Civil Rights Movies

This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

American citizens who are normally marginalized, forgotten and left to fend against toxic dumps and other violations, come to understand that the...

During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F....

The Lori Jackson Story - A civil rights campaigner, Lori Jackson, champions the the cause of a black marine convicted of rape, as she thinks he is...

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the...

A black major and his men are on the run from a rigged court-martial and hide out in a small Georgia town where a cruel white sheriff is terrorising...

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its...

A group of longtime Chicago residents born in the Mississippi Delta returns to Greenville, Mississippi, for a reunion with family and friends....

An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK, surveying both the individuals and the cultural forces that defined the era. ...

A look at three U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction...

This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...

Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood,...

The story of racism, segregation and Civil Rights in America told through the lives of the Negro League baseball players. Features exclusive...

Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease...

When the award-winning filmmaker of "An Ordinary Hero", Loki Mulholland, dives into the 400 year history of institutional racism in America he is...

July, 1949: four young black men are wrongly accused of rape by a 17-year-old farm wife in rural Lake County, Florida. The case of “The...

Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch...

Faith, love and civil rights collide on voting day in a small Southern town that hosts a famous performance of the last days of Christ and an...

The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...