Afrocentric Cinema for Children
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- CreatorBill CosbyStarsPhylicia RashadXavier PritchettGregory HinesA smart, inquisitive five-year-old boy explores what life is like with the help of his big imagination.
- DirectorBryon E. CarsonStarsBlair UnderwoodMichael Clarke DuncanSanaa LathanTwo African American boys schoolyard rivalry spirals out of control when their fathers develop superpowers.
- StarsRobert GuillaumeCheryl 'Salt' JamesPepaFeeling under appreciated, Mother Goose has decided to quit her job and move away for early retirement. But nothing in fairy tale land seems right without Mother Gooseberg's rhymes. It's up to the nursery rhyme characters to convince her to stay.
- CreatorJan BerenstainStan BerenstainJoseph CatesStarsDavid MendenhallBen CampbellTajja IsenWe follow a family of bears, known as the Berenstain Bears, as they figure out life together. With friendly neighbors and close friends, the journey is never boring. Inspired by the book series written by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
- StarsShannon Chan-KentMichael StrusieviciBrenda CrichlowA musical animated series that follows 9-year-old whiz kid Sara and younger brother Sam as they solve mysteries in their apartment building, at school, and beyond -- employing math, music, and creative thinking to ensure Sara Solves it.
- CreatorChris NeeStarsLara Jill MillerLoretta DevineRobbie Rist"Doc McStuffins" is an imaginative animated series about Doc McStuffins, a young girl who aspires to be a doctor like her mom and communicates with and heals broken toys and stuffed animals.
- StarsCrystal ScalesJeannie EliasLex LangAn inquisitive 12-year-old girl accidentally awakens the mummy of a young Egyptian pharaoh, who finds it difficult to accept that no one worships him in the 21st century.
- CreatorBill CosbyStarsBill CosbyGerald EdwardsLou ScheimerThe educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.
- StarsJoel CooperDonald FulliloveMike MartinezThe animated musical adventures of the Jackson brothers.
- CreatorKathleen MintonKit LaybourneMaria Perez-BrownStarsVanessa BadenRon DaiseNatalie DaiseThe series follow an African-American family on Gullah Gullah Island learning about life along with their friends, neighbors and their pet pollywog named Binya Binya.
- CreatorClaudia LloydStarsIsabella CascaranoShaun ParkesLenny HenryPerfect little stories entertaining to children and adults alike. Colorful and humorous with a diversity of English dialects and characters. Always positive and a refreshing youthful score. A must watch for pre-school and up.
- DirectorLarry LancitStarsLeVar BurtonReggie Alvin GreenAs LeVar discusses his favorite parts of a newspaper and interviews other people for different viewpoints, other functions of a newspaper staff are explored. Cartoonist Ray Billingsley, who draws Curtis, shows how he illustrates a comic, and a high school newspaper staff is profiled making a weekly publication.
- DirectorShawn WayansStarsGeorge Gore IICountess VaughnMichael RapaportHow you gonna holla at some shorty with some knockoff sneaks?
- DirectorRobert StevensonWard KimballStarsAngela LansburyDavid TomlinsonRoddy McDowallAn apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
- DirectorJérémie DegrusonBen StassenMimi MaynardStarsCinda AdamsGeorge BabbitBrianne BrozeyThunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos.
- DirectorDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsDaveigh ChaseChris SandersTia CarrereA young and parentless girl adopts a 'dog' from the local pound, completely unaware that it's supposedly a dangerous scientific experiment that's taken refuge on Earth and is now hiding from its creator and those who see it as a menace.
- DirectorTim JohnsonStarsJim ParsonsRihannaSteve MartinAn alien on the run from his own people makes friends with a girl. He tries to help her on her quest, but can be an interference.
- DirectorRoger HawkinsStarsJazz PierreMiriam HamblinGabriel PhillipsThree children make a daring escape from the underground city in which they are slaves of the Evil Emperor, and go in search of the fabled Sky Kingdom and the great Prince Ariel.
- DirectorMichael SpornStarsRuby DeeSerena HenryNdehru RobertsA little black girl learns about racism.
- CreatorDouglas LoveStarsTony JamesVivian BayubayCeline OrdioniA group of kids and their two caregivers have built a cool clubhouse out of giant boxes. That's where they meet for music, play and special activities that kids can do at home.
- CreatorKathryn MullenNorman StilesChristopher CerfStarsAnthony AsburyJennifer BarnhartPeter LinzLive-action and animation blend together in this educational fantasy about a family of lions running a library filled with adventurous and musical books.
- CreatorJim JinkinsStarsAdam RoseGina Marie TortoriciBrook Jenell SlackPeanut, Jelly, and Baby Butter are three young otters who live on Lake Hoohaw with their family and friends.
- StarsNoah ReidLeah ReneeElizabeth SaundersA young turtle named Franklin learns social lessons as he grows up with his family and friends.
- CreatorDean DeBloisChris SandersJess WinfieldStarsDaveigh ChaseChris SandersDavid Ogden StiersThe rambunctious human and alien duo must hunt down Dr. Jumba Jookiba's 625 other experimental creatures infesting Hawaii.
