African American History Movies

  • 1998
    The Language You Cry In

    The Language You Cry In

    The Language You Cry In

    61998HD

    THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their...

    The Language You Cry In
  • 2020
    The Ball Method

    The Ball Method

    The Ball Method

    02020HD

    Alice Ball, a 23 year-old African American Chemist living in 1915 Hawaii fights against racial and gender barriers to find an effective treatment for...

    The Ball Method
  • 2016
    Shadows Fall North

    Shadows Fall North

    Shadows Fall North

    02016HD

    How does a state with the motto “Live Free or Die” and a celebrated legacy of abolitionism confront and understand its participation in...

    Shadows Fall North
  • 2016
    Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation

    Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation

    Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation

    02016HD

    Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of...

    Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation
  • 2018
    Guion

    Guion

    Guion

    02018HD

    a short, narrative biopic that tells the story of Guion Bluford, as he grapples with the reality that he is to become the first African American man...

    Guion
  • 1996
    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

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    A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or...

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
  • 2022
    Brother, Where Are You?

    Brother, Where Are You?

    Brother, Where Are You?

    102022HD

    Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's short story, 'Sonny's Blues.'

    Brother, Where Are You?
  • 2018
    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    02018HD

    TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's...

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
  • 2018
    The Long Shadow

    The Long Shadow

    The Long Shadow

    82018HD

    When filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore the continuing racial divisions in the US,...

    The Long Shadow
  • 2021
    Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

    Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

    Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

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    This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old...

    Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
  • 2014
    Can You Hear God Crying?

    Can You Hear God Crying?

    Can You Hear God Crying?

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    World première recording of Hannibal Lokumbe's 'spritatorio' Can You Hear God Crying, which combines jazz, gospel and chamber music with West...

    Can You Hear God Crying?
  • 2022
    Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

    Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

    Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

    02022HD

    A Black American is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas discovering...

    Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom
  • 2021
    Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

    Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

    Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

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    Learn about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, on the one hundredth anniversary of the crime, and how the community of Tulsa is coming to terms with its...

    Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten
  • 2019
    No Lye: An American Beauty Story

    No Lye: An American Beauty Story

    No Lye: An American Beauty Story

    02019HD

    A documentary that chronicles the rise and decline of the black-owned ethnic beauty industry in America.

    No Lye: An American Beauty Story
  • 2016
    The Body of Emmett Till

    The Body of Emmett Till

    The Body of Emmett Till

    02016HD

    Emmett Till was brutally killed in the summer of 1955. At his funeral, his mother forced the world to reckon with the brutality of American racism. ...

    The Body of Emmett Till
  • 2010
    DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

    DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

    DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

    02010HD

    The history of Chicago's African-American community told like never before -- through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists,...

    DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis
  • 1998
    Stepping

    Stepping

    Stepping

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    Stepping is a dance form that can be found across the country at virtually every college with a substantial African American enrollment. Stepping is...

    Stepping
  • 2017
    Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style

    Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style

    Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style

    02017HD

    The first in-depth analysis of the unspoken ethnic component behind the most devastating socio-economic movement in America today.

    Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style
  • 2013
    A Community Called Orange Mound

    A Community Called Orange Mound

    A Community Called Orange Mound

    02013HD

    Orange Mound is a southeast Memphis neighborhood with a surprising legacy. With roots going back to the time of plantations and slavery, Orange Mound...

    A Community Called Orange Mound
  • 2015
    7 A.M. A Documentary

    7 A.M. A Documentary

    7 A.M. A Documentary

    02015HD

    Black people face a lot of problems, but the root cause of those issues is our lack of businesses. 7 A.M. is the first documentary ever that talks...

    7 A.M. A Documentary