Civil Rights Movies
- 2014
Breath of Freedom
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In World War II. African-American GIs liberate Germany from Nazi rule while racism prevailed in their own army and home country. Returning home they...
- 1992
Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence01992HD
Focuses on 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, as she discusses the lack of human rights for the indigenous people of Guatemala and her...
- 2004
Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul
Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul8.72004HD
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...
- 2012
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot102012HD
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden was hailed by...
- 2010
The Longoria Affair
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The Longoria Affair is about a controversy that arose when the body of a dead soldier from WWII was finally identified in 1949.
- 1970
Gay and Proud
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1970 short documentary covering the first New York gay pride parade celebrating one year after Stonewall.
- 2016
America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience
America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience02016HD
Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown,...
- 2021
The Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story
The Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story02021HD
Eyewitness accounts recall when Klansmen attacked a bus filled with Freedom Riders in Anniston, Ala. and set it on fire.
- 2019
Marching Forward
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Two dedicated high school band directors—one black, one white—were inspired by music to cross the color lines of segregation and work...
- 2015
Old South
Old South02015HD
In Athens, Georgia, a college fraternity traditionally known to fly the confederate flag moves to a historically Black neighborhood and establishes...
- 2021
The Pratt in the Hat
The Pratt in the Hat02021HD
The PRATT in the HAT is a short film about Frances Pratt, her hats, her wit, and her civil rights leadership which began in 1957 and continues till...
- 1970
Jane Kennedy: To Be Free
Jane Kennedy: To Be Free01970HD
A thought-provoking, humanistic portrait of a Chicago nurse who risked her personal freedom and was imprisoned in civil rights demonstrations and...
- 2019
Jim Crow of the North
Jim Crow of the North02019HD
Roots of racial disparities are seen through a new lens in this film that explores the origins of housing segregation in the Minneapolis area. But...
- 2011
The Committee
The Committee02011HD
A film about Florida's little-known investigative committee of the State Legislature from 1956-1964. The committee's aim was to root out homosexual...
- 1970
Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009
Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 200901970HD
Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership...
- 2013
A Community Called Orange Mound
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Orange Mound is a southeast Memphis neighborhood with a surprising legacy. With roots going back to the time of plantations and slavery, Orange Mound...
- 1970
Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra
Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra01970HD
- 2000
Goin' to Chicago
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A group of longtime Chicago residents born in the Mississippi Delta returns to Greenville, Mississippi, for a reunion with family and friends....
- 2008
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 3065.52008HD
Oscar nominated documentary short from 2008