Main content

Skip to main content

Browse Films

Showing 1 - 10 of 179 titles with a criteria of Subject is African-American Studies


Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

Radical Black students, leftist white suburbanites, and a carousel: an untold story of the early Civil Rights Movement.

Collective Eye Films | 2024 | 89 minutes

Al Helm

An African American gospel choir goes to Palestine to sing in a Palestinian play about Martin Luther King, Jr.. becoming witnesses to life under occupation.

Clarity Films | 2014 | 92 minutes

Alice Street

In a rapidly gentrifying Oakland, the construction of a luxury condominium threatens a local mural, forcing the artists and neighborhood to rally to protect its history, voice, and land.

The Video Project | 2020 | 70 minutes

Althea

Pioneering athlete Althea Gibson broke records on and off the tennis court.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 83 minutes

Always in Season

After 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging in North Carolina in 2014, his mother’s search for justice and reconciliation begins - centuries of trauma and lynching bleed into the present

GOOD DOCS | 2019 | 89 minutes

Alzheimers and African Americans

Alzheimer's in the African-American community.

Terra Nova Films | 2007 | 27 minutes

Amakki

Nestled amid the verdant coffee-growing hills of Sidama, a single dwelling becomes the stage for an intimate exploration of the intricate bonds between the women inside.

Collective Eye Films | 2025 | 104 minutes

American Revolutionary

The life of Chinese-American civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs

GOOD DOCS | 2013 | 82 minutes

The Angry Heart

Spotlights the modern epidemic of heart disease in the African-American community

The Fanlight Collection | 2001 | 57 minutes

An Apollo Legend

One night a week, the stage at the Apollo Theater is an amateur's battleground, where performers have competed for stardom since 1934. Today, the legend of Ella Fitzgerald lives on in the hearts of those who pray for their own big break.

MediaStorm | 2008 | 18 minutes