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.

07:59–09:29

Apple Mortgage Cake

Now

09:29–11:08

New Jersey Drive

15m left

11:08–13:06

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

Schedule

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05:38 - 07:22

Black Ops

Movie, Action, Horror, Thriller

Trapped on a never-ending stairwell, members of a black ops team confront a mysterious and terrifying evil while trying to climb to the top.

07:22 - 07:59

Whitney Houston in Focus

Special, Documentary

The untold story of photographer Bette Marshall and her one-time muse, an unknown eighteen-year-old singer the world would come to know as Whitney Houston.

07:59 - 09:29

Apple Mortgage Cake

Movie, Docudrama

To avoid losing her home to foreclosure, single mother Angela Logan (Kimberly Elise) tries to bake and sell 100 apple cakes in 10 days.

LIVE 09:29 - 11:08

New Jersey Drive

Movie, Crime drama

Jason (Sharron Corley) is an impoverished youth growing up in the slums of New Jersey. He and his pal Midget (Gabriel Casseus) get their thrills by stealing cars and taking them for joyrides. Eventually, the boys grow more serious about auto theft when they realize they can earn...

11:08 - 13:06

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.

13:06 - 14:50

Black Ops

Movie, Action, Horror, Thriller

Trapped on a never-ending stairwell, members of a black ops team confront a mysterious and terrifying evil while trying to climb to the top.

14:50 - 16:40

The Sixth Man

Movie, Comedy

Brothers Kenny (Marlon Wayans) and Antoine Tyler (Kadeem Hardison) have always wanted to be basketball heroes, standing out as child athletes and now as college players at the University of Washington. But tragedy strikes during a game, when Kenny, the superstar of the family,...

16:40 - 18:10

Apple Mortgage Cake

Movie, Docudrama

To avoid losing her home to foreclosure, single mother Angela Logan (Kimberly Elise) tries to bake and sell 100 apple cakes in 10 days.

18:10 - 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.

20:08 - 21:47

New Jersey Drive

Movie, Crime drama

21:47 - 23:31

Black Ops

Movie, Action, Horror, Thriller

Trapped on a never-ending stairwell, members of a black ops team confront a mysterious and terrifying evil while trying to climb to the top.

23:31 - 01:00

Apple Mortgage Cake

Movie, Docudrama

To avoid losing her home to foreclosure, single mother Angela Logan (Kimberly Elise) tries to bake and sell 100 apple cakes in 10 days.

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