Starz Encore Black

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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
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A Happening of Monumental Proportions
00:37 - 02:00
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.
Coach Carter
02:00 - 04:17
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...
Boomerang
04:17 - 06:15
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...
Blowback
06:15 - 07:48
Blowback
Movie, Action
A policeman (Mario Van Peebles) learns that the CIA saved a deranged killer from execution to use as a government assassin.
Turn It Up
07:48 - 09:16
Turn It Up
Movie, Drama, Music, Hip-Hop & Rap, Action, Crime drama
In the ghetto, the only thing more dangerous than a gun is a dream. And gifted Brooklyn hip-hop artist Diamond has a big dream to rise from the streets of New York to superstardom in the music world.... if only he can survive the ride. A hip-hop sensation in his own right,...
The Show
09:16 - 11:02
The Show
Movie, Drama
A reality TV host and a greedy network executive launch a terrifying new program that exploits the on-camera deaths of its players.
Freedom Hair
11:02 - 12:43
Freedom Hair
Movie, Drama
When a mother decides to start a natural hair braiding business to achieve financial independence, she must overcome obstacles imposed by a powerful cosmetology cartel and the state of Mississippi.
House of the Rising Sun
12:43 - 14:12
House of the Rising Sun
Movie, Action, Thriller
A former lawman (Dave Bautista) investigates a shooting death at a nightclub.
John Q
14:12 - 16:09
John Q
Movie, Drama
Story centers on a man whose nine-year-old son is in desperate need of a life-saving transplant. When he discovers that his medical insurance won't cover the costs of the surgery and alternative government aid is unavailable, John Q. Archibald (Denzel Washington) takes a...
Idlewild
16:09 - 18:11
Idlewild
Movie, Drama, Musical
A reticent piano player, named Percival (André Benjamin), along with Rooster (Antwan A. Patton), his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
18:11 - 20:08
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Movie, Crime drama
Newly released from prison, a man (William DeMeo) scoffs at the chance to earn an honest living in his father's construction business; instead he returns to a life of crime.
Dreams
20:08 - 22:29
Dreams
Movie, Drama
Four individuals face various obstacles to achieving their goals in life -- obstacles that can be seen as insurmountable, or as stepping stones to getting what they want.
House of the Rising Sun
22:29 - 23:58
House of the Rising Sun
Movie, Action, Thriller
A former lawman (Dave Bautista) investigates a shooting death at a nightclub.
Idlewild
23:58 - 02:00
Idlewild
Movie, Drama, Musical
A reticent piano player, named Percival (André Benjamin), along with Rooster (Antwan A. Patton), his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.
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