Black History Movies
- 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...
- 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,...
- 1970
Joe's College Road Trip
Joe's College Road Trip01970HD
Realizing he may have sheltered his son for too long, Brian begrudgingly agrees to send his son B.J. on a college tour with his grandfather in the...
- 2017
A Letter to Claudette Colvin
A Letter to Claudette Colvin02017HD
A short film entitled "A Letter To Claudette Colvin", written and directed by Victoria Wilson bringing awareness to Colvin's involvement in the...
- 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...
- 2022
The Picture Taker
The Picture Taker02022HD
From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by...
- 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 Cinema6.52007HD
This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...
- 2003
Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend
Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend62003HD
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges overcame class and race prejudices in 18th century France to become a musical genius who would inspire Mozart.
- 2020
Green Flake
Green Flake02020HD
Green Flake, a southern slave, joins Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a child. Later on in his life he is sent to pave the way to what...
- 2014
Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America
Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America02014HD
75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist...
- 2003
A Century of Black Cinema
A Century of Black Cinema02003HD
This film highlights moments in the long and rich African American cinema history in relation to social and political events, and how it affected...
- 2017
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities8.12017HD
A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
Where are the African Gods?
Where are the African Gods?02018HD
A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...
- 2018
Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America
Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America02018HD
The Movie "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America" uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel by proving the true ethnicity of Abraham,...
- 2017
Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style
Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style02017HD
The first in-depth analysis of the unspoken ethnic component behind the most devastating socio-economic movement in America today.