Civil Rights Movies

  • 2019
    Massacre River

    Massacre River

    Massacre River

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    Pikilina is a Dominican-born woman of Haitian descent. Racial and political violence erupts when the country of her birth, the Dominican Republic,...

    Massacre River
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2008
    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

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    The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
  • 2011
    Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

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    When Georgia Tech came to Michigan in 1934, the Wolverines were forced to bench their best play, Willis Ward, because he was an African-American. The...

    Black and Blue
  • 2023
    Uprooted

    Uprooted

    Uprooted

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    Short documentary examining a Black community’s decades-long battle to hold onto their land as city officials wielded eminent domain to...

    Uprooted
  • 1970
    Gay and Proud

    Gay and Proud

    Gay and Proud

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    1970 short documentary covering the first New York gay pride parade celebrating one year after Stonewall.

    Gay and Proud
  • 2015
    Old South

    Old South

    Old South

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    In Athens, Georgia, a college fraternity traditionally known to fly the confederate flag moves to a historically Black neighborhood and establishes...

    Old South
  • 1983
    Lousy Little Sixpence

    Lousy Little Sixpence

    Lousy Little Sixpence

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    Tells of Aborigines' removal from their families to be sent to work as servants for white people and the rise of the first Aboriginal organisations...

    Lousy Little Sixpence
  • 2025
    Everyday in Gaza

    Everyday in Gaza

    Everyday in Gaza

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    Everyday in Gaza
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2026
    Black Men in Uniform

    Black Men in Uniform

    Black Men in Uniform

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    Pata Seca (1828), a man whose back bore the whip marks of his enslavers , whose eyes held the haunted memory of being forced to breed over 200 slave...

    Black Men in Uniform
  • 1970
    Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra

    Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra

    Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra

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    Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra
  • 2007
    Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story

    Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story

    Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story

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    The real life story of the events surrounding the fight for and against public housing and racial integration in Yonkers, New York in the 1980s as...

    Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story
  • 2013
    A Community Called Orange Mound

    A Community Called Orange Mound

    A Community Called Orange Mound

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    Orange Mound is a southeast Memphis neighborhood with a surprising legacy. With roots going back to the time of plantations and slavery, Orange Mound...

    A Community Called Orange Mound
  • 2019
    The Other Boys of Summer

    The Other Boys of Summer

    The Other Boys of Summer

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    The story of racism, segregation and Civil Rights in America told through the lives of the Negro League baseball players. Features exclusive...

    The Other Boys of Summer
  • 1992
    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

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    Focuses on 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, as she discusses the lack of human rights for the indigenous people of Guatemala and her...

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
  • 1968
    The Second Largest Minority

    The Second Largest Minority

    The Second Largest Minority

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    Documentary short documents the “Reminder Day Picket” at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1968.

    The Second Largest Minority
  • 2018
    Machos

    Machos

    Machos

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    Through a training trip, in which the filmmakers also participate, the contrasts that exist between the conservatism of machismo and the new...

    Machos