Movies
- 1980
A Decade of Struggle
A Decade of Struggle01980HD
This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the...
- 2009
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry5.62009HD
Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering drug-addled mayor of the nation's capital. He's the poster boy for corruption, a pariah. Yet to...
- 2009
Anecdotes about Fidel
Anecdotes about Fidel02009HD
23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida, Che Guevara's...
- 1969
Operation Breadbasket
Operation Breadbasket01969HD
Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.
- 1973
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 291973HD
In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo,...
- 1999
University, Inc.
University, Inc.01999HD
The closing of a student film program serves as a paradigm for interrogating the corporate ideology that guides the largest public university in the...
- 1980
A Matter of Respect
A Matter of Respect01980HD
Teen pregnancy short drama, mixed with a real Planned Parenthood group session of women, and excerpts from a lecture by Reverend Jesse Jackson.
- 1999
The Subtext of a Yale Education
The Subtext of a Yale Education01999HD
Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.
- 1994
The Soul of Stax
The Soul of Stax01994HD
"Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim...
- 2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.02021HD
No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came...
- 2020
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story02020HD
- 2008
Ballou
Ballou82008HD
- 2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story02021HD
An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most...
- 2019
Stax, le label soul légendaire
Stax, le label soul légendaire02019HD
- 1988
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey01988HD
TV short about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
- 2021
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
Punch 9 for Harold Washington02021HD
In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise, surprising reign,...
- 2021
September First, Twenty-Twenty
September First, Twenty-Twenty92021HD
A witness to Kenosha Wisconsin's largest protest following the Jacob Blake shooting, september first, twenty-twenty. The same weekend Donald Trump...
- 1971
We Are Universal
We Are Universal01971HD
1971 documentary short that surveys African American arts and culture, drawing inspiration from the “Black Is Beautiful” movement....