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Black Love: Our Favorite Couples in Film and TV

Black Love: Our Favorite Couples in Film and TV
Sony Pictures
By Regina R. Robertson and Bobbi Mi · Updated October 29, 2020
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Long before our June cover girl Alicia Keys sang about the virtues of struggling together “like Flo and James Evans” on her 2005 hit, “Unbreakable,” we were cheering for Black couples on the big and small screen.

We can’t wait to see Sabrina (Paula Patton) and Jason (Laz Alonzo) make things work despite their differences in “Jumping the Broom,” just like we couldn’t wait for Lisa McDowell to dump her Soul Glo-sporting boyfriend for Prince Akeem in “Coming to America.”

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From Stella getting her groove back to Claire putting up with Cliff’s antics, here are our favorite Black couples from TV and the silver screen.