African American Movies

Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.

Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like everyone else. They saw fighting heroically in...

After Phyllis discovers that her daughter Cecilia can read, she’s torn between abiding to her slave owner’s commands or encouraging her...

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

In 1970s America, three African-American siblings on the run from the police take refuge at an abandoned Tennessee Ranch, unaware their hideout is on...

What happens when a bartender on a mission to find her cheating boyfriend gets stuck driving a drunk high-schooler home? Trans Am, emergency room,...

An African-American family in Georgia works to save money for a power saw. Includes depictions of timber harvest techniques and process. Film made in...

Four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City break down the walls of their profession.

An African-American teenager grapples with his sexual identity on the night Barack Obama is elected President and Proposition 8 — the...

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

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...

"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...

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

A romantic comedy about a man's wife that has a closet secret literally. When James begins to work for the company that rents Closet Spaces, he finds...

Four African American families relate their experiences with adoption.

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

Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's short story, 'Sonny's Blues.'

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.

Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The...