Movies

  • 1980
    A Decade of Struggle

    A Decade of Struggle

    A Decade of Struggle

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    This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the...

    A Decade of Struggle
  • 2009
    The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

    The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

    The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

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    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...

    The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
  • 2009
    Anecdotes about Fidel

    Anecdotes about Fidel

    Anecdotes about Fidel

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    23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida, Che Guevara's...

    Anecdotes about Fidel
  • 1969
    Operation Breadbasket

    Operation Breadbasket

    Operation Breadbasket

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    Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.

    Operation Breadbasket
  • 1973
    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

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    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,...

    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
  • 1999
    University, Inc.

    University, Inc.

    University, Inc.

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    The closing of a student film program serves as a paradigm for interrogating the corporate ideology that guides the largest public university in the...

    University, Inc.
  • 1980
    A Matter of Respect

    A Matter of Respect

    A Matter of Respect

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    Teen pregnancy short drama, mixed with a real Planned Parenthood group session of women, and excerpts from a lecture by Reverend Jesse Jackson.

    A Matter of Respect
  • 1999
    The Subtext of a Yale Education

    The Subtext of a Yale Education

    The Subtext of a Yale Education

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    Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.

    The Subtext of a Yale Education
  • 1994
    The Soul of Stax

    The Soul of Stax

    The Soul of Stax

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    "Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim...

    The Soul of Stax
  • 2021
    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

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    No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came...

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
  • 2020
    Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

    Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

    Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

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    Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
  • 2008
    Ballou

    Ballou

    Ballou

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    Ballou
  • 2021
    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    02021HD

    An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most...

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
  • 2019
    Stax, le label soul légendaire

    Stax, le label soul légendaire

    Stax, le label soul légendaire

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    Stax, le label soul légendaire
  • 1988
    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

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    TV short about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
  • 2021
    Punch 9 for Harold Washington

    Punch 9 for Harold Washington

    Punch 9 for Harold Washington

    02021HD

    In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise, surprising reign,...

    Punch 9 for Harold Washington
  • 2021
    September First, Twenty-Twenty

    September First, Twenty-Twenty

    September First, Twenty-Twenty

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    A witness to Kenosha Wisconsin's largest protest following the Jacob Blake shooting, september first, twenty-twenty. The same weekend Donald Trump...

    September First, Twenty-Twenty
  • 1971
    We Are Universal

    We Are Universal

    We Are Universal

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    1971 documentary short that surveys African American arts and culture, drawing inspiration from the “Black Is Beautiful” movement....

    We Are Universal