JUNE 2022
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TV
P-VALLEY | June 3 | STARZ
We back at Da Pank for Season 2!ALL RISE | June 3 | OWN
The Simone Missick courtroom drama was resurrected by OWN after CBS gave the series the boot. Thank you, Oprah!FIRST KILL | June 10 | NETFLIX
Honey Felicia D. Henderson is the showrunner of this chilling supernatural queer YA series.MARTIN: THE REUNION | June 16 | BET +
Dedicated to Tommy, the special will include interviews with the beloved cast, musical performances, and behind-the-scenes commentary on the legacy of the show.SNOOP DOGG’S F*CN AROUND COMEDY SPECIAL | June 16 | NETFLIX
Uncle Snoop plus comedy. Nuff said.BET AWARDS 2022 | June 26 | BET
Taraji P. Henson returns to host (Black) Hollywood’s biggest night, and when does she ever disappoint?THE CHI | June 26 | SHOWTIME
Season 5 will explore the bonds that hold a community together, while highlighting the individual challenges each person has to face.WESTWORLD | June 26 | HBO
The drama returns after two years away. Any guess what’s going to happen with Maeve?THE UPSHAWS | June 29 | NETFLIX
Kim Fields and Wanda Sykes star alongside Mike Epps in this family sitcom entering its second season. -
BOOKS
IMY LIFE IN THE SUNSHINE: SEARCHING FOR MY FATHER AND DISCOVERING MY FAMILY | June 7 | by Nabil Ayers
The biracial son of jazz musician Roy Ayers pens a memoir about his journey to connect with a father who was not part of his life.LAST SUMMER ON STATE STREET: A NOVEL | June 14 | by Toya Wolfe
This coming-of-age story looks at what happened to a group of girlfriends decades after their Chicago housing projects were torn down and their lives took diverging paths.FAKE IT TILL YOU BAKE IT | June 21 | by Jamie Wesley
A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance.GOOD MORNING, LOVE | June 21 | by Ashley Coleman
In this fun romance novel, Carlisa “Carli” Henton is a musician hoping to follow in her father’s footsteps—until a chance meeting with a rising pop star sends her world into a frenzy.THE SCENT OF BURNT FLOWERS | June 28 | by Blitz Bazawule
Yahya Adbul-Mateen II is already set to produce and star in the limited series adaptation of this fantastical novel about an American couple seeking asylum in Ghana.DELE WEDS DESTINY | June 28 | by Tomi Obaro
The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite for the first time in thirty years at a lavish wedding in Lagos for one of their daughter.HARLEM SUNSET | June 28 | by Nekesa Afia
A Harlem Renaissance mystery featuring Louise Lloyd, a young Black woman working in a hot new speakeasy, when she gets caught up in a murder that hits too close to home. -
FILM
TREES OF PEACE | June 10 | NETFLIX
Inspired by true events, in April of 1994 four women from different backgrounds and beliefs are trapped and hiding during the genocide in Rwanda.LIGHTYEAR | June 17 | Theaters
Uzo Aduba and KeKe Palmer voice two of the characters in this TOY STORY offshoot following Buzz Lightyear.CIVIL | June 19 | NETFLIX
This doc explores the work of civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who has taken on the cases of the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other high-profile social justice matters. -
MUSIC
ONLY YOU | JUNE 3 | by Angelica Ross
The POSE actress releases her debut single and music video.