Movies: Civil rights

  • 1994
    Freedom on My Mind

    Freedom on My Mind (1994)

    Freedom on My Mind

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    Chronicles the Mississippi voter registration drive from 1961-1964....

    Freedom on My Mind
  • 2013
    The Watsons Go to Birmingham

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013)

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham

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    In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense approach i...

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham
  • 2021
    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance (2021)

    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

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    An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK, surveying both the individuals and the cultural forces that defined the era. At the heart of the documentary is a series of astonishing interviews with past activists, many of w...

    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
  • 2016
    Arc of Justice

    Arc of Justice (2016)

    Arc of Justice

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    ARC OF JUSTICE traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. and the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African Americans in southwest Georgia....

    Arc of Justice
  • 2021
    Ferguson Rises

    Ferguson Rises (2021)

    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, Missouri, a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed Brown. The community reacted in protest,...

    Ferguson Rises
  • 1985
    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead (1985)

    And the Children Shall Lead

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    Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions....

    And the Children Shall Lead
  • 2020
    We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd (2020)

    We Are George Floyd

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    On May 25th, 2020, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man, by driving his knee into George's neck for 8 minutes and 45 seconds until he died. This film chronicles New York City's overwhelming response....

    We Are George Floyd
  • 2018
    Warrior Women

    Warrior Women (2018)

    Warrior Women

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    Through the figure of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, this inspiring film traces the untold story of countless Native American women struggling for their people's civil rights. Spanning several decades, Christina D. King...

    Warrior Women
  • 2013
    Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy

    Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy (2013)

    Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy

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    Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy
  • 1996
    All Power to the People!

    All Power to the People! (1996)

    All Power to the People!

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    Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the history of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 70s....

    All Power to the People!
  • 2018
    The Gospel of Eureka

    The Gospel of Eureka (2018)

    The Gospel of Eureka

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    Faith, love and civil rights collide on voting day in a small Southern town that hosts a famous performance of the last days of Christ and an infamous gospel drag show....

    The Gospel of Eureka
  • 2018
    The Groveland Four

    The Groveland Four (2018)

    The Groveland Four

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    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 Groveland Four” included a race riot, torture, multiple murders, two trials and a Supreme Court reversal. Though w...

    The Groveland Four
  • 2011
    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2011)

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

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    Travel across four continents, through 19 countries, and into dingy Cambodian karaoke bars, Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Moldovan orphanages, legal Nevada brothels, and the street corners and alleyways of metropolises worldwide for more t...

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
  • 2018
    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018)

    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

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    On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor McDonald travels to the Deep South of America to get closer to the man who meant so much to him....

    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
  • 1984
    Before Stonewall

    Before Stonewall (1984)

    Before Stonewall

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    New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal...

    Before Stonewall
  • 2009
    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska (2009)

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

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    In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights mov...

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
  • 2008
    Black Magic

    Black Magic (2008)

    Black Magic

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

    Black Magic
  • 2005
    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

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    The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood up were trans women and gay men. Now, nearly 40 year...

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
  • 2010
    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride (2010)

    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, Hungary, Russia, Sri Lanka and others where there is great opposition to pride parades. In North America, Pr...

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
  • 2025
    News Without A Newsroom

    News Without A Newsroom (2025)

    News Without A Newsroom

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    As local newsrooms vanish, "News Without a Newsroom" explores journalism's uncertain future in the digital age. Through powerful stories and expert insights, the film examines the collapse of traditional media, the rise of misinformation, and the fig...

    News Without A Newsroom