- CreatorAndré 3000Tommy LynchPatric M. VerroneStarsSmall FireAndré 3000Phil LaMarrAnimated series about an Atlanta performing arts school grad who ditches a successful music career to become a music teacher.
- CreatorBruce W. SmithDoreen SpicerStarsKyla PrattTommy DavidsonJo Marie PaytonFollow the adventures and misadventures of Penny Proud as she does her best to navigate through the early years of teend-dom.
- CreatorDenys CowanMichael DavisDerek DingleStarsPhil LaMarrJason MarsdenKevin Michael RichardsonIn the city of Dakota, a teenage boy with electricity based powers, with the help of his inventive friend, fights crime as a superhero.
- CreatorLili ChinEddie MortStarsKimberly BrooksCarlos AlazraquiCandi MiloThe story of three masked wrestlers in wrestling school.
- CreatorAlan BurnettMarc HymanStarsJeff BennettPhil LaMarrAlanna UbachThe further adventures of Osmosis Jones and Drix as they defend the body of a young boy.
- CreatorJoanna ColeBruce DegenKristin Laskas MartinStarsLily TomlinDaniel DeSantoLisa JaiAn eccentric teacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magic school bus.
- DirectorJamie BadmintonRufus BlacklockStarsLaurence FishburneDonielle T. Hansley Jr.Regina KingBased on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.
- DirectorAnthony BellStarsElizabeth DailyChristine CavanaughKath SoucieWhen Aunt T. visits the Carmichaels to celebrate Kwanzaa, she tells Susie the holiday is a time to honor the legacy of our great people.
- StarsPat FraleySusan BluErika ScheimerA Native American marshal and his friends keep the peace on the frontier planet of New Texas.
- StarsRobert GuillaumeLiz TorresEdward James OlmosMulticultural versions of many of your favorite fairy tales. Such as "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Three Little Pigs".
- CreatorCarl W. AdamsHolly SchlesingerStarsH. Jon BenjaminMelissa Bardin GalskyPatrice O'NealO'GRADY is the first original cartoon on NOGGIN's nighttime block, THE N. It's a comedic look at the lives of a few selfish high-school students. Their town is plagued by "the Weirdness," a force that affects its residents in strange ways.
- DirectorMichael MalianiRobert BrousseauVincenzo TrippettiStarsEdward AsnerAngela BassettLucas BlackWhile on a school field trip, two friends travel through time and meet Martin Luther King Jr. at different points in his life.
- DirectorRichard RichStarsVirginia WatsonWilliam Dennis HuntBilly MayoHarriet Tubman has never known what it means to be free. Having been born and raised into slavery, she works hard and does as she is told. However, she longs to be free and hopes to escape to the "promise land." After hearing about an "underground railroad" and learning of a Quaker woman up the river who helps slaves "get on," Harriet tells her father she is escaping. He fears for he life and tells her there isn't really an underground railroad, but she is determined to go. Once at the Quaker woman's home, Harriet learns that the Underground Railroad is a route guided by "conductors" to the North. She goes forward and makes it to the main station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once there, she is surprised to learn of the many different routes slaves are able to take to freedom. Hearing of her sister and family's proceeding sale, Harriet vows she will never be free until her family is free. Against the stationmaster's warnings, she heads South. Harriet continues to go back and forth from the North to the South and becomes known as the "Moses of her people" with a reward posted for her for $40,000. Harriet is able to successfully rescue her entire family, as well as 300 slaves on 17 dangerous missions to the Confederate South.
- StarsMaria AparisGary ColemanFrank WelkerThis animated series features the character that Gary Coleman played in the made for television movie, The Kid with the Broken Halo: Andy LeBeau, an angel who goes to Earth, hangs out with some other children, and helps with their problems. Occasionally, he runs into Hornswaggle, a man who is the opposite of a guardian angel and takes delight in causing problems for others, especially him.
- StarsScott McNeilDale WilsonGraeme KingstonIn present day US, a kid releases four ancient Egyptian mummy warriors who help him fight a revived Egyptian evil mummy sorcerer who wants to take over the world.
- CreatorHowie MandelJim StaahlJim FisherStarsHowie MandelGail MatthiusTino InsanaA boy named Bobby Generic creates adventures using his overactive imagination.
- StarsOrlando BrownT'Keyah Crystal KeymáhJamil Walker SmithThis show is about a 10 year-old boy who is trying to deal with the problems of pre-adolescence in his neighborhood in lower Manhattan.
- DirectorJohn SchultzStarsShad MossJonathan LipnickiMorris ChestnutA 13-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials "MJ" inside them.
- CreatorEric WeinerDouglas WoodStarsAiden PompeyJesse SchwartzNatalia WojcikFour friends go on missions with their ever changing rocket ship. Every mission includes a classic song and a painting.
- DirectorMichel OcelotStarsRomann BerruxAwa Sene SarrSabine PakoraOnce again, Kirikou's noble Grandfather tell us more of his grandson's untold adventures.
