Civil Rights Movies
- 2011
Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life
Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life02011HD
Weaving together the voices of women entangled in the criminal justice system, along with leading scholars on prison abolition, this film provides a...
- 2021
Ferguson Rises
Ferguson Rises02021HD
Before George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August 9th, 2014, in...
- 2011
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls6.22011HD
Travel across four continents, through 19 countries, and into dingy Cambodian karaoke bars, Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Moldovan...
- 1983
Lousy Little Sixpence
Lousy Little Sixpence61983HD
Tells of Aborigines' removal from their families to be sent to work as servants for white people and the rise of the first Aboriginal organisations...
- 2023
James Baldwin Abroad
James Baldwin Abroad102023HD
Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in...
- 2008
Black Magic
Black Magic02008HD
Examines Civil Rights-era America through the prism of basketball at historically black colleges and universities.
- 2012
Ghosts of Ole Miss
Ghosts of Ole Miss72012HD
In the fall of 1962, a dramatic series of events made Civil Rights history and changed a way of life. On the eve of James Meredith becoming the first...
- 2016
The Third Man
The Third Man02016HD
The moment where American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved hands in defiance on the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics...
- 1999
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story01999HD
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...
- 2022
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America02022HD
The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights...
- 1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Malcolm X: Make It Plain101994HD
Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood,...
- 2025
Soul of the Desert
Soul of the Desert52025HD
A documentary on the road that tracks the journey by Georgina, an elderly transgender woman forced to cross the sandy peninsula Guajira, on foot, to...
- 2008
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution72008HD
The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...
- 2016
Arc of Justice
Arc of Justice02016HD
ARC OF JUSTICE traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. and the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African...
- 2016
Rogues In Robes
Rogues In Robes92016HD
A clinical review of judicial corruption, the good and the bad guys showcased. The need for complete, federal and state judicial reform, term limits,...
- 2004
Home of the Brave
Home of the Brave102004HD
Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its...
- 1994
Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen
Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen01994HD
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots who saw combat during the Second World War. The 332nd Fighter Group stands apart...
- 2017
A Letter to Claudette Colvin
A Letter to Claudette Colvin02017HD
A short film entitled "A Letter To Claudette Colvin", written and directed by Victoria Wilson bringing awareness to Colvin's involvement in the...
- 2016
Two Trains Runnin'
Two Trains Runnin'7.22016HD
The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in...
- 2021
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale72021HD
For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the...