Black History Movies

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

For Dr Albert José “Doc” Jones, co-founder of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers, diving has never been just a sport....

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

By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of...

Traces the life of Booker T. Washington, ex-slave, author, educator, and political leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in...

Seville, Spain, 14th century. A group of black slaves brought from Africa form the Hermandad de los Negros, a Holy Week brotherhood that has survived...

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...

From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by...

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

The Movie "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America" uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel by proving the true ethnicity of Abraham,...

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

The first in-depth analysis of the unspoken ethnic component behind the most devastating socio-economic movement in America today.

The Fillmore was once a thriving, vibrant, and multicultural community with one of the most prominent jazz scenes on the West Coast and hundreds of...

Frederick Douglass, Fighter for Freedom is a 19-minute documentary on the life and times of Frederick Douglass. Historic photos and documdrama...

Using newly uncovered historical documents, this documentary short pieces together the most complete and accurate account of the life of Viro Small...

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

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

A 16mm experimental film that analogizes the discourse of racialized criminality and the carceral apparatus, which surveils and delimits the...

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