Black History Movies

  • 1977
    Greased Lightning

    Greased Lightning

    Greased Lightning

    6.2761977HD

    The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

    Greased Lightning
  • 2022
    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    7.42022HD

    A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?
  • 2004
    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    7.12004HD

    The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
  • 2023
    Stamped from the Beginning

    Stamped from the Beginning

    Stamped from the Beginning

    6.12023HD

    Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.

    Stamped from the Beginning
  • 2024
    Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

    Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

    Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

    7.72024HD

    More than 60,000 of Ernest Cole’s 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden. Most considered these...

    Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
  • 2020
    The 24th

    The 24th

    The 24th

    5.22020HD

    The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The...

    The 24th
  • 1994
    A Great Day in Harlem

    A Great Day in Harlem

    A Great Day in Harlem

    6.21994HD

    Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...

    A Great Day in Harlem
  • 1984
    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

    5.61984HD

    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...

    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People
  • 2017
    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

    8.12017HD

    A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and...

    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
  • 2024
    Big Time

    Big Time

    Big Time

    02024HD

    Civil Rights Movement activist, TSSAA Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, swim coach, teacher, musical director, father, grandfather, and friend to many,...

    Big Time
  • 2016
    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

    72016HD

    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...

    Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
  • 2003
    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    5.92003HD

    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...

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
  • 2024
    In Search of Bass Reeves

    In Search of Bass Reeves

    In Search of Bass Reeves

    5.72024HD

    By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of...

    In Search of Bass Reeves
  • 2024
    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

    02024HD

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

    American Coup: Wilmington 1898
  • 2018
    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy

    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy

    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy

    7.22018HD

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

    Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy
  • 2007
    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

    6.52007HD

    This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...

    In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
  • 1942
    Henry Browne, Farmer

    Henry Browne, Farmer

    Henry Browne, Farmer

    4.81942HD

    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,...

    Henry Browne, Farmer
  • 2022
    Los Negros

    Los Negros

    Los Negros

    7.32022HD

    Seville, Spain, 14th century. A group of black slaves brought from Africa form the Hermandad de los Negros, a Holy Week brotherhood that has survived...

    Los Negros
  • 2019
    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare

    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare

    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare

    6.32019HD

    The history of warfare as it relates to global Black society, broken down into 7 chapters that examines the ways the system of racism wages warfare...

    Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
  • 2016
    #Rucker50

    #Rucker50

    #Rucker50

    3.72016HD

    The celebratory explosion of basketball history makers, legend shakers and lawbreakers; juxtaposed against important events in Civil & Human...

    #Rucker50