Civil Rights Movies

  • 1963
    Free, White and 21

    Free, White and 21

    Free, White and 21

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    A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.

    Free, White and 21
  • 2018
    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    02018HD

    Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.

    Indian Rights for Indian Women
  • 2004
    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul

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    This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...

    Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul
  • 2016
    Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

    6.82016HD

    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
  • 2019
    Massacre River

    Massacre River

    Massacre River

    02019HD

    Pikilina is a Dominican-born woman of Haitian descent. Racial and political violence erupts when the country of her birth, the Dominican Republic,...

    Massacre River
  • 2022
    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

    02022HD

    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
  • 2013
    A Community Called Orange Mound

    A Community Called Orange Mound

    A Community Called Orange Mound

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    Orange Mound is a southeast Memphis neighborhood with a surprising legacy. With roots going back to the time of plantations and slavery, Orange Mound...

    A Community Called Orange Mound
  • 2017
    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin

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    A short film entitled "A Letter To Claudette Colvin", written and directed by Victoria Wilson bringing awareness to Colvin's involvement in the...

    A Letter to Claudette Colvin
  • 1991
    Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

    Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

    Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo

    7.41991HD

    The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few Caucasians interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo...

    Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo
  • 2018
    Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera

    Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera

    Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera

    02018HD

    Guy Hircefeld, a veteran who served in the Israeli military at the start of its occupation of Palestine in the 1980s, now fights against the Israeli...

    Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera
  • 1982
    Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle

    Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle

    Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle

    01982HD

    The story of the organizing of the first black trade union - The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - provides an account of African American...

    Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle
  • 2023
    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    92023HD

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
  • 2019
    Jumpin' Johnny

    Jumpin' Johnny

    Jumpin' Johnny

    02019HD

    Documentary on the life of Harlem Globetrotters legend, Jumpin' Johnny Kline, who barnstormed in the tumultuous Civil Rights era of the 1950s. From a...

    Jumpin' Johnny
  • 2015
    Old South

    Old South

    Old South

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    In Athens, Georgia, a college fraternity traditionally known to fly the confederate flag moves to a historically Black neighborhood and establishes...

    Old South
  • 1968
    The Second Largest Minority

    The Second Largest Minority

    The Second Largest Minority

    01968HD

    Documentary short documents the “Reminder Day Picket” at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1968.

    The Second Largest Minority
  • 2021
    The Son

    The Son

    The Son

    02021HD

    Using unpublished photos taken by Italian war photographer Enrico Sarsini, and the reconstruction of key events, this film examines the battle for a...

    The Son
  • 2008
    Black Magic

    Black Magic

    Black Magic

    02008HD

    Examines Civil Rights-era America through the prism of basketball at historically black colleges and universities.

    Black Magic
  • 1970
    Gay and Proud

    Gay and Proud

    Gay and Proud

    71970HD

    1970 short documentary covering the first New York gay pride parade celebrating one year after Stonewall.

    Gay and Proud
  • 2018
    The Groveland Four

    The Groveland Four

    The Groveland Four

    92018HD

    July, 1949: four young black men are wrongly accused of rape by a 17-year-old farm wife in rural Lake County, Florida. The case of “The...

    The Groveland Four
  • 1982
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    01982HD

    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