what to watch in 2020
for the month of september #catchup&rewatch edition
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black is king
01 of 28 still to watchSummary: A Visual album from Beyoncé inspired by 'The Lion King'.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Emmanuel Adjei, Ibra Ake
Starring: Beyonce, Folajomi 'FJ' Akinmurele, Aweng Ade-Chuol, Isaak Adoyi
greenleaf s5
02 of 28 watchedSummary: The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, dark secrets and lies.
Genre: Drama
Creator: Craig wright
Starring: Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross.
dynasty s3
03 of 28 watchedSummary: Follows two of America's wealthiest families as they feud for control over their fortune and their children.
Genre: Drama
Creator: Sallie Patrick, Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz
Starring: Elizabeth Gillies, Rafael de la Fuente, Robert Christopher Riley.
i may destroy you
04 of 28 watchedSummary: The question of sexual consent in contemporary life and how, in the new landscape of dating and relationships, we make the distinction between liberation and exploitation.
Genre: Drama
Creator: Michaela Coel
Starring: Michaela Coel, Weruche Opia, Paapa Essiedu.
moesha s1
05 of 28 rewatchSummary: A teenager struggles to come to terms with everything life throws at her.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Creator: Sara Finney-Johnson, Vida Spears
Starring: Brandy Norwood, William Allen Young, Marcus T. Paulk.
p-valley s1
06 of 28 in progressSummary: Follows the lives of strip club dancers working down in the Dirty Delta.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Creator: Katori Hall
Starring: Brandee Evans, Nicco Annan, Shannon Thornton.
we hunt together s1
07 of 28 still to watchSummary: A gripping twist on a classic cat-and-mouse story, this British drama series explores the intoxication of sexual attraction and the dangerous power of emotional manipulation as two conflicted detectives track down a pair of deadly killers.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Creator Gaby Hull
Starring: Babou Ceesay, Hermione Corfield, Eve Myles
lovecraft country s1
08 of 28 in progressSummary: A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Creator: Misha Green
Starring: Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance.
project power
09 of 28 watchedSummary: When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback.
the high note
10 of 28 still to watchSummary: A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr..
the game s1
11 of 28 rewatchSummary: A spinoff of Girlfriends (2000) featuring a group of women who all have relationships with professional football players.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Creator: Mara Brock Akil
Starring: Hosea Chanchez, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Coby Bell, Tia Mowry-Hardrict.
girlfriends s1
12 of 28 rewatchSummary: A look at the lives, loves, and losses of four different women, Toni, Maya, Lynn, and Joan.
Genre: Comedy
Creator: Mara Brock Akil
Starring: Tracee Ellis Ross, Golden Brooks, Persia White.
betty s1
13 of 28 still to watchSummary: A diverse group of young women navigating their lives through the predominantly male oriented world of skateboarding.
Genre: Drama, comedy
Director: Crystal Moselle
Starring: Dede Lovelace, Kabrina Adams, Nina Moran.
the kitchen
14 of 28 watchedSummary: The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Andrea Berloff
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss.
on the record
15 of 28 still to watchSummary: A former hip hop executive decides whether to make public her rape by one of the most powerful men in the music industry.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering
Starring: Sil Lai Abrams, Tarana Burke, Kimberle Crenshaw.
this is life with
lisa ling s616 of 18 in progressSummary: Award-winning journalist and former co-host of The View Lisa Ling goes on a gritty, breathtaking journey to far corners of America.
Genre: documentary
Director: Various
Starring: Lisa ling.
little shop of horrors
17 of 28 rewatchSummary: A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia.
the beautician and the beast
18 of 28 rewatchSummary: A New York City cosmetologist, mistakenly thought to be a science teacher, is offered a job to teach the children of an Eastern European dictator.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director: Ken Kwapis
Starring: Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice .
death becomes her
19 of 28 rewatchSummary: When a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn.
foster
20 of 28 watchedSummary: Oscar®-winning filmmakers Deborah Oppenheimer and Mark Jonathan Harris (Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport) reunite for a revealing first-hand look at the foster ...
Genre: Documentary
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris
Starring: Earcylene Beavers, Jessica Chandler, Jacqueline Chun.
the third day s1
21 of 28 still to watchSummary: A man and a woman make separate journeys to a mysterious island off the British coast.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Director: Various
Starring: Katherine Waterston, Emily Watson, Paddy Considine.
waves
22 of 28 still to watchSummary: Traces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Director: Trey Edward Shults
Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell.
the chi s3
23 of 28 in progressSummary: The Chi is a timely coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.
Genre: Drama
Creator: Lena Waithe
Starring: Jacob Latimore, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine.
star trek: discovery s1
24 of 28 still to watchSummary: Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Creators: Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp.
lucifer s5-a
25 of 28 watchedSummary: Lucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Creator: Tom Kapinos
Starring: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro.
set it off
26 of 28 rewatchSummary: When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox.
black panther
27 of 28 rewatchSummary: T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o.
woke s1
28 of 28 in progressSummary: Keef is an African-American cartoonist on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes his life.
Genre: Comedy
Creators: Keith Knight, Marshall Todd
Starring: Lamorne Morris, Blake Anderson, T. Murph, Sasheer Zamata.