Abbey Lincoln Movies

  • 2021
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    7.72021HD

    During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • 1990
    Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues

    6.4591990HD

    Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he...

    Mo' Better Blues
  • 1956
    The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

    61956HD

    A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.

    The Girl Can't Help It
  • 1964
    Nothing But a Man

    Nothing But a Man

    Nothing But a Man

    7.41964HD

    A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

    Nothing But a Man
  • 2024
    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    7.82024HD

    In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
  • 1968
    For Love of Ivy

    For Love of Ivy

    For Love of Ivy

    5.81968HD

    A white family has had the same Black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish...

    For Love of Ivy
  • 1972
    Short Walk to Daylight

    Short Walk to Daylight

    Short Walk to Daylight

    6.21972HD

    Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.

    Short Walk to Daylight
  • 2021
    How It Feels to Be Free

    How It Feels to Be Free

    How It Feels to Be Free

    02021HD

    Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll,...

    How It Feels to Be Free
  • 2023
    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    02023HD

    The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from...

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes