Cornel West Movies

  • 2008
    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

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    On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that...

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
  • 2014
    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

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    In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
  • 2013
    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

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    The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • 2020
    We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd

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    On May 25th, 2020, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man, by driving his knee into George's neck for 8...

    We Are George Floyd
  • 2012
    Owned & Operated

    Owned & Operated

    Owned & Operated

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    Owned & Operated is a mosaic of the world through the lens of the internet. Showing our lives as consumers, under the thumbs of privileged...

    Owned & Operated
  • 2019
    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

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    Actor Courtney B. Vance hosts this special celebrating Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s work with focus on his five quintessential documentary series...

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
  • 2024
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    De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

    De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

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    From "Bound" to the queer series "Work in Progress", an exploration and deciphering of the artistic work and revolutionary career of Lana and Lilly...

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  • 2009
    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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    Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
  • 1992
    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

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    This program combines a panel discussion and town hall format with documentary video segments to promote the discussion of racial problems and policy...

    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
  • 2009
    Stand

    Stand

    Stand

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    Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley hits the road in 2008 with friends Cornel West, BeBe Winans and other prominent African Americans to explore the...

    Stand
  • 2024
    Tax Broke

    Tax Broke

    Tax Broke

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    The great inequality divide in America is no accident. Tax Broke tells the story of how one of the poorest cities in America has made a small group...

    Tax Broke
  • 2005
    Street Fight

    Street Fight

    Street Fight

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    This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor...

    Street Fight
  • 2010
    Still Bill

    Still Bill

    Still Bill

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    STILL BILL is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean On...

    Still Bill
  • 1970
    Fariba

    Fariba

    Fariba

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    Afghan filmmaker Mithaq Kazimi documents injustices done to a targeted group of his neighbors, the Baha'is of Iran, by telling the life story of one...

    Fariba
  • 2017
    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

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    Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer remains one of the most quoted writings in American literature. Yet Niebuhr's impact was far greater, as...

    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
  • 2016
    America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

    America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

    America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

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    "Hillary Clinton is expected to win the South Carolina primary on Saturday, and she's going to rely on the state’s large African-American...

    America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote
  • 2016
    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

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    Black America since MLK: And still I rise
  • 2021
    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

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    An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most...

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story