Civil Rights Movies

A historic three-day race riot erupted in two African American neighborhoods in the northern, mid-sized city of Rochester, New York. On the night of...

Documentary short documents the “Reminder Day Picket” at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1968.

Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and...

See how New Deal-era Redlining maps delineated risk areas for federally-backed mortgages and home-ownership programs, resulting in a wealth gap that...

Short documentary examining a Black community’s decades-long battle to hold onto their land as city officials wielded eminent domain to...

Follows the young people of Selma, Alabama's RATCo (Random Acts of Theatre Company) as they journey to New York City to share their story of hope,...

Guy Hircefeld, a veteran who served in the Israeli military at the start of its occupation of Palestine in the 1980s, now fights against the Israeli...

The story of racism, segregation and Civil Rights in America told through the lives of the Negro League baseball players. Features exclusive...

The rise, fall, and legacy of gay rights warrior Jeffrey Montgomery, and the struggle for equality in the Midwest.

Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947, but it took another generation of Black and Latino players to make the sport truly open to...

With no choice, César faced leaving his family behind, quitting his job and joining the Army. In an unprecedented chain of events he became...

Pikilina is a Dominican-born woman of Haitian descent. Racial and political violence erupts when the country of her birth, the Dominican Republic,...

Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.

ARC OF JUSTICE traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. and the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African...

In Athens, Georgia, a college fraternity traditionally known to fly the confederate flag moves to a historically Black neighborhood and establishes...

This film shines a light on a sorry and oft-forgotten chapter in US history— the forced sterilization of 7,600 people thought to have...

1970 short documentary covering the first New York gay pride parade celebrating one year after Stonewall.

Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The...

Through a training trip, in which the filmmakers also participate, the contrasts that exist between the conservatism of machismo and the new...

Documentary on the life of Harlem Globetrotters legend, Jumpin' Johnny Kline, who barnstormed in the tumultuous Civil Rights era of the 1950s. From a...