- DirectorBénédicte GalupMichel OcelotStarsPierre-Ndoffé SarrAwa Sene SarrRobert LiensolKirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how little boy became a gardener, a detective, a maker of pottery, a merchant, a traveler and a doctor.
- DirectorMichel OcelotStarsArlette MirapeuPhilippe CheytionYves BarsacqSix old-style funny silhouetted fairy tales for not so-old-style people.
- DirectorRémi BezançonJean-Christophe LieStarsMax Renaudin PrattSimon AbkarianAbraham AdesoyeAfter escaping the clutches of a slave trader, a bold ten-year-old Sudanese boy befriends a young giraffe and a kind Bedouin, who takes them on a splendid journey via a hot-air balloon as far as the palace of King Charles X of France.
- CreatorGrant OrchardStarsAlexander ArmstrongJasmine BartholomewAlfie SandersonDuggee looks after the Squirrels, who earn different badges on their adventures.
- DirectorMichel OcelotRaymond BurletStarsDoudou Gueye ThiawMaimouna N'DiayeAwa Sene SarrKirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress Karaba
- CreatorLucy MurphyMikael ShieldsTed DewanStarsElliot KerleyMark RylanceEve BentleyCelebrating the noisy, joyful, messy reality of pre-school life.
- StarsDerek JacobiNick KellingtonAndy WarehamIn The Night Garden is about a magical picture-book place that exists between waking and sleeping in a child's imagination.
- CreatorBrent DawesStarsBrent DawesGavin PeterTinarie van Wyk LootsEach short episode is divided into two segments - The first part involves wordless slapstick comedy among four safari explorers which introduces an animal. The second part shows (another wordless) adventure of the animal previously seen.
- DirectorAdamu WaziriStarsAdamu WaziriThe idea for the Bino & Fino cartoon series came about around 2007. The creator of the show, Adamu Waziri, realised that there was a massive lack of true African made children's educational cartoon shows. In Nigeria at the time there were no indigenous cartoon shows that showed children a reflection of themselves. All the cartoon shows were imported and had no link to Africa in anyway. There was a lack of support for indigenous children's programming. This basically meant that the most populous Black Country in the world didn't have a cartoon show that its children could watch that reflected them in any way no matter how small.
- DirectorAdamu WaziriStarsAdamu Waziri
- CreatorFord RileyStarsMax CharlesJoshua RushDiamond WhiteKion, the son of Simba, leads his friends known as the Lion Guard to protect the Pride Lands.
- DirectorShawnee GibbsShawnelle GibbsStarsKameshia DuncanDoreene L. HamiltonChioma NwosuIn a young African girl's quest to learn the meaning of the proverb - Great Fires Erupt form Tiny Sparks - she seeks guidance from the proverb detective, Sule.
- CreatorScott M. GimpleStarsOrlando BrownTara StrongDon LaFontaineFormer delinquent now fights for the good guys at X Middle School.
- DirectorCraig RogersA larger-than-life tale about the African-American hero born with a hammer in his hand. Join John Henry on a scenic journey from cotton country to the wilderness, where he finds men of all colors working together to build a great railroad. He becomes king of the railroad camps by driving more steel than any man alive. In a contest that pits man against machine, he single-handedly out-performs a new-fangled steam drill. Illustrated by Barry Jackson. Grammy Award Nomination - Best Spoken Word Album for Children; Parents' Choice Gold (Audio & Video); Parenting Magazine Best Videos of the Year; Parents Magazine Parents Prize; CINE Golden Eagle.
- StarsAlexander BelloNia ThompsonR KitaFeatures episodes that aim to deliver inspiring and optimistic messages, teaching children about respect towards others, such as celebrating Black hair, and exploring names that can be mispronounced or stigmatized.
- StarsLeah JanvierJosiah GaffneyAJ JastrabLearn about American history through animated stage plays, featuring songs celebrating Black heroes. Created by Lasette Canady with music by Christopher Jackson, and animation created by Lion Forge.
- DirectorSean MulcahyAlan MuraokaChuck VinsonStarsTau BennettTyler BunchLeslie Carrara-RudolphGabrielle and Tamir shares how we all have the power to change the world by voicing against injustice and racism.
- CreatorRalph FarquharBruce W. SmithStarsKyla PrattTommy DavidsonPaula Jai ParkerThe daily life of Penny Proud as she hilariously navigates growing up in a rambunctious house with a loving mom and an overly protective father.
- CreatorJosh WakelyStarsAvia FieldsMarissa BucciantiMonie MonImaginative boy Ben transforms his city by bringing colorful street art to life, armed with a magic paintbrush and the classic sounds of Motown.
- CreatorDavid A. ArnoldStarsTiffany DanielsGabrielle NevaehAlaya HighWhen Sadie's wish comes true and Lay Lay magically comes to life, the two friends learn that when they are together, they can achieve anything, navigate life as teenagers and discover who they really are.
- CreatorCarol BarbeeDennis LiuDennis LiuStarsAlisha WainwrightJa'Siah YoungJason RitterA widowed single mom discovers that her son has super powers and tries to figure out how to raise him safely and responsibly.