Tag: civil rights movement

Nickel Boys

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating...

Women of the Movement

A limited series focusing on Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted...

Rustin

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps...

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015

This new installment of the landmark 1987 documentary series Eyes...

Cannabis : Une enquête de Mathieu Kassovitz et Antoine Robin

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing

A look at the life and work of the iconic...

Till

The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of...

Fannie Lou Hamer’s America

The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a...

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Beyond her historic role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, this...

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

Follows the successful career of Jackson as well as her...

UNSPOKEN

An intimate insider’s journey to uncover buried truths and explore...

Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary...

The Picture Taker

From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images...

Son of the South

In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner...

One Night in Miami...

In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston...

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)

School captain Ellie is seriously crushing on her rebellious classmate...

Be Water

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned...

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

Inspired by the music and subjects featured in the series...

Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the...

Shut Up and Dribble

An inside look at the changing role of athletes in...

Nous ne sommes rien, soyons tout !

I Am Richard Pryor

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer...

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor...

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

A landmark four-part series exploring segregation from the end of...