Movies: Civil rights

  • 2021
    Framing Britney Spears

    Framing Britney Spears (2021)

    Framing Britney Spears

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    Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life....

    Framing Britney Spears
  • 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
  • 2018
    1968

    1968 (2018)

    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 of the 20th century....

    1968
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2022
    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy (2022)

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

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    Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The Negro Travelers’ Green Book was a directory of lodgings, restaurants, and entertainment venues where ...

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
  • 2018
    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime (2018)

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

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    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 Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Blac...

    Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
  • 2006
    Steal This Film

    Steal This Film (2006)

    Steal This Film

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    Steal This Film focuses on Pirate Bay founders Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde, prominent members of the Swedish filesharing community. The makers claimed that 'Old Media' documentary crews couldn't understand the internet culture th...

    Steal This Film
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2019
    Always in Season

    Always in Season (2019)

    Always in Season

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    When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present....

    Always in Season
  • 2018
    Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera

    Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera (2018)

    Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera

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    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 occupation. His only weapon is a camera....

    Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera
  • 2021
    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale (2021)

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

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    For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the US and Canada. When the vessel comes under threat of ruin, a doctor, psychic and amusement park fanati...

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale
  • 1994
    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994)

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

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    Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, through his rise in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, to his 1965 assassination....

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain