Black Public Media Bpm Movies
- 2021
Ailey
Ailey62021HD
Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Told in his own words and through the creation of a dance inspired by his life,...
- 2019
Always in Season
Always in Season6.82019HD
When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation beg...
- 2021
When Claude Got Shot
When Claude Got Shot8.52021HD
While visiting his hometown of Milwaukee, father of three and aspiring attorney, Claude Motley, is shot in the face by 15-year-old Nathan, during a ca...
- 2020
And She Could Be Next
And She Could Be Next02020HD
The story of a defiant movement of women of color transforming American politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections...
- 2020
Belly of the Beast
Belly of the Beast7.52020HD
When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, the...
- 2019
The First Rainbow Coalition
The First Rainbow Coalition7.52019HD
Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police...
- 2018
Mr. SOUL!
Mr. SOUL!72018HD
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars...
- 2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart6.22017HD
On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever b...
- 2022
Storming Caesars Palace
Storming Caesars Palace02022HD
This inspiring documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House advis...
- 2023
Razing Liberty Square
Razing Liberty Square02023HD
Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on a ridg...
- 2018
All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk
All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk02018HD
After a contentious race last fall, the runoff for mayor of New Orleans came down to two candidates: Desirée Charbonnet and LaToya Cantrell, two very...
- 2022
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands02022HD
A documentary exploring the life, career, art and legacy of Marian Anderson.
- 2021
Through the Night
Through the Night82021HD
When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become a commo...
- 2022
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America02022HD
The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement...
- 2022
Silent Beauty
Silent Beauty22022HD
When director Jasmin Mara López sees a photo of her niece with her grandfather, she is flooded by painful memories of her own childhood sexual abuse a...
- 2022
Hazing
Hazing02022HD
Explores a variety of underground hazing rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly. The journey to understand hazing culture reveals a world of to...
- 2022
Let the Little Light Shine
Let the Little Light Shine82022HD
When a thriving, top-ranked African American elementary school is threatened to be replaced by a new high school favoring the community’s wealthier re...
- 2020
Two Gods
Two Gods52020HD
The story of a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, NJ who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives.
- 2022
After Sherman
After Sherman02022HD
Beautifully layered and expressionistic, After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history, espe...
- 2022
The First Monument
The First Monument02022HD
Until 2021, there was not a single official monument erected for the legendary Black Panther Party. This finally changed when Fredrika Newton, the wid...