African American Movies

"Golds" follows Mercy, a young boy who lives in a poor neighborhood with his ill mom who can not afford the medical attention she needs. Mercy comes...

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

A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apache tribes and the African-American Buffalo soldier...

Despite Blacks making up only 7% of Madison WI's population, they are leading in so many important areas from education to politics, and are...

An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy.

A look at three U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction...

Pata Seca (1828), a man whose back bore the whip marks of his enslavers , whose eyes held the haunted memory of being forced to breed over 200 slave...

FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. Family-friendly, funny, and moving, this 60-minute film...

This musical comedy with an all-black cast imagines what television entertainment will be like in the near future.

A documentary exploring the issue of racial identity among African-Americans through the lens of skateboarding.

Documentary about the life of jazz and funk saxophonist, Maceo Parker

A gritty look at two friends differing viewpoints as they react to a video one of them has made.

In the old American South, a black teen with a white adoptive family becomes curious about her roots after hearing birds for the first time.

A chilling anthology of three trap genre stories including a polyamorous relationship that’s not quite right and a funeral that becomes a...

Elementary Genocide is a documentary executive produced by award winning journalist/filmmaker Rahiem Shabazz. The documentary appeals to a wide...

Four African American families relate their experiences with adoption.

Two years after the riots and deaths at Attica, New York, a community day was organized at Greenhaven, a federal prison in Connecticut. The event was...

The Pittsburgh History Series is an ongoing series of hour-long documentaries that highlight various parts of our city's history. Since 1988, these...

Full of nostalgia and charm, Kid Rock is an exposé of a young black man, Tadros Eyob’s journey into rock climbing in British Columbia.

Portable Channel, a community documentary group in Rochester, New York, was one of the first small format video centers to have an ongoing...