African American History Movies
- 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...
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- 2019

The Price of Protest
The Price of Protest7.62019HD
United States, September 1st, 2016. American football player Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem, protesting police brutality against...
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- 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.
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- 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...
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- 1998

The Language You Cry In
The Language You Cry In61998HD
THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their...
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- 2021

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street6.32021HD
This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old...
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- 1996

The Journey of the African-American Athlete
The Journey of the African-American Athlete101996HD
Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...
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- 1984

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People
Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People5.61984HD
An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in...
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- 2006

The N Word
The N Word6.62006HD
An exploration of the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from...
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- 2018

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy
Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy7.82018HD
Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...
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- 2020

River of Hope
River of Hope02020HD
"River of Hope" tells the story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in...
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- 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...
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- 2022

Stonebreakers
Stonebreakers72022HD
In a year of uprisings and political unrest, Stonebreakers documents the fights around monuments in the United States and explores the shifting...
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- 2018

Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
Target: St. Louis Vol. 102018HD
TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's...
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- 2018

The Long Shadow
The Long Shadow82018HD
When filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore the continuing racial divisions in the US,...
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- 1938

The Story of Doctor Carver
The Story of Doctor Carver41938HD
The story of Dr. George Washington Carver (1864-1943), black educator and horticulturist. He is perhaps most well known for developing over 140...
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- 2002

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks8.42002HD
Oscar nominated documentary short from 2002
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- 2022

The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy02022HD
Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The...
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- 2022

Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom
Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom02022HD
A Black American is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas discovering...
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- 2022

New Orleans That Was
New Orleans That Was02022HD
A ride on the Zephyr at Pontchartrain Beach, a ride on the Canal Street streetcar, a journey along the New Basin Canal, exploring Lincoln Beach,...
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