For Nerdy Girls: The Mr. J List

from Ava DuVernay's Instagram account

(Left to right: Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, Mara Brock-Akil, Debbie Allen, Issa Rae)

Are you looking for TV shows, movies, web series, or podcasts starring colorful women? Here is a sample of titles that make The Mr. J List!

Also, here is Women and Hollywood's list of 84 Films By and About Women of Color motivated by Ava DuVernay's call to action on Twitter.

If you'd like to add a title to The Mr. J List, then please leave a message in the comments, or tweet tweet us on Twitter at @mahlenasguide.

(Updates found on each genre's page: Television, Film, Web Series, Podcasts)


TELEVISION

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Abby

All of Us

All-American Girl

Are We There Yet?

Being Mary Jane

Black-ish

Cashmere Mafia

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FILM

35 and Ticking

Akeelah and the Bee

And Then Came Love

The Associate

The Back-up Plan

Baggage Claim

B*A*P*S

Beauty Shop

Before Women Had Wings

Belle

Beloved

Bend It Like Beckham

Bessie

Beyond the Lights

The Bodyguard

Booty Call

Bringing Down the House

Brown Sugar

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

Catwoman

The Cell

Chasing Papi

Clara's Heart

Claudine

Colombiana

The Color Purple

Corinna, Corinna

CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story

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WEB SERIES

Black Actress

Hello Cupid

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

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PODCASTS

Another Round

Black Girls Talking

Friends Like Us

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