Civil Rights Movies

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots who saw combat during the Second World War. The 332nd Fighter Group stands apart...

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...

At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the silent protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos changed The Games forever, becoming one of the defining images...

Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease...

Three kids from a small village in Mecklenburg decide to sneak away to East-Berlin in order to gift Angela Davis a lucky pig.

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the...

The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in...

Examines Civil Rights-era America through the prism of basketball at historically black colleges and universities.

Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood,...

American citizens who are normally marginalized, forgotten and left to fend against toxic dumps and other violations, come to understand that the...

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...

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a...

The real dream of the American pastor Martin Luther King was never limited to civil rights. He hoped for a just America, where poverty would no...

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...

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...

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the...

Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown,...

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...

Biographical documentary about John Lewis, the civil rights icon, respected legislator and elder statesman who continues to practice nonviolence in...