Starz Encore Black
United States
Starz Encore Black is a cable and satellite channel in the United States that focuses on films aimed at African American audiences. Its programming library leans heavily on action, drama, and comedy titles from the 1990s onward, including Blaxploitation classics and contemporary urban cinema. The channel does not produce original series or live events; instead, it curates a rotating selection of theatrical movies, often running them uncut and commercial-free. Music-related content, such as concert films or hip-hop documentaries, occasionally appears in the schedule.
Viewers can access the channel through traditional cable subscriptions or via the Starz streaming app, which includes the linear feed alongside on-demand titles. TV guide listings for Starz Encore Black typically show movies grouped by theme or actor, with new titles added monthly. The channel’s signal is available in standard definition on most providers, with some offering an HD simulcast.
Schedule
00:03 - 02:00
Black Snake Moan
Movie, Drama
After her lover (Justin Timberlake) leaves to serve in the military, Rae (Christina Ricci) gives in to her raging libido and leaps into a life of wild abandon. Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson), a troubled bluesman, finds Rae beaten and left for dead. He takes her in and holds her...
02:00 - 03:29
Scary Movie
Movie, Comedy, Horror
Defying the very notion of good taste, Scary Movie out-parodies the pop culture parodies with a no-holds barred assault on the most popular images and talked-about moments from recent films, television and commercials. The film boldly fires barbs at the classic scenes from...
03:29 - 05:11
Righteous Kill
Movie, Crime drama
Detectives Thomas Cowan (Robert De Niro) and David Fisk (Al Pacino), 30-year veterans of the NYPD, investigate the murder of a pimp. The crime resembles a case they solved many years earlier. As the body count rises, they realize they're dealing with a vigilante taking over when...
05:11 - 06:47
Sleepless
Movie, Action, Thriller
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs (Jamie Foxx) finds himself caught in a high-stakes web of corrupt cops, internal affairs and murderous gangsters. When a failed heist leads to the kidnapping of his teenage son (Octavius J. Johnson), Downs must race against time...
06:47 - 08:21
Blood and Bone
Movie, Action, Martial arts
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
08:21 - 09:44
Saturday Church
Movie, Drama, Musical, LGBTQ
Ulysses is a shy and effeminate boy who finds himself coping with new responsibilities as man of the house after the death of his father. Living alongside his mother, younger brother, and conservative aunt, Ulysses is also struggling with questions about his gender identity. He...
09:44 - 12:01
Coach Carter
Movie, Drama, Biography
In 1999, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in setting the players on a winning streak. But when their grades start to suffer, Carter...
12:01 - 13:24
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Movie, Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime drama, Docudrama, Drama
Administrators at an elementary school scramble to hide a dead body from students and parents on Career Day.
13:24 - 14:56
Blowback
Movie, Action
A policeman (Mario Van Peebles) learns that the CIA saved a deranged killer from execution to use as a government assassin.
14:56 - 16:20
Assassin's Game
Movie, Action
After a team of assassins messes up a hit, Vet Jones' former boss asks him to kill the target or his son will die.
16:20 - 18:17
Boomerang
Movie, Romantic comedy
A cocky ad executive, Marcus (Eddie Murphy) has a reputation as a ladies' man. However, Marcus gets a taste of his own medicine when a merger finds him working under the beautiful Jacqueline (Robin Givens), who has a similarly cavalier attitude about romance. Marcus and...
18:17 - 20:34
Coach Carter
Movie, Drama, Biography
In 1999, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in setting the players on a winning streak. But when their grades start to suffer, Carter...
20:34 - 21:41
Caught on Tape
Movie, Crime drama
A boy videotapes a botched bank robbery, and two detectives use the footage to piece together what happened.
21:41 - 23:05
Assassin's Game
Movie, Action
After a team of assassins messes up a hit, Vet Jones' former boss asks him to kill the target or his son will die.
23:05 - 00:37
Blowback
Movie, Action
A policeman (Mario Van Peebles) learns that the CIA saved a deranged killer from execution to use as a government assassin.