Courtney B. Vance and Niecy Nash play married restaurateurs whose son wants to leave the family business to pursue a career in wine tasting in the upcoming Netflix dramedy Uncorked. Written and directed by Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Insecure writer/producer Prentice Penny, the film follows Elijah (Mamoudou Athie) as he prepares to take the exam to become an expert sommelier. Here’s the official synopsis: Fueled by his love for wine, Elijah enrolls in a course to become a master sommelier, an elite designation given only to a handful who are able to pass its notoriously difficult exam. It'…
Created, co-written and expertly directed by Ava DuVernay, the four-part Netflix limited series When They See Us chronicles the notorious case of the five teenagers of color from Harlem – Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise – who became labeled the Central Park Five, after being accused of a violent rape in New York in the spring of 1989. After being questioned as teenagers and pressured to confess, they were convicted and sentenced and served between 6 and 13 years in prison before their exoneration in 2002, and watching their journey will break your heart, …