Black Identity Movies

