Black History Movies

  • 2004
    The Last of the First

    The Last of the First

    The Last of the First

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    The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band during its sunset years: 87-year-old Al Casey, who had worked closely with Fats Waller throughout the 1930s; guitarist La...

    The Last of the First
  • 1942
    Henry Browne, Farmer

    Henry Browne, Farmer

    Henry Browne, Farmer

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    Henry Browne, an African American farmer, and his family are profiled in this film. The important job of a farmer during times of war is highlighted,...

    Henry Browne, Farmer
  • 1976
    And the Dogs Were Silent

    And the Dogs Were Silent

    And the Dogs Were Silent

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    For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008),about a rebel who becomes pr...

    And the Dogs Were Silent
  • 2004
    Stone Mansion

    Stone Mansion

    Stone Mansion

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    An affluent black couple deal with the envitability of a white mob coming to kill them during the 1921 Oklahoma race riots.

    Stone Mansion
  • 2024
    Speaking in Tongues: Take One

    Speaking in Tongues: Take One

    Speaking in Tongues: Take One

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    A 16mm experimental film that analogizes the discourse of racialized criminality and the carceral apparatus, which surveils and delimits the movements...

    Speaking in Tongues: Take One
  • 2020
    Sapelo

    Sapelo

    Sapelo

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    Sapelo is a feature-length documentary film that journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of two young brothers, their adoptive moth...

    Sapelo
  • 2024
    Cocoa Doll

    Cocoa Doll

    Cocoa Doll

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    Nora is a young Black woman who takes a caregiving job for the McNeils, a rich white family, only to discover they’re hiding a deadly secret.

    Cocoa Doll
  • 2022
    For Love & Country

    For Love & Country

    For Love & Country

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    Country music has always been Black music. For Love & Country examines the genre's past through the lens of a new generation of Black artists claiming...

    For Love & Country
  • 2021
    JazzTown

    JazzTown

    JazzTown

    02021HD

    Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the young lio...

    JazzTown
  • 2021
    Injustice System

    Injustice System

    Injustice System

    02021HD

    A Mother struggles to deal with the unknown condition of her incarcerated son during the worst pandemic in over 100 years.

    Injustice System
  • 1937
    George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute

    George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute

    George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute

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    Color footage of inventor George Washington Carver at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Dr. Carver is filmed at his apartment, office, laboratory, and g...

    George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute
  • 1978
    The Writer In America : Toni Morrison

    The Writer In America : Toni Morrison

    The Writer In America : Toni Morrison

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    An interview with a young Toni Morrison. The video also shows Toni Morrison going shopping, at a party, and at work. Her commentary provides an incisi...

    The Writer In America : Toni Morrison
  • 2018
    Congo Cabaret

    Congo Cabaret

    Congo Cabaret

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    Harlem, 1926. A “sweetman” Zeddy, living off a woman, brings a country girl he’s trying to impress to a gay-owned cabaret. There he meets a friend, Ja...

    Congo Cabaret
  • 2024
    Bitch: a word movie

    Bitch: a word movie

    Bitch: a word movie

    02024HD

    Nantali Indongo, the rapper of the group Nomadic Massive, has long refrained from using the word Bitch in the lyrics of the songs she sings. As an Afr...

    Bitch: a word movie
  • 2023
    Big Time

    Big Time

    Big Time

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    Civil Rights Movement activist, TSSAA Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, swim coach, teacher, musical director, father, grandfather, and friend to many, C...

    Big Time
  • 2024
    Joe's College Road Trip

    Joe's College Road Trip

    Joe's College Road Trip

    02024HD

    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 hop...

    Joe's College Road Trip
  • 2002
    Pages in the dream factory

    Pages in the dream factory

    Pages in the dream factory

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    Until 1942 around 100 German propaganda films were made, that were set in Africa. They were produced in Germany, with Black Germans and Africans livin...

    Pages in the dream factory
  • 1938
    The Story of Doctor Carver

    The Story of Doctor Carver

    The Story of Doctor Carver

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

    The Story of Doctor Carver
  • 2024
    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    02024HD

    The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
  • 2018
    Race War

    Race War

    Race War

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    The explosive documentary from Black Channel Films daring to ask the question "Is it still just racism or is it a race war?" NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK I...

    Race War