African American Movies

  • 1928
    Absent

    Absent

    Absent

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    A shell-shocked black soldier is cared for by a miner and his daughter when he wanders into their camp, and makes a fresh start in life with the aid...

    Absent
  • 1967
    Sweet Love, Bitter

    Sweet Love, Bitter

    Sweet Love, Bitter

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    A loose fictitious of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960's New York. A black jazz musician bent on self destruction...

    Sweet Love, Bitter
  • 1973
    Medea

    Medea

    Medea

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    Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited...

    Medea
  • 2007
    Lord Help Us

    Lord Help Us

    Lord Help Us

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    Comedy about faith and family directed by Shavar Ross. When a recently widowed Baptist preacher (Bill Toliver) loses the respect of his congregation...

    Lord Help Us
  • 1980
    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

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    This 1979 documentary depicts the daily life of gangs in the South Bronx. It deals primarily with two African American and Puerto Rican gangs known...

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's
  • 2014
    The Cure

    The Cure

    The Cure

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    A hired assassin battles time & powerful forces to rid himself of a prototype antitoxin that's been shoved into his bloodstream.

    The Cure
  • 1998
    Thug Life in D.C.

    Thug Life in D.C.

    Thug Life in D.C.

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    Aundrey Burno, a black youth looking down the wrong end of a murder charge -- for which a conviction could result in a lifetime in prison -- appears...

    Thug Life in D.C.
  • 2009
    Coming Back for More

    Coming Back for More

    Coming Back for More

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    Funk legend Sly Stone disappeared from the limelight for more than 20 years. Musicians and the media tried to find the recluse but failed. In 2005...

    Coming Back for More
  • 1996
    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

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    Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete
  • 1931
    The Exile

    The Exile

    The Exile

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    An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South Dakotan farmgirl.

    The Exile
  • 2005
    Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove

    Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove

    Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove

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    One Nation Under A Groove - P-Funk Documentary 2005 Known to its legions of fans simply as P-Funk, Parliament Funkadelic has had a profound impact...

    Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
  • 1996
    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

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    A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or...

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
  • 2024
    Grace

    Grace

    Grace

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    A 1950s Southern teen questions her faith and sexuality on the eve of her baptism when urged to repent her feelings for her best friend.

    Grace
  • 1970
    Right On!

    Right On!

    Right On!

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    Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary...

    Right On!
  • 1929
    The Scar of Shame

    The Scar of Shame

    The Scar of Shame

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    An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.

    The Scar of Shame
  • 1978
    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

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    The James Brown Story

    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
  • 2018
    Last Life

    Last Life

    Last Life

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    Two lovers learn they've known each other over many life times and that this is their last life together. They don't have long to live and must clean...

    Last Life
  • 2019
    What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?

    What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?

    What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?

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    Summer 2017, a string of brutal police killings of young African American men has sent shockwaves throughout the country. A Black community in the...

    What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
  • 2014
    Little White Lie

    Little White Lie

    Little White Lie

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    Lacey Schwartz grew up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish...

    Little White Lie
  • 2016
    Night School

    Night School

    Night School

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    Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. Night School follows three adult students living in the city’s...

    Night School