Abolitionist Movies

  • 2013
    12 Years a Slave

    12 Years a Slave

    12 Years a Slave

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    In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as...

    12 Years a Slave
  • 2013
    Belle

    Belle

    Belle

    7.22013HD

    Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in...

    Belle
  • 1969
    Burn!

    Burn!

    Burn!

    6.71969HD

    The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British...

    Burn!
  • 1930
    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    5.41930HD

    A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early...

    Abraham Lincoln
  • 2023
    Twenty

    Twenty

    Twenty

    02023HD

    Set in a speakeasy in Atlanta, “Twenty” is a feature documentary about fifteen young people making it through 2020. The film is an...

    Twenty
  • 1955
    Seven Angry Men

    Seven Angry Men

    Seven Angry Men

    5.21955HD

    Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.

    Seven Angry Men
  • 2022
    People Unite!

    People Unite!

    People Unite!

    02022HD

    In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to...

    People Unite!
  • 1985
    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    01985HD

    This director's cut of the William Greaves' documentary short film dramatizes the life and deeds of the noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

    Frederick Douglass: An American Life
  • 1998
    Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition

    Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition

    Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition

    01998HD

    The struggle of Victor Schœlcher for the abolition of slavery in the French colonies.

    Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
  • 1950
    La montagne est verte

    La montagne est verte

    La montagne est verte

    01950HD

    La montagne est verte
  • 2000
    John Brown's Holy War

    John Brown's Holy War

    John Brown's Holy War

    02000HD

    Documentary about abolitionist John Brown

    John Brown's Holy War