African American Movies

  • 1970
    Right On!

    Right On!

    Right On!

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    Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary...

    Right On!
  • 2006
    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

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    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...

    George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein
  • 2011
    Change

    Change

    Change

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    An African-American teenager grapples with his sexual identity on the night Barack Obama is elected President and Proposition 8 — the...

    Change
  • 2012
    Soul Food Junkies

    Soul Food Junkies

    Soul Food Junkies

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    To many African Americans, soul food is sacrament, ritual, and a key expression of cultural identity. But does this traditional cuisine do more harm...

    Soul Food Junkies
  • 1928
    Absent

    Absent

    Absent

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    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...

    Absent
  • 2017
    The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War

    The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War

    The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War

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    Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like everyone else. They saw fighting heroically in...

    The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War
  • 2018
    Make It Soul

    Make It Soul

    Make It Soul

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    Chicago, winter 1965. The Regal Theater hosts James Brown and Solomon Burke, two monuments of Soul music. Backstage, everyone's under pressure. But...

    Make It Soul
  • 1998
    Thug Life in D.C.

    Thug Life in D.C.

    Thug Life in D.C.

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    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...

    Thug Life in D.C.
  • 1952
    Men Of The Forest

    Men Of The Forest

    Men Of The Forest

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    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...

    Men Of The Forest
  • 2022
    The Legend of Glynn Turman

    The Legend of Glynn Turman

    The Legend of Glynn Turman

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    Actor Glynn Turman makes his Broadway debut at 12 years old in the original production of “A Raisin in the Sun” opposite Sidney Poitier...

    The Legend of Glynn Turman
  • 2016
    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

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

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience
  • 2021
    GOLDS

    GOLDS

    GOLDS

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    "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...

    GOLDS
  • 1978
    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

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    The James Brown Story

    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
  • 1996
    Maceo Parker: My First Name Is Maceo

    Maceo Parker: My First Name Is Maceo

    Maceo Parker: My First Name Is Maceo

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    Documentary about the life of jazz and funk saxophonist, Maceo Parker

    Maceo Parker: My First Name Is Maceo
  • 2025
    From Rodeo to Polo: The 1st HBCU Polo Team

    From Rodeo to Polo: The 1st HBCU Polo Team

    From Rodeo to Polo: The 1st HBCU Polo Team

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    The first Black-collegiate polo team at Morehouse College chases national USPA certification, training a rag-tag team of charismatic cowboys...

    From Rodeo to Polo: The 1st HBCU Polo Team
  • 2016
    Closet Space: The Movie

    Closet Space: The Movie

    Closet Space: The Movie

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    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...

    Closet Space: The Movie
  • 2017
    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

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    A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apache tribes and the African-American Buffalo soldier...

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny
  • 1954
    The Secret of Selling the Negro

    The Secret of Selling the Negro

    The Secret of Selling the Negro

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    Film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, Tan, and Jet to encourage advertisers to reach out to African American...

    The Secret of Selling the Negro
  • 2010
    Shoegazer

    Shoegazer

    Shoegazer

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    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,...

    Shoegazer
  • 1973
    Medea

    Medea

    Medea

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    Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited...

    Medea