Civil Rights Movies

  • 2005
    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

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    The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San...

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
  • 2009
    The Black List: Volume Two

    The Black List: Volume Two

    The Black List: Volume Two

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    THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to th...

    The Black List: Volume Two
  • 2017
    Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

    Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

    Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

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    An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers clea...

    Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
  • 2010
    A Good Day to Die

    A Good Day to Die

    A Good Day to Die

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    Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the...

    A Good Day to Die
  • 2024
    In Search of Bass Reeves

    In Search of Bass Reeves

    In Search of Bass Reeves

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    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...

    In Search of Bass Reeves
  • 2016
    Political Animals

    Political Animals

    Political Animals

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    The story of four pioneering lesbian politicians and the battles they fought to pass a wide range of anti-discrimination laws.

    Political Animals
  • 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 landma...

    Growing Up Coy
  • 2015
    Mavis!

    Mavis!

    Mavis!

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    A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.

    Mavis!
  • 2010
    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

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    Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland, Hungary,...

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
  • 2022
    Civil: Ben Crump

    Civil: Ben Crump

    Civil: Ben Crump

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    Crump's mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking while...

    Civil: Ben Crump
  • 2018
    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

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    In 1963 at Michigan State University, Head Coach Duffy Daugherty chose 23 black men to play on the college team. From this move came legends Gene Wash...

    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar
  • 2022
    Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

    Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

    Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

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    The story of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil rights.

    Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
  • 1974
    Stories of A

    Stories of A

    Stories of A

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    French documentary campaigning for the liberalization of abortion and contraception, directed by Charles Belmont and Marielle Issartel in 1973.

    Stories of A
  • 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 “undesirable” ge...

    The State of Eugenics
  • 2016
    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

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    Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown, S...

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience
  • 2013
    Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy

    Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy

    Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy

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    Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy
  • 2012
    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

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    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden was hailed by Dr...

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
  • 2022
    Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream

    Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream

    Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream

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    The real dream of the American pastor Martin Luther King was never limited to civil rights. He hoped for a just America, where poverty would no longer...

    Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
  • 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
    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

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    Oscar nominated documentary short from 2008

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306