Civil Rights Movies
- 2013
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The Watsons Go to Birmingham7.0382013HD
In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his...
- 2018
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond7.32018HD
The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F....
- 1979
Lawman Without a Gun
Lawman Without a Gun01979HD
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a...
- 2020
Coded Bias
Coded Bias72020HD
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces...
- 2010
A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die6.52010HD
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...
- 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...
- 2022
Civil: Ben Crump
Civil: Ben Crump7.42022HD
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...
- 1994
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective71994HD
Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch...
- 2009
The Black List: Volume Two
The Black List: Volume Two62009HD
THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to...
- 2009
Democracy Is ...
Democracy Is ...102009HD
The film is a controversy on democracy. Is our society really democratic? Can everyone be part of it? Or is the act of being part in democracy...
- 2023
Reggie
Reggie5.22023HD
One of sport’s first and most influential megastars, beloved baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson contemplates his...
- 2016
Rogues In Robes
Rogues In Robes92016HD
A clinical review of judicial corruption, the good and the bad guys showcased. The need for complete, federal and state judicial reform, term limits,...
- 2010
Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride4.42010HD
Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland,...
- 2017
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-19927.72017HD
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...
- 2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors72018HD
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...
- 2022
The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy02022HD
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...
- 2022
The Picture Taker
The Picture Taker02022HD
From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by...
- 1970
Fireflies at El Mozote
Fireflies at El Mozote01970HD
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...
- 2014
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove72014HD
A documentary on funk and P-funk and the bands and artists that made it all happen: James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maurice...
- 1991
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo7.6671991HD
The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few Caucasians interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo...