Black History Movies

  • 2016
    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

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    In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals...

    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
  • 2024
    Big Time

    Big Time

    Big Time

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    Civil Rights Movement activist, TSSAA Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, swim coach, teacher, musical director, father, grandfather, and friend to many,...

    Big Time
  • 2007
    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

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    This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
  • 2019
    Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

    Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

    Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

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    Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous,...

    Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
  • 2003
    A Century of Black Cinema

    A Century of Black Cinema

    A Century of Black Cinema

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    This film highlights moments in the long and rich African American cinema history in relation to social and political events, and how it affected...

    A Century of Black Cinema
  • 2020
    Black Thoughts

    Black Thoughts

    Black Thoughts

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    A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a...

    Black Thoughts
  • 2017
    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

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    A short film entitled "A Letter To Claudette Colvin", written and directed by Victoria Wilson bringing awareness to Colvin's involvement in the...

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin
  • 2019
    Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening

    Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening

    Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening

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    Hebrews to Negroes 2 : Revelation is a documentary that uncovers the 'True Biblical Identity" and Ancestral Homeland of the people living in North...

    Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening
  • 2024
    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

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    The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the...

    American Coup: Wilmington 1898
  • 2004
    The Last of the First

    The Last of the First

    The Last of the First

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    The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band during its sunset years: 87-year-old Al Casey, who had worked closely with Fats Waller throughout the 1930s; guitarist...

    The Last of the First
  • 2014
    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

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    75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist...

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America
  • 2023
    TETHERS

    TETHERS

    TETHERS

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    Prepare for an eye-opening journey into the heart of identity and division. 'Tethers' is a groundbreaking interview-style documentary that delves...

    TETHERS
  • 1996
    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

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    John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.

    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
  • 2022
    For Love & Country

    For Love & Country

    For Love & Country

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    Country music has always been Black music. For Love & Country examines the genre's past through the lens of a new generation of Black artists...

    For Love & Country
  • 1994
    Not Just Passing Through

    Not Just Passing Through

    Not Just Passing Through

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    A documentary about lesbians preserving their history, with a focus on the work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Includes interviews with Joan...

    Not Just Passing Through
  • 1994
    A Great Day in Harlem

    A Great Day in Harlem

    A Great Day in Harlem

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    Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...

    A Great Day in Harlem
  • 2020
    Sapelo

    Sapelo

    Sapelo

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    Sapelo is a feature-length documentary film that journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of two young brothers, their adoptive...

    Sapelo
  • 2016
    #Rucker50

    #Rucker50

    #Rucker50

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    The celebratory explosion of basketball history makers, legend shakers and lawbreakers; juxtaposed against important events in Civil & Human...

    #Rucker50
  • 1976
    And the Dogs Were Silent

    And the Dogs Were Silent

    And the Dogs Were Silent

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    For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a...

    And the Dogs Were Silent
  • 2003
    Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend

    Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend

    Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend

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    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges overcame class and race prejudices in 18th century France to become a musical genius who would inspire Mozart.

    Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend