Tales (2017)
A one-hour anthology series that distills classic hip-hop records and reimagines them as cinematic love letters.
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Episode 1 - Fight the Power
Release Date: 2022-08-09A passionate lawyer raised by Black Panthers sets out to convict the police officer who murdered a Black girl.
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Episode 2 - Renee
Release Date: 2022-08-16An interpretation of the Lost Boyz track "Renee" sees the titular heroine, an idealistic law student, connect with barber Lamar as they try to protect a teen from local drug dealers.
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Episode 3 - Act Up
Release Date: 2022-08-23A story of four women's revenge against the men who sold them into slavery; Lola, Camille, Sasha and Julia use every weapon at their disposal to regain the lives stolen from them.
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Episode 4 - Hot in Here
Release Date: 2022-08-30Inspired by the lyrics to Nelly's "Hot in Herre," a college professor uses her 30th birthday as a chance to get over her ex and take control of her love life.
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Episode 5 - C.R.E.A.M.
Release Date: 2022-09-06In a story inspired by Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)," a reformed man returns to a life of crime when he needs money for his daughter's lifesaving operation.
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Episode 6 - Put It on Me
Release Date: 2022-09-13A young police officer and her undercover boyfriend operate from both sides of the law to find the source of corruption that plagues their city.
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Episode 7 - Ms. Jackson
Release Date: 2022-09-13Cheryl Jackson has decided her daughter, Tina's, inheritance money should be hers, and she is going to get her hands on it by any means necessary.
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Episode 8 - Murder She Wrote
Release Date: 2022-09-20Hardened by prison, tutored by a master criminal, Zena returns home for payback against those who murdered her fiancée and threw her in prison; using her beauty as a weapon, she maneuvers her enemies into a showdown.
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Episode 9 - Jesus Walks
Release Date: 2022-09-20Jewel leads a double life of Church choir angel by day, aspiring pop star by night; as her worlds in the church and the street head towards their inevitable collision, her belief in herself, her choices in life and her faith face a test.
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Episode 10 - Survival of the Fittest
Release Date: 2022-09-27Kidnapped by a group of rogue police, four Black activists are forced into a hunt in which they are the prey; the only way that they can survive is for the prey to become the hunters.