Black History Movies
- 2016
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...
- 2024
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,...
- 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 Cinema6.52007HD
This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...
- 2019
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back52019HD
Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous,...
- 2003
A Century of Black Cinema
A Century of Black Cinema02003HD
This film highlights moments in the long and rich African American cinema history in relation to social and political events, and how it affected...
- 2020
Black Thoughts
Black Thoughts5.52020HD
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...
- 2017
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...
- 2019
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...
- 2024
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...
- 2004
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...
- 2014
Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America
Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America02014HD
75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist...
- 2023
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...
- 1996
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
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John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.
- 2022
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...
- 1994
Not Just Passing Through
Not Just Passing Through01994HD
A documentary about lesbians preserving their history, with a focus on the work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Includes interviews with Joan...
- 1994
A Great Day in Harlem
A Great Day in Harlem6.21994HD
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...
- 2020
Sapelo
Sapelo62020HD
Sapelo is a feature-length documentary film that journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of two young brothers, their adoptive...
- 2016
#Rucker50
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The celebratory explosion of basketball history makers, legend shakers and lawbreakers; juxtaposed against important events in Civil & Human...
- 1976
And the Dogs Were Silent
And the Dogs Were Silent6.51976HD
For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a...
- 2003
Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend
Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend62003HD
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges overcame class and race prejudices in 18th century France to become a musical genius who would inspire Mozart.