Weekend Movie Marathon: A Trip to Emerald City

Ready to ease on down the road?

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Weekend Movie Marathon: A Trip to Emerald City - We're taking you back to the glorious Emerald City with The Wiz and other Black family films. Get your popcorn ready!(Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

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Daddy's Little Girls, Saturday at 10:30P/9:30C - Gabrielle Union's supporting Idris Elba as he fights for the women he loves. Encore on Sunday at 7P/6C. Check out a few other Black British actors who fight for love on the screen as well.(Photo: Lions Gate Films)

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Daddy's Little Girls, Saturday at 4P/3C - Idris Elba loves these women dearly. Encore on Sunday at 2P/1C.(Photo: Lionsgate)

Photo By Photo: Courtesy Lions Gate Films

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, Saturday at 7P/6C - All it takes is one act of good faith. Encore on Sunday at 5P/4C.(Photo: Lionsgate /Tyler Perry Company) 

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Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, Saturday at 7P/6C - All it takes is one act of good faith. Encore on Sunday at 5P/4C.(Photo: Lionsgate /Tyler Perry Company) 

Photo By Photo: Lionsgate /Tyler Perry Company

The Wiz - A revisionist version of The Wizard of Oz, this film is an adaptation of the 1975 Tony-winning musical that brought down the house on Broadway. In the 1978 film version, starring Michael Jackson and Diana Ross, Dorothy — now a Harlem school teacher — isn't in Kansas anymore.(Photo: Courtesy Universal Pictures)

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The Wiz, Sunday at 10:30A/9:30C - We're easing on down the road with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

Crooklyn - Alfre Woodard holds down the fort in this flick about motherhood, womanhood and the power of family.(Photo: Universal Pictures)

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Nothing Like a Black Family - TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BLACK FAMILY FILMS(Photo: Universal Pictures)