Civil Rights Movies

  • 2015
    I Will Dance

    I Will Dance

    I Will Dance

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    Follows the young people of Selma, Alabama's RATCo (Random Acts of Theatre Company) as they journey to New York City to share their story of hope,...

    I Will Dance
  • 1982
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

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    Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and...

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • 1999
    Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

    Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

    Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

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    The Lori Jackson Story - A civil rights campaigner, Lori Jackson, champions the the cause of a black marine convicted of rape, as she thinks he is...

    Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
  • 2018
    Warrior Women

    Warrior Women

    Warrior Women

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    Through the figure of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, this inspiring film traces the untold story of countless Native...

    Warrior Women
  • 2016
    Two Trains Runnin'

    Two Trains Runnin'

    Two Trains Runnin'

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    The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in...

    Two Trains Runnin'
  • 2018
    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

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    Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The...

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
  • 2004
    July '64

    July '64

    July '64

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    A historic three-day race riot erupted in two African American neighborhoods in the northern, mid-sized city of Rochester, New York. On the night of...

    July '64
  • 1970
    Two Years, Four Months, A Day

    Two Years, Four Months, A Day

    Two Years, Four Months, A Day

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    With no choice, César faced leaving his family behind, quitting his job and joining the Army. In an unprecedented chain of events he became...

    Two Years, Four Months, A Day
  • 2017
    The State of Eugenics

    The State of Eugenics

    The State of Eugenics

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    This film shines a light on a sorry and oft-forgotten chapter in US history— the forced sterilization of 7,600 people thought to have...

    The State of Eugenics
  • 2021
    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

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    For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the...

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale
  • 1994
    Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen

    Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen

    Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen

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    The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots who saw combat during the Second World War. The 332nd Fighter Group stands apart...

    Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen
  • 2008
    Black Magic

    Black Magic

    Black Magic

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    Examines Civil Rights-era America through the prism of basketball at historically black colleges and universities.

    Black Magic
  • 2016
    Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

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    A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a...

    Growing Up Coy
  • 2022
    Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

    Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

    Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

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    See how New Deal-era Redlining maps delineated risk areas for federally-backed mortgages and home-ownership programs, resulting in a wealth gap that...

    Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield
  • 1991
    Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

    Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

    Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

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    The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few Caucasians interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo...

    Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
  • 2004
    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

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    This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul
  • 1994
    Freedom on My Mind

    Freedom on My Mind

    Freedom on My Mind

    6.91994HD

    Chronicles the Mississippi voter registration drive from 1961-1964.

    Freedom on My Mind
  • 1963
    Free, White and 21

    Free, White and 21

    Free, White and 21

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    A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.

    Free, White and 21
  • 2018
    A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation

    A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation

    A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation

    02018HD

    Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947, but it took another generation of Black and Latino players to make the sport truly open to...

    A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation
  • 2024
    The Flag

    The Flag

    The Flag

    8.82024HD

    A furious, iconoclastic attack on power and the media in a modern France where Islamophobia has become mainstream and inequality is growing from the...

    The Flag