Trailer Load: What to Stream This March

There are some promising series and films landing in theaters and on streaming platforms this month, including a drama starring Teyana Taylor and a talk show hosted by none other than MJB. Here’s what to stream this March.

The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige

Synopsis: It showcases the hottest, most outspoken, and sought-after people in entertainment, sports, social media, and politics for real conversations over wine.

Release date: March 1

Where: BET and BET Her

Hosted by: Mary J. Blige

House Party

Synopsis: From New Line Cinema comes your VIP ticket into the hottest event of the year:”House Party,” the remix to the fan-favorite ’90s classic.

Premiere date: March 3

Where: HBO Max

Starring: Jacob Latimore, Tosin Cole, and Karen Obilom

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The Rising

Synopsis: The Rising follows the trials and victories of groundbreaking Black female athletes, with the premiere of a new episode about 4-time Grand Slam Tennis Champion Naomi Osaka.

Release date: March 1

Where: The Africa Channel

Featuring: Episodes focusing on Florence Griffith Joyner, Simone Biles, Serena Williams, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Althea Gibson, Allyson Felix, Coco Gauff, and Venus Williams

Power Book II: Ghost, season 3

Synopsis: Season three takes off in dramatic form with brand new twists, turns, and murder as Tariq, Brayden, and the Tejada family are grieving the death of Zeke, but they won’t get much time as a new set of problems and questions arise. This season is flashier, juicer, and sexier, with even more family drama, betrayals, and surprising new alliances. Monet finds herself at a crossroads with her family, Brayden is forced to choose between his birth family and chosen family, and Tariq is leveling up this season.

Premiere date: March 17

Where: STARZ, STARZ app, On-Demand, and LIONSGATE+ (UK and Brazil)

Starring: Michael Rainey Jr., Mary J. Blige, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Gianni Paolo, Woody McClain, Lovell Adams-Gray, LaToya Tonodeo, Berto Colon, Alix Lapri, Larenz Tate, Shane Johnson, Paton Ashbrook, Monique Curnen, Keesha Sharp, David Walton, Moriah Brown, Luna Lauren Velez, Caroline Chikezie, and Lightskinkeisha

The Power

Synopsis: The Power, is an emotionally-driven global thriller, based on Naomi Alderman’s international award-winning novel. The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly, and without warning, teenage girls develop the power to electrocute people at will. The Power follows a cast of remarkable characters from London to Seattle, Nigeria to Eastern Europe, as the Power evolves from a tingle in teenagers’ collarbones to a complete reversal of the power balance of the world.

Premiere date: March 31

Where: Prime Video

Starring: Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli’i Cravalho, Toheeb Jimoh, Halle Bush, and Edwina Findley

The Magic Flute

Synopsis: From executive producer Roland Emmerich comes a captivating film that follows a teen on two journeys: One into a prestigious boarding school to fulfill his aspirations as a singer, and another into a parallel world filled with fantasy and adventure. Tim has been dreaming his whole life about attending Mozart All Boys Music School, but already his first days there confront him with a hostile headmaster, the stresses of a first love, and serious doubts about the authenticity of his singing voice. When he discovers a mystical gateway in the school’s library, he is pulled into the fantastic cosmos of Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute, where imagination has no limits and the Queen of the Night reigns.

Release date: March 10

Where: Theaters

Cast: Jack Wolfe, F. Murray Abraham, Iwan Rheon, Stéfi Celma, Asha Banks, Stefan Konarske, Niamh McCormack, Amir Wilson, Tedros Teclebrhan, and Sabine Devieilhe

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Synopsis: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.

Premiere date: March 31

Where: Theaters

Cast: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant

A Snowy Day in Oakland

Synopsis: A Snowy Day in Oakland is a film directed by Kim Bass and is centered around Latrice Monroe, a therapist who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime, high-profile, psychiatrist, boyfriend/business partner. She moves into a predominately African-American and psychologically ignored neighborhood and navigates her practice, her relationships and her sanity with the town’s biggest personalities Davis Jeanette , and Theona. Her private practice is located in a vacant, street-front office space in the middle of a small, commercial block located across the bay in Oakland.

Release date: March 17

Where: Theaters

Starring: Nicole Ari Parker, Deon Cole, Loretta Devine, and Kimberly Elise

A Good Person

Synopsis: Allison is a young woman with a wonderful fiance, a blossoming career, and supportive family and friends. However, her world crumbles in the blink of an eye when she survives an unimaginable tragedy, emerging from recovery with an opioid addiction and unresolved grief. In the following years, she forms an unlikely friendship with her would-be father-in-law that gives her a fighting chance to put her life back together and move forward.

