Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
At Madame Zenobias illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it
Carmen Jones (1954)
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African American cast
Bobby (2006)
The destinies of twenty two people of different races, sexes, beliefs and social classes are intertwined on the night that politician Robert F Kennedy is assassinated
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
A wagon master and a con man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap labor agents out West
Kansas City (1996)
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013)
A look at the work and influence of African American stand up comedienne, Moms Mabley
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House
The World, The Flesh and The Devil (1959)
A miner trapped in a cave in resurfaces, and upon discovering mankind has been wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, sets out to find other survivors
Bright Road (1953)
Based on the story, See How They Run The Ladies Home Journal June 51, and subsequently won that years Christopher award The story was written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, a 4th generation schoolteacher from the British West Indi
Is That Black Enough for You (2022)
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the 70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard bitten ex con and a debt ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode
Under African Skies (2012)
Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the journey of his Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime
Sing Your Song (2011)
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally
The Angel Levine (1970)
Morris Mishkin is an elderly Jewish tailor plagued by hard times who prays to God for help and receives it in the person of a most unusual angel named Levine, a young, black, Jewish hustler from somewhere between Harlem and Heaven
When I Rise (2010)
A documentary about Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international op
The 2022 Rock Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fames 2022 inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon along with Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Musical Excell
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdochs War on Journalism (2004)
Documentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch owned Fox News Channel FNC, which promotes itself as Fair and Balanced Material includes interviews with former FNC employees and the inter office memos they pro
Harry Chapin When in Doubt, Do Something (2020)
Documentary about the life of Harry Chapin
King A Filmed Record Montgomery to Memphis (1969)
Follows Martin Luther Kings life and decades long civil rights activism