Alfre Woodard Movies

  • 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

    02000HD

    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
  • 2008
    Medal of Honor

    Medal of Honor

    Medal of Honor

    6.52008HD

    The story of the Medal of Honor - the highest U.S. award for valor in combat - is told through personal accounts of bravery and daring

    Medal of Honor
  • 2003
    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    6.12003HD

    In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
  • 1996
    A Step Toward Tomorrow

    A Step Toward Tomorrow

    A Step Toward Tomorrow

    3.71996HD

    A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.

    A Step Toward Tomorrow
  • 1970
    Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

    Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

    Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”

    01970HD

    Documentary on the making of the film “Love & Basketball” produced by the Criterion Collection in 2021

    Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball”
  • 1986
    L.A. Law: Pilot

    L.A. Law: Pilot

    L.A. Law: Pilot

    01986HD

    Pilot episode for the TV series introduces the lawyers and employees of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak, a Los Angeles law firm, in dealing with...

    L.A. Law: Pilot
  • 2006
    King Leopold's Ghost

    King Leopold's Ghost

    King Leopold's Ghost

    7.62006HD

    The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King...

    King Leopold's Ghost
  • 1997
    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    01997HD

    Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
  • 1999
    The Wishing Tree

    The Wishing Tree

    The Wishing Tree

    7.41999HD

    When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a...

    The Wishing Tree
  • 1999
    The Underground Railroad

    The Underground Railroad

    The Underground Railroad

    01999HD

    The Underground Railroad was not really a railroad, nor was it always underground. It was an informal network of people and hiding places that helped...

    The Underground Railroad
  • 2021
    Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

    Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

    Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

    102021HD

    Alma W. Thomas lived a life of firsts: the first Fine Arts graduate of Howard University (1924), the first Black woman to mount a retrospective at...

    Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
  • 1984
    Black Hollywood

    Black Hollywood

    Black Hollywood

    01984HD

    Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in...

    Black Hollywood
  • 2008
    Henry Box Brown

    Henry Box Brown

    Henry Box Brown

    02008HD

    In a magical take on a true story, a slave mails himself from a plantation in Richmond, Virginia, to freedom in Philadelphia in 1848.

    Henry Box Brown