Black Girl Stars (BGS) is a curated guide to TV shows and movies that present Black girls and women as full, complex characters.
Here, representation means more than simply appearing on screen. BGS highlights stories where Black female characters are treated as the heart of the narrative—with inner lives, families, friendships, careers, romances, ambitions, flaws, joy, growth, and agency.
From heartfelt dramas and smart comedies to fantasy adventures, mysteries, horror, teen stories, animated favorites, and family-friendly films, BGS helps viewers find entertainment where Black girls and women are not sidekicks, symbols, stereotypes, or background support, but the stars of their own stories.
BGS also explores the history and impact of common media stereotypes and archetypes.
Through thoughtful reviews, curated watchlists, representation essays, and viewing guides, BGS looks at how Black female characters are written, filmed, loved, challenged, protected, misunderstood, and remembered.
This black-girl-centered website is designed to help you find stories worth watching—and worth talking about!
We celebrate entertainment that gives Black girls and women room to be soft, funny, brilliant, complicated, romantic, adventurous, vulnerable, powerful, ordinary, extraordinary, and fully human.