Black History Movies

  • 2018
    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy

    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy

    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy

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    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...

    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy
  • 2004
    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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    The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
  • 2022
    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

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    A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?
  • 2023
    Stamped from the Beginning

    Stamped from the Beginning

    Stamped from the Beginning

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    Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.

    Stamped from the Beginning
  • 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
  • 2019
    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare

    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare

    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare

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    The history of warfare as it relates to global Black society, broken down into 7 chapters that examines the ways the system of racism wages warfare...

    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
  • 1977
    Greased Lightning

    Greased Lightning

    Greased Lightning

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    The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

    Greased Lightning
  • 2020
    The 24th

    The 24th

    The 24th

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    The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The...

    The 24th
  • 2022
    Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

    Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

    Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

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    Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent...

    Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
  • 1970
    The Marcus Garvey Story

    The Marcus Garvey Story

    The Marcus Garvey Story

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    Explore the tumultuous life of Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a Jamaican political activist and advocate for Black Nationalism. From founding UNIA-ACL and...

    The Marcus Garvey Story
  • 2003
    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

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    When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
  • 2017
    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

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    A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and...

    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2017
    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

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    Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Bongó Itá

    Bongó Itá

    Bongó Itá

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    A rare close-up of the Abakuá —an Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood that has been hidden from outsiders until recently. A symbol of...

    Bongó Itá
  • 2000
    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

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    Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

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