Black History Movies

  • 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
  • 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...

    Speaking in Tongues: Take One
  • 2025
    Vacation Plantation

    Vacation Plantation

    Vacation Plantation

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    With unparalleled access to America’s most popular plantation houses, archaeologist Lauren Cudmore goes on a journey to uncover why millions of...

    Vacation Plantation
  • 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...

    The Last of the First
  • 2011
    Wendell Scott: A Race Story

    Wendell Scott: A Race Story

    Wendell Scott: A Race Story

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    The story of Wendell Scott, the first and only African-American to ever win a NASCAR Cup race.

    Wendell Scott: A Race Story
  • 2023
    Founder Girls

    Founder Girls

    Founder Girls

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    In this kaleidoscopic ode to girlhood, young campers find freedom, sisterhood, and themselves at a historically Black summer camp.

    Founder Girls
  • 2019
    Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening

    Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening

    Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening

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    Hebrews to Negroes 2 : Revelation is a documentary that uncovers the 'True Biblical Identity" and Ancestral Homeland of the people living in North...

    Hebrews to Negroes 2: Revelation - The Age of The Awakening
  • 2022
    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

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    From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by...

    The Picture Taker
  • 2025
    Hannah Mayree: Songs of Reclamation

    Hannah Mayree: Songs of Reclamation

    Hannah Mayree: Songs of Reclamation

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    Musician, banjo-maker, and founder of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project Hannah Mayree organizes workshops and performances celebrating the banjo's...

    Hannah Mayree: Songs of Reclamation
  • 2018
    Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America

    Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America

    Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America

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    The Movie "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America" uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel by proving the true ethnicity of Abraham,...

    Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America
  • 2013
    Fate of a Salesman

    Fate of a Salesman

    Fate of a Salesman

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    Fate of a Salesman is an intimate portrait of a way of life on the verge of disappearing. In its 60th year of business, Men's Fashion Center in...

    Fate of a Salesman
  • 2016
    #Rucker50

    #Rucker50

    #Rucker50

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    The celebratory explosion of basketball history makers, legend shakers and lawbreakers; juxtaposed against important events in Civil & Human...

    #Rucker50
  • 2015
    7 A.M. A Documentary

    7 A.M. A Documentary

    7 A.M. A Documentary

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    Black people face a lot of problems, but the root cause of those issues is our lack of businesses. 7 A.M. is the first documentary ever that talks...

    7 A.M. A Documentary
  • 2017
    Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style

    Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style

    Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style

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    The first in-depth analysis of the unspoken ethnic component behind the most devastating socio-economic movement in America today.

    Gentrified: Ethnic Cleansing American Style
  • 1982
    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

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    Traces the life of Booker T. Washington, ex-slave, author, educator, and political leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in...

    Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
  • 1970
    Bongó Itá

    Bongó Itá

    Bongó Itá

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    A rare close-up of the Abakuá —an Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood that has been hidden from outsiders until recently. A symbol of...

    Bongó Itá
  • 2024
    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,...

    Big Time
  • 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...

    Sapelo
  • 1970
    Cocoa Doll

    Cocoa Doll

    Cocoa Doll

    01970HD

    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
  • 2023
    TETHERS

    TETHERS

    TETHERS

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    Prepare for an eye-opening journey into the heart of identity and division. 'Tethers' is a groundbreaking interview-style documentary that delves...

    TETHERS