The Black List: Volume One

The Black List: Volume Two

2009 · ★ 6

THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to the evolving American landscape they helped define, to the importance of preserving a unique cultural identity for future generations, these prominent individuals offer a unique look into the zeitgeist of black America, redefining the traditional pejorative notion of a blacklist.

Midnight Ramble

1994 · ★ 7.3

A documentary chronicling the pioneering efforts of black filmmaker William D. Foster in the early years of the industry and Oscar Micheaux's controversial impact on the subsequent "race movies".

The Black List: Volume Three

2010 · ★ 4.8

Documentary film interviews leading African Americans on race, identity, and achievement.

Breath of Freedom

2014

In World War II. African-American GIs liberate Germany from Nazi rule while racism prevailed in their own army and home country. Returning home they continue fighting for their own rights in the civil rights movement.

That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town

2010

Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neighborhood, and her block was empty. Federally-funded urban renewal had arrived in Charlottesville, scattering dozens of families like Kathy's. The once-vibrant African American community, built by formerly enslaved men and women who had secured a long-denied piece of the American dream, disappeared.

Waiting for "Superman"

2010 · ★ 6.9

Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

2016 · ★ 5.5

The grand opening dedication ceremony of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Black Indians: An American Story

2004 · ★ 6.4

This award-winning feature examines a minority group that is discounted and often ignored by mainstream media. Sharing a common past, many African Americans and Native Americans have combined to create a unique culture that has meshed the traditions and fine heritage of both. Little known, little documented, and often marginalized, this group has become all but invisible at the dawn of the new millennium. James Earl Jones narrates this examination of the historical relationship between American Indians and African-Americans, who often merged their cultures to work and live together while mainstream white society shunned them. Through illuminating anecdotes and interviews, descendants of fused black and Indian families discuss the complications of their mixed heritage and how their culture was largely erased on official documents.

I Am Not Your Negro

2017 · ★ 7.7

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

N.C.B.L.G.: The First Decade

1988

A short documentary about the history of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays.

The Maroons

A film about the Maroons—freed or escaped slaves that created their own communities during slavery. Both stories are examples of Gerima’s driving motivation—sankofa, reclaiming the past in order to move forward.

Ethnic Notions

1986 · ★ 7.1

This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.