Lena Waithe Movies

A platonic companion for hire wrestles with her own longing for true connection.

A valet attendant dresses up as his late sister to help his mother deal with grief, and prove that he’s the most filial son.

An immigrant fishing family is forced to decide whether to stay or leave Alaska behind after the snow crabs disappear.

A young Caribbean immigrant mother struggling to make ends meet at her dye factory job finds a release through her abandoned dream of dance.

Savannah’s moss-covered forests, with all its whispering winds and enchanted branches, are alive to little Bertie Bee Hooks, the gifted...

A non-binary South Asian teenager uses bharatanatyam dance to explore their gender identity.

Nikki spices things up while at her mom's struggling tofu restaurant while working to afford her breast augmentation surgery.

After sweeping hair at a local barbershop, a 12-year-old boy uses his first payment to honor his late mother.

A mother and daughter sift through old memories as they prepare to permanently close down their family's photo lab.

Trapped in a cycle of work and self-isolation, burnt out Kelsey’s reality starts to blur until an irregular order for pickup disrupts...

Every year Henry looks forward to his job working as a mall Santa alongside his son Otis. But as Otis grows older, this may prove to be their last...

A family and their diverse neighbors struggle to survive rising floodwaters and bias in the heart of America.

In the seedy back halls of a Little Saigon convenience store, a young customer reanimates his dead father for one last conversation... awakening...