Movies: African american

Four African American families relate their experiences with adoption....

“This classic award-winning documentary is the first definitive treatment of the origins and rituals of the Black Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans, It features two tribes: The Yellow Pocahontas led by Big Chief Allison “Tootie” Montana, and The Whit...

Portable Channel, a community documentary group in Rochester, New York, was one of the first small format video centers to have an ongoing relationship with a PBS affiliate (WXXI). Portapakers interviewed Sinclair Scott, a member of the negotiating t...

"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 up with a creative way to raise money for his mom....

The first Black-collegiate polo team at Morehouse College chases national USPA certification, training a rag-tag team of charismatic cowboys who’ve never played the sport into tournament-winning polo stars....

Eight high school students enter into an abandon movie studio to have some Halloween fun, little do they know that a wanted killer is hiding inside, fearing the kids might discover him he results to killing the kids one by one....

Comedy short (only fragments remain at LoC)...

A documentary exploring the issue of racial identity among African-Americans through the lens of skateboarding....

A 1975 documentary short about how children perceive themselves in terms of their surroundings, family, and ethnicity....