Black History Movies

For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a...

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

Country music has always been Black music. For Love & Country examines the genre's past through the lens of a new generation of Black artists...

John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.

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

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...

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

Until 1942 around 100 German propaganda films were made, that were set in Africa. They were produced in Germany, with Black Germans and Africans...

A Mother struggles to deal with the unknown condition of her incarcerated son during the worst pandemic in over 100 years.

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

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

The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the...

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,...

Civil Rights Movement activist, TSSAA Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, swim coach, teacher, musical director, father, grandfather, and friend to many,...

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

Sapelo is a feature-length documentary film that journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of two young brothers, their adoptive...

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

Color footage of inventor George Washington Carver at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Dr. Carver is filmed at his apartment, office, laboratory, and...

How does a state with the motto “Live Free or Die” and a celebrated legacy of abolitionism confront and understand its participation in...

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.