Civil Rights Movies

  • 2018
    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

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    When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished...

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
  • 2021
    Ferguson Rises

    Ferguson Rises

    Ferguson Rises

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    Before George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August 9th, 2014, in...

    Ferguson Rises
  • 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...

    The Black List: Volume Two
  • 2021
    Controlling Britney Spears

    Controlling Britney Spears

    Controlling Britney Spears

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    Britney Spears has said that her conservatorship had become “an oppressive and controlling tool against her”. This New York Times...

    Controlling Britney Spears
  • 2022
    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

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    Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The...

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
  • 2016
    We The People 2.0

    We The People 2.0

    We The People 2.0

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    American citizens who are normally marginalized, forgotten and left to fend against toxic dumps and other violations, come to understand that the...

    We The People 2.0
  • 2016
    Two Trains Runnin'

    Two Trains Runnin'

    Two Trains Runnin'

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    The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in...

    Two Trains Runnin'
  • 1993
    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

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    Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

    The Ernest Green Story
  • 2011
    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

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    Travel across four continents, through 19 countries, and into dingy Cambodian karaoke bars, Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Moldovan...

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
  • 2019
    Jumpin' Johnny

    Jumpin' Johnny

    Jumpin' Johnny

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    Documentary on the life of Harlem Globetrotters legend, Jumpin' Johnny Kline, who barnstormed in the tumultuous Civil Rights era of the 1950s. From a...

    Jumpin' Johnny
  • 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
  • 2004
    Home of the Brave

    Home of the Brave

    Home of the Brave

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    Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its...

    Home of the Brave
  • 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...

    A Good Day to Die
  • 1968
    Baldwin's Nigger

    Baldwin's Nigger

    Baldwin's Nigger

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    James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.

    Baldwin's Nigger
  • 2007
    The Red Elvis

    The Red Elvis

    The Red Elvis

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    A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.

    The Red Elvis
  • 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
  • 2010
    Africa Light / Gray Zone

    Africa Light / Gray Zone

    Africa Light / Gray Zone

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    "Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of nature and promises a life without any problems in a...

    Africa Light / Gray Zone
  • 1960
    Integration Report 1

    Integration Report 1

    Integration Report 1

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    Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson's trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity,...

    Integration Report 1
  • 1970
    Fireflies at El Mozote

    Fireflies at El Mozote

    Fireflies at El Mozote

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    During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio...

    Fireflies at El Mozote
  • 1985
    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead

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    Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease...

    And the Children Shall Lead