African American Movies
- 1970
Right On!
Right On!61970HD
Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary...
- 2006
George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein
George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein7.52006HD
Don Letts's hilarious and colourful profile of the godfather of funk, whose 50-year career has defined the genre. From his 1950s days running a...
- 2011
Change
Change42011HD
An African-American teenager grapples with his sexual identity on the night Barack Obama is elected President and Proposition 8 — the...
- 2012
Soul Food Junkies
Soul Food Junkies82012HD
To many African Americans, soul food is sacrament, ritual, and a key expression of cultural identity. But does this traditional cuisine do more harm...
- 1928
Absent
Absent01928HD
A shell-shocked black soldier is cared for by a miner and his daughter when he wanders into their camp, and makes a fresh start in life with the aid...
- 2017
The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War
The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War02017HD
Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like everyone else. They saw fighting heroically in...
- 2018
Make It Soul
Make It Soul6.82018HD
Chicago, winter 1965. The Regal Theater hosts James Brown and Solomon Burke, two monuments of Soul music. Backstage, everyone's under pressure. But...
- 1998
Thug Life in D.C.
Thug Life in D.C.01998HD
Aundrey Burno, a black youth looking down the wrong end of a murder charge -- for which a conviction could result in a lifetime in prison -- appears...
- 1952
Men Of The Forest
Men Of The Forest01952HD
An African-American family in Georgia works to save money for a power saw. Includes depictions of timber harvest techniques and process. Film made in...
- 2022
The Legend of Glynn Turman
The Legend of Glynn Turman02022HD
Actor Glynn Turman makes his Broadway debut at 12 years old in the original production of “A Raisin in the Sun” opposite Sidney Poitier...
- 2016
America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience
America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience02016HD
Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown,...
- 2021
GOLDS
GOLDS02021HD
"Golds" follows Mercy, a young boy who lives in a poor neighborhood with his ill mom who can not afford the medical attention she needs. Mercy comes...
- 1978
James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
James Brown Soul Brother No. 181978HD
The James Brown Story
- 1996
Maceo Parker: My First Name Is Maceo
Maceo Parker: My First Name Is Maceo01996HD
Documentary about the life of jazz and funk saxophonist, Maceo Parker
- 2025
From Rodeo to Polo: The 1st HBCU Polo Team
From Rodeo to Polo: The 1st HBCU Polo Team02025HD
The first Black-collegiate polo team at Morehouse College chases national USPA certification, training a rag-tag team of charismatic cowboys...
- 2016
Closet Space: The Movie
Closet Space: The Movie02016HD
A romantic comedy about a man's wife that has a closet secret literally. When James begins to work for the company that rents Closet Spaces, he finds...
- 2017
Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny
Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny02017HD
A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apache tribes and the African-American Buffalo soldier...
- 1954
The Secret of Selling the Negro
The Secret of Selling the Negro61954HD
Film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, Tan, and Jet to encourage advertisers to reach out to African American...
- 2010
Shoegazer
Shoegazer02010HD
What happens when a bartender on a mission to find her cheating boyfriend gets stuck driving a drunk high-schooler home? Trans Am, emergency room,...
- 1973
Medea
Medea01973HD
Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited...