Black History Movies

Until 1942 around 100 German propaganda films were made, that were set in Africa. They were produced in Germany, with Black Germans and Africans...

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

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...

Maurice Hines -- actor, director, singer, and choreographer -- navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more...

Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and...

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...

Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent...

This film highlights moments in the long and rich African American cinema history in relation to social and political events, and how it affected...

An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in...

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,...

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...

Explore the tumultuous life of Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a Jamaican political activist and advocate for Black Nationalism. From founding UNIA-ACL and...

The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the...

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...

Filmmaker Risseth Yangüez Singh explores her family history while helping her grandmother move. Together, they reflect on the history of Panama,...

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...

An interview with a young Toni Morrison. The video also shows Toni Morrison going shopping, at a party, and at work. Her commentary provides an...

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...