Black History Filmes

  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2020
    Green Flake

    Green Flake

    Green Flake

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    Green Flake, a southern slave, joins Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a child. Later on in his life he is sent to pave the way to what...

    Green Flake
  • 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
  • 2016
    Shadows Fall North

    Shadows Fall North

    Shadows Fall North

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

    Shadows Fall North
  • 2008
    Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

    Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

    Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

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    The true story of the neighborhood that inspired David Simon's fictional HBO television series "Tremé", from slave revolts and underground...

    Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
  • 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
  • 1994
    Not Just Passing Through

    Not Just Passing Through

    Not Just Passing Through

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    A documentary about lesbians preserving their history, with a focus on the work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Includes interviews with Joan...

    Not Just Passing Through
  • 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
  • 1996
    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

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    John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.

    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
  • 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
  • 2003
    Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend

    Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend

    Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend

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    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges overcame class and race prejudices in 18th century France to become a musical genius who would inspire Mozart.

    Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend
  • 1970
    Cocoa Doll

    Cocoa Doll

    Cocoa Doll

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    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
  • 2017
    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

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    A short film entitled "A Letter To Claudette Colvin", written and directed by Victoria Wilson bringing awareness to Colvin's involvement in the...

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin
  • 2018
    Race War

    Race War

    Race War

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    The explosive documentary from Black Channel Films daring to ask the question "Is it still just racism or is it a race war?" NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK...

    Race War
  • 1976
    And the Dogs Were Silent

    And the Dogs Were Silent

    And the Dogs Were Silent

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

    And the Dogs Were Silent
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2002
    Pages in the dream factory

    Pages in the dream factory

    Pages in the dream factory

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

    Pages in the dream factory