Civil Rights Movies

  • 1968
    Baldwin's Nigger

    Baldwin's Nigger

    Baldwin's Nigger

    6.61968HD

    James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.

    Baldwin's Nigger
  • 2009
    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

    02009HD

    In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska...

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
  • 2016
    The Third Man

    The Third Man

    The Third Man

    02016HD

    The moment where American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved hands in defiance on the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics...

    The Third Man
  • 2005
    The History Makers: Success

    The History Makers: Success

    The History Makers: Success

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    Ossie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others share their inspiring stories of success in the first...

    The History Makers: Success
  • 2008
    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

    5.52008HD

    Oscar nominated documentary short from 2008

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
  • 2020
    The Issue of Mr. O'Dell

    The Issue of Mr. O'Dell

    The Issue of Mr. O'Dell

    02020HD

    A documentary examining the life of civil rights organizer, Jack O'Dell, a close colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a force in his own...

    The Issue of Mr. O'Dell
  • 2021
    Controlling Britney Spears

    Controlling Britney Spears

    Controlling Britney Spears

    7.72021HD

    Britney Spears has said that her conservatorship had become “an oppressive and controlling tool against her”. This New York Times...

    Controlling Britney Spears
  • 2007
    The Red Elvis

    The Red Elvis

    The Red Elvis

    7.22007HD

    A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.

    The Red Elvis
  • 2023
    James Baldwin Abroad

    James Baldwin Abroad

    James Baldwin Abroad

    102023HD

    Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in...

    James Baldwin Abroad
  • 2022
    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA

    4.92022HD

    An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base,...

    Riotsville, USA
  • 2011
    The Loving Story

    The Loving Story

    The Loving Story

    6.92011HD

    This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their...

    The Loving Story
  • 2021
    The Son

    The Son

    The Son

    02021HD

    Using unpublished photos taken by Italian war photographer Enrico Sarsini, and the reconstruction of key events, this film examines the battle for a...

    The Son
  • 2010
    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    4.42010HD

    Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland,...

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
  • 2021
    The Pratt in the Hat

    The Pratt in the Hat

    The Pratt in the Hat

    02021HD

    The PRATT in the HAT is a short film about Frances Pratt, her hats, her wit, and her civil rights leadership which began in 1957 and continues till...

    The Pratt in the Hat
  • 2022
    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    Still We Rise

    02022HD

    50 years on, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is the oldest continuing protest occupation site in the world. Taking a fresh lens this is a bold dive into...

    Still We Rise
  • 2019
    Always in Season

    Always in Season

    Always in Season

    6.82019HD

    When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation...

    Always in Season
  • 2007
    Banished

    Banished

    Banished

    7.52007HD

    A look at three U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction...

    Banished
  • 2015
    I Will Dance

    I Will Dance

    I Will Dance

    02015HD

    Follows the young people of Selma, Alabama's RATCo (Random Acts of Theatre Company) as they journey to New York City to share their story of hope,...

    I Will Dance
  • 2018
    Warrior Women

    Warrior Women

    Warrior Women

    7.52018HD

    Through the figure of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, this inspiring film traces the untold story of countless Native...

    Warrior Women
  • 2024
    The Flag

    The Flag

    The Flag

    8.82024HD

    A furious, iconoclastic attack on power and the media in a modern France where Islamophobia has become mainstream and inequality is growing from the...

    The Flag