces of U.S. nonfiction filmmaking to come out in the past few years — a dispatch from the cultural front line, and an American epic on the scale of Robert Altman’s “Nashville” or Frederick Wiseman’s “In Jackson Heights.”

Academy Award nominated filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Life
Itself) examines racial, economic and class issues in contemporary
American education in the multipart unscripted documentary series
“America to Me.”

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“A Huey P. Newton Story” – A Starz Original Production, Huey P. Newton, charismatic co-founder of the revolutionary Black Panther Party, tells the riveting story of his life and times in this one-man show. Directed by Spike Lee.

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“Emanuel” – After a 21-year-old white supremacist opened fire in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, nine African Americans lay dead, leaving their families and the nation to grapple with this senseless act of terror. Featuring intimate interviews with survivors and family members, EMANUEL, from executive producers Stephen Curry and Viola Davis, is a poignant story of justice and faith, love and hate, examining the healing power of forgiveness.

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“For Ahkeem” – follows Daje Shelton, a 17-year-old Black girl from North St. Louis, as she strives to graduate from the nation’s only court-supervised public high school. Daje fights for her future as close friends are killed, her sixteen-year-old boyfriend is pulled into the prison system, and nearby Ferguson erupts after the police shooting of Michael Brown. Through Daje’s intimate first-person account, “For Ahkeem” explores the complex web between juvenile justice, education, and race in America today.

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“Out of Omaha” – An intimate portrait of twin brothers Darcell and Darrell Trotter, two young black men coming of age in the racially and economically-divided Midwestern town of Omaha, Nebraska. From executive producer J. Cole.

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“Scandalize My Name” – This potent documentary, narrated by Morgan Freeman, examines several prominent African-American performers in the American film and television industries during the 1950s Communist witch-hunting McCarthy era.

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“Stranger Fruit” – What really happened on August 9^th, 2014 in Ferguson Missouri. That afternoon, officer Darren Wilson killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. “Stranger Fruit” is the unraveling of what took place, told through the eyes of Mike Brown’s family.

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“The Rape of Recy Taylor” – A documentary about Recy Taylor, who was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Unbroken, Mrs. Taylor spoke up and fought for justice with help from Rosa Parks and countless women.

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ABOUT STARZ

Starz (www.starz.com), a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), is a leading global media and entertainment company that produces and distributes premium streaming content to worldwide audiences across subscription television platforms.

Starz is home to the flagship domestic STARZ® brand, STARZ ENCORE, 17 premium pay TV channels and the associated on-demand and online services, including the highly rated STARZ app. With the launch of the STARZPLAY international premium streaming platform and STARZ PLAY Arabia, Starz is expanding its global footprint in a growing number of territories.

Sold through multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, telecommunications companies, and other online and digital platforms, Starz offers subscribers more than 7,500 distinct premium television episodes and feature films, including STARZ Original series, first-run movies and other popular programming.

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