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In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Blair Underwood

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and...

Genre: Documentary

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Harlem, 1926. A “sweetman” Zeddy, living off a woman, brings a country girl he’s trying to impress to a gay-owned cabaret. There he...

Genre: History

Cast: Kevin Daniels

Green Flake, a southern slave, joins Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a child. Later on in his life he is sent to pave the way to what...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dallyn Vail Bayles

From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by...

Genre: Documentary

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A Mother struggles to deal with the unknown condition of her incarcerated son during the worst pandemic in over 100 years.

Genre: Documentary

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The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band during its sunset years: 87-year-old Al Casey, who had worked closely with Fats Waller throughout the 1930s; guitarist...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Albert Vollmer

Traces the life of Booker T. Washington, ex-slave, author, educator, and political leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in...

Genre: Documentary

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Country music has always been Black music. For Love & Country examines the genre's past through the lens of a new generation of Black artists...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Allison Russell

Genre: History

Cast: Douta Seck

A short film entitled "A Letter To Claudette Colvin", written and directed by Victoria Wilson bringing awareness to Colvin's involvement in the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Azaria Carter

A rare close-up of the Abakuá —an Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood that has been hidden from outsiders until recently. A symbol of...

Genre: Documentary

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A documentary about lesbians preserving their history, with a focus on the work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Includes interviews with Joan...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joan Nestle

Black women had extremely limited options during Jim Crow. Odessa’s story explores how an African American woman born in a time with limited...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Virginia Ali

Henry Browne, an African American farmer, and his family are profiled in this film. The important job of a farmer during times of war is highlighted,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Canada Lee

Two artists from Alexandria, Virginia, revisit the town’s segregated past and tell the story of family, friendship, loss, and love through...

Genre: Documentary

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For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sarah Maldoror

Nora is a young Black woman who takes a caregiving job for the McNeils, a rich white family, only to discover they’re hiding a deadly secret.

Genre: Horror

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The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Amiri Baraka

Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges overcame class and race prejudices in 18th century France to become a musical genius who would inspire Mozart.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kendall Knights