Black History Movies

  • 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
  • 2015
    Black Sam's Statue

    Black Sam's Statue

    Black Sam's Statue

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    Using newly uncovered historical documents, this documentary short pieces together the most complete and accurate account of the life of Viro Small...

    Black Sam's Statue
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014
    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

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    75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist...

    Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America
  • 2014
    Pardons of Innocence: The Wilmington Ten

    Pardons of Innocence: The Wilmington Ten

    Pardons of Innocence: The Wilmington Ten

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    This documentary recounts the turbulent history surrounding the troubled desegregation of New Hanover County Public School System in North Carolina...

    Pardons of Innocence: The Wilmington Ten
  • 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
  • 2018
    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

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    A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

    Where are the African Gods?
  • 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
  • 2020
    Our Alexandria

    Our Alexandria

    Our Alexandria

    02020HD

    Two artists from Alexandria, Virginia, revisit the town’s segregated past and tell the story of family, friendship, loss, and love through...

    Our Alexandria
  • 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
  • 2021
    Odessa's Reign

    Odessa's Reign

    Odessa's Reign

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    Black women had extremely limited options during Jim Crow. Odessa’s story explores how an African American woman born in a time with limited...

    Odessa's Reign
  • 2007
    A Distant Shore: African Americans on D-Day

    A Distant Shore: African Americans on D-Day

    A Distant Shore: African Americans on D-Day

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    The role of African American soldiers during the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy.

    A Distant Shore: African Americans on D-Day
  • 2012
    Fired by Liberty: Black Soldiers of the Civil War

    Fired by Liberty: Black Soldiers of the Civil War

    Fired by Liberty: Black Soldiers of the Civil War

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    This Documentary details the history of Black soldiers during the Civil War.

    Fired by Liberty: Black Soldiers of the Civil War
  • 1970
    The Story Within the Story: Gary, Indiana

    The Story Within the Story: Gary, Indiana

    The Story Within the Story: Gary, Indiana

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    A small urban city with a gargantuan wealth of history, contributions, and changes. From the steel industry, music, politics, education, and sports;...

    The Story Within the Story: Gary, Indiana
  • 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