Susan Kelechi Watson

Susan Kelechi Watson is an actress.

Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2011)

Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what's being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annie J. Howell  •  Lisa Robinson
CAST:  Anna Margaret Hollyman  •  André Holland  •  Sarah Rafferty  •  Susan Kelechi Watson

Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what's being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annie J. Howell  •  Lisa Robinson
CAST:  Anna Margaret Hollyman  •  André Holland  •  Sarah Rafferty  •  Susan Kelechi Watson

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

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An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marielle Heller
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Matthew Rhys  •  Chris Cooper  •  Susan Kelechi Watson

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marielle Heller
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Matthew Rhys  •  Chris Cooper  •  Susan Kelechi Watson

Rumble (2021)

In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes, teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hamish Grieve
CAST:  Will Arnett  •  Terry Crews  •  Geraldine Viswanathan  •  Joe Anoa'i

In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes, teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hamish Grieve
CAST:  Will Arnett  •  Terry Crews  •  Geraldine Viswanathan  •  Joe Anoa'i

Between the World and Me (2020)

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamilah Forbes
CAST:  Ta-Nehisi Coates  •  Angela Bassett  •  Alicia Garza  •  Jharrel Jerome

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamilah Forbes
CAST:  Ta-Nehisi Coates  •  Angela Bassett  •  Alicia Garza  •  Jharrel Jerome

Reopening Night (2021)

This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” at the open-air Delacorte Theater in New York City. Contending with the ever-present threat of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudy Valdez
CAST:  Jeremy Adams  •  Jocelyn Bioh  •  Shola Adewusi  •  Saheem Ali

This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” at the open-air Delacorte Theater in New York City. Contending with the ever-present threat of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudy Valdez
CAST:  Jeremy Adams  •  Jocelyn Bioh  •  Shola Adewusi  •  Saheem Ali

Merry Wives (2022)

Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the play tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Horn  •  Saheem Ali
CAST:  Abena  •  Gbenga Akinnagbe  •  Pascale Armand  •  MaYaa Boateng

Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the play tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Horn  •  Saheem Ali
CAST:  Abena  •  Gbenga Akinnagbe  •  Pascale Armand  •  MaYaa Boateng