Civil Rights Movies

  • 1993
    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

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    Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

    The Ernest Green Story
  • 2016
    Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

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    A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a...

    Growing Up Coy
  • 1982
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

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    Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and...

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • 2016
    Two Trains Runnin'

    Two Trains Runnin'

    Two Trains Runnin'

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    The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in...

    Two Trains Runnin'
  • 2014
    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

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    In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
  • 1989
    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

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    James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling...

    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
  • 1963
    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

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    During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F....

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
  • 1984
    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

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    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his...

    The Times of Harvey Milk
  • 2022
    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

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    From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by...

    The Picture Taker
  • 2021
    Ferguson Rises

    Ferguson Rises

    Ferguson Rises

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    Before George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August 9th, 2014, in...

    Ferguson Rises
  • 2018
    1968

    1968

    1968

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    At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the silent protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos changed The Games forever, becoming one of the defining images...

    1968
  • 2018
    The Uncomfortable Truth

    The Uncomfortable Truth

    The Uncomfortable Truth

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    When the award-winning filmmaker of "An Ordinary Hero", Loki Mulholland, dives into the 400 year history of institutional racism in America he is...

    The Uncomfortable Truth
  • 2018
    The Jazz Ambassadors

    The Jazz Ambassadors

    The Jazz Ambassadors

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    The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...

    The Jazz Ambassadors
  • 2018
    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

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    In 1963 at Michigan State University, Head Coach Duffy Daugherty chose 23 black men to play on the college team. From this move came legends Gene...

    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar
  • 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
  • 1975
    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

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    After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.

    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
  • 2000
    Denying Brazil

    Denying Brazil

    Denying Brazil

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    A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a...

    Denying Brazil
  • 2015
    Klansville U.S.A.

    Klansville U.S.A.

    Klansville U.S.A.

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    Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the...

    Klansville U.S.A.
  • 1964
    The March

    The March

    The March

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    The March, also known as The March to Washington, is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. It was...

    The March
  • 2010
    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

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    Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland,...

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride