In One Battle After Another, Teyana Taylor delivers a raw, commanding performance as Perfidia, a woman fighting to hold her life together while the world keeps throwing punches. Taylor channels her signature intensity into a character who is both fierce and deeply vulnerable someone navigating personal trauma, fractured relationships, and the quiet battles no one sees.

Host: Jamie
Music by: Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

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Music by: TruthTeller Productions/East-O and Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

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Born in Texas and the daughter of an engineer and educator, Taylor grew up surrounded by the arts in the Houston area. She is a proud alumna of HBCU Clark Atlanta University where she studied Mass Media Arts with a concentration in Film. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She stars in Netflix’s hit series She stars in Netflix’s hit series Beauty In Black, as the series lead. Her character Kimmie begins the series as a victim of human trafficking, and perseveres to become the leader of the Beauty in Black empire.

Host: Jamie
Music by: Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

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After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere… so long as they repel the occasional raiding party. Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, training them to fight (and, yes, kill). But now Hailey’s eldest Emanuel (Kataem O’Connor) is a young man, and when he meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy.

Host: Jamie Broadnax
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
Music by: Sammus

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Filmmaker Zamo Mkhwanazi’s quietly powerful debut Laundry crafts an intimate portrait of a Black family navigating the uneasy privileges and hidden costs of exemption within the violently unequal system of apartheid South Africa. The film is set in 1968, the same year that negative international opinion against apartheid fomented during the Summer Olympics but 26 years before the end of the institution.

Host: Jamie Broadnax
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
Music by: Sammus

For more information on when and where to screen Laundry go here.
The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept 4-14th.

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Amina is a self-described “unicorn, creative visionary, digital influencer” and the woman behind the decor company, Studio Mucci. 

Host: Jamie
Music by: Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

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Construction worker Chris (Nnamdi Asomugha) is prepared to do whatever he can to build a solid life for his family, yet his plans are thrown into disarray after a mysterious woman appears in their new home late one night. By the time police arrive, the intruder is lying on the kitchen floor unconscious, a knife in her hand, and it falls to steadfast Detective Carlsen (Melissa Leo) to uncover the truth about what happened. Under questioning, Chris, his wife Alex (Aja Naomi King) and their young daughters Ryley (Aiden Price) and Kendra (Amari Price) close ranks, hoping to safeguard one another’s secrets—but the choices they make lead to consequences graver than they could ever imagine.

The Knife opens in theaters August 15th.

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Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
Music by: Sammus

Photo credit: Alex Reside

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Alien: Earth is FX’s upcoming sci-fi horror series created by Noah Hawley, expanding the iconic Alien franchise with a grounded, serialized story set on Earth for the first time. Taking place in the year 2120—30 years before Ripley’s story begins—the series explores a near-future where Earth is dominated by rival biotech corporations like Weyland-Yutani and Prodigy. When a deep-space research vessel crash-lands on Earth carrying something inhuman, chaos unfolds. 

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Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

‘Alien: Earth’ premieres Aug 12th on FX

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Sonia Denis plays “Clown”, the crew’s unpredictable pyrotechnics specialist. Sonia is an Emmy-nominated writer and rising actor whose credits include High Maintenance, BoJack Horseman, and A Black Lady Sketch Show. In Ironheart, she brings chaotic humor and magnetic energy to the underground world.

Host: Jamie
Music by: Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

Ironheart is currently streaming on Disney+

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