Black History Movies
- 1977
Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning6.31977HD
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
- 2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Is That Black Enough for You?!?7.42022HD
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.
- 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson7.12004HD
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
- 2021
JazzTown
JazzTown02021HD
Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the...
- 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives5.92003HD
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...
- 2023
Stamped from the Beginning
Stamped from the Beginning6.42023HD
Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.
- 2024
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
American Coup: Wilmington 189802024HD
The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the...
- 2020
The 24th
The 24th5.32020HD
The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The...
- 1965
La Tragédie du Roi Christophe
La Tragédie du Roi Christophe101965HD
- 1970
The Marcus Garvey Story
The Marcus Garvey Story01970HD
Explore the tumultuous life of Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a Jamaican political activist and advocate for Black Nationalism. From founding UNIA-ACL and...
- 2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story02000HD
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...
- 2020
The Ball Method
The Ball Method02020HD
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...
- 2016
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice72016HD
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...
- 1966
The Strolling '20s
The Strolling '20s01966HD
Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...
- 2024
In Search of Bass Reeves
In Search of Bass Reeves5.72024HD
By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of...
- 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...
- 2019
Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening
Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening02019HD
Hebrews to Negroes 2 : Revelation is a documentary that uncovers the 'True Biblical Identity" and Ancestral Homeland of the people living in North...
- 2018
Congo Cabaret
Congo Cabaret02018HD
Harlem, 1926. A “sweetman” Zeddy, living off a woman, brings a country girl he’s trying to impress to a gay-owned cabaret. There he...
- 2019
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare6.32019HD
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...
- 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,...