Release date: March 24

Where: Theaters

Starring: Florence Pugh, Molly Shannon, Chinaza Uche, Celeste O’Connor, and Morgan Freeman

Ted Lasso, season 3

Synopsis: In the third season of Ted Lasso, the newly-promoted AFC Richmond faces ridicule as media predictions widely peg them to finish last in the Premier League and Nate, now hailed as the “wonder kid,” has gone to work for Rupert at West Ham United. In the wake of Nate’s contentious departure from Richmond, Roy Kent steps up as assistant coach, alongside Beard. Meanwhile, while Ted deals with pressures at work, he continues to wrestle with his own personal issues back home, Rebecca is focused on defeating Rupert and Keeley navigates being the boss of her own PR agency. Things seem to be falling apart both on and off the pitch, but Team Lasso is set to give it their best shot anyway.

Premiere date: March 15

Where: Apple TV+

Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Nick Mohammed, Anthony Head, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernandez, Kola Bokinni, Billy Harris, James Lance, and Juno Temple

A Thousand and One

Synopsis: A Thousand and One follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.

Release date: March 31

Where: Theaters

Writer/Director: A.V. Rockwell

Creed III

Synopsis: Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.

Release date: March 3

Where: Theaters and IMAX

Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors, and Tessa Thompson

Listen to Black Women, season 3

Synopsis: Listen to Black Women is an iOne Digital series providing a safe space for Black women to discuss powerful and pertinent issues impacting Black women across the globe. From small business ownership and dating to beauty regiments, body positivity and out-of-the-box bedroom behavior, no topic is too taboo for this table. This season will be hosted by four phenomenal women: Viral content creator and actress, Jessie Woo, artist Tiffany Nicole Ervin, journalist Taryn Finley, and entrepreneur Chris Miss.

Premiere date: March 1

Where: MadameNoire.com

Hosted by: Jessie Woo, Tiffany Nicole Ervin, Taryn Finley, andChris Miss

Saturdays

Synopsis: The series, executive produced by Marsai Martin and created and executive produced by Norman Vance Jr., follows teen Paris Johnson and her roller-skate crew, the We-B-Girlz, on their quest to becoming Goldens, the best skaters at the Saturdays Roller Palace.

Premiere date: March 24

Where: Disney+

Starring: Danielle Jalade, Daria Johns, Golden Brooks, Omar Gooding, Jermaine Harris, Peyton Basnight, and Tim Johnson Jr.

John Wick: Chapter 4

Synopsis: John Wick uncovers a path to defeating the High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

Release date: March 24

Where: Theaters and IMAX

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Ian McShane

Tyler Perry’s Zatima, season 2

Synopsis: Tyler Perry’s Zatima follows popular Sistas characters Zac and Fatima as they navigate the ups and downs of their relationship. In season two of Tyler Perry’s Zatima, Zac and Fatima’s relationship is challenged on a whole new level. Zac deals with internal discord which is only exacerbated after seeing his mother, Gladys, whom he hasn’t seen in quite a long time. Fatima begins to question herself and if she’s really what Zac needs when she can’t get through to him about dealing with past issues.

Release date: March 16

Where: BET+

Cast: Devale Ellis, Crystal Renee Hayslett, Cameron Fuller, Remington Hoffman, Nzinga Imani, Jasmin Brown, Guyviaud Joseph, Danielle LaRoach, and Marquita Goings

Drylongso

Synopsis: A lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Afrofuturist art star Cauleen Smith’s UCLA thesis film embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie-murder mystery-romance. Observing the alarming rate at which the young Black men around her are dying—indeed, “becoming extinct,” as she sees it—brash Oakland art student Pica begins preserving their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a gender nonconforming young woman, experiencing love and loss, and being drawn into the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.

Release date: March 17 (New York

Where: Lincoln Center

Writer/director: Cauleen Smith

UnPrisoned

Synopsis: Inspired by Tracy McMillan’s life, UnPrisoned is a half-hour comedy about a messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad gets out of prison and moves in with her and her teenage son.

Premiere date: March 10

Where: Hulu

Starring: Kerry Washington, Faly Rakotohavana, Skylar Astin, Niles Fitch, and Peyton Elizabeth Lee

Daisy Jones & The Six

Synopsis: Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, Daisy Jones & The Six is a musical-drama series detailing the rise and precipitous fall of a renowned rock band. Daisy Jones & the Six, follows the story of the iconic 1970s band, fronted by two feuding yet charismatic lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne. Drawn together by personal and artistic chemistry, their complicated musical partnership catapulted the band from obscurity to unbelievable fame. And then, after a sold-out show at Chicago’s Soldier Field, they suddenly called it quits. Now, decades later, the band members finally agree to reveal the truth. Set to the soundtrack of original music from Daisy Jones & the Six—this is the story of how an iconic band imploded at the height of its powers.

Premiere date: March 3

Where: Prime Video

Directed by: Nzingha Stewart