Civil Rights Movies

  • 2004
    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

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    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...

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul
  • 1974
    Stories of A

    Stories of A

    Stories of A

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    French documentary campaigning for the liberalization of abortion and contraception, directed by Charles Belmont and Marielle Issartel in 1973.

    Stories of A
  • 1970
    TRANS*CEND: A Journey from Gender to Self

    TRANS*CEND: A Journey from Gender to Self

    TRANS*CEND: A Journey from Gender to Self

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    In January of 2016, a dozen members of the Memphis transgender community began meeting for a weekly story circle facilitated by Elaine Blanchard. The...

    TRANS*CEND: A Journey from Gender to Self
  • 2022
    America You Kill Me

    America You Kill Me

    America You Kill Me

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    The rise, fall, and legacy of gay rights warrior Jeffrey Montgomery, and the struggle for equality in the Midwest.

    America You Kill Me
  • 2019
    The Other Boys of Summer

    The Other Boys of Summer

    The Other Boys of Summer

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    The story of racism, segregation and Civil Rights in America told through the lives of the Negro League baseball players. Features exclusive...

    The Other Boys of Summer
  • 1970
    Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009

    Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009

    Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009

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    Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership...

    Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009
  • 2019
    Jim Crow of the North

    Jim Crow of the North

    Jim Crow of the North

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    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...

    Jim Crow of the North
  • 2016
    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience

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    Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown,...

    America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience
  • 1992
    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

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    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...

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
  • 2021
    The Pratt in the Hat

    The Pratt in the Hat

    The Pratt in the Hat

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    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...

    The Pratt in the Hat
  • 2013
    A Community Called Orange Mound

    A Community Called Orange Mound

    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...

    A Community Called Orange Mound
  • 2015
    Old South

    Old South

    Old South

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    In Athens, Georgia, a college fraternity traditionally known to fly the confederate flag moves to a historically Black neighborhood and establishes...

    Old South
  • 2019
    Marching Forward

    Marching Forward

    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...

    Marching Forward
  • 1970
    Jane Kennedy: To Be Free

    Jane Kennedy: To Be Free

    Jane Kennedy: To Be Free

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    A thought-provoking, humanistic portrait of a Chicago nurse who risked her personal freedom and was imprisoned in civil rights demonstrations and...

    Jane Kennedy: To Be Free
  • 2011
    The Committee

    The Committee

    The Committee

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    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...

    The Committee
  • 2000
    Goin' to Chicago

    Goin' to Chicago

    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....

    Goin' to Chicago
  • 2021
    The Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story

    The Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story

    The Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story

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    Eyewitness accounts recall when Klansmen attacked a bus filled with Freedom Riders in Anniston, Ala. and set it on fire.

    The Fire in Anniston: A Freedom Riders Story
  • 2008
    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

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    Oscar nominated documentary short from 2008

    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
  • 1970
    Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra

    Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra

    Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra

    01970HD

    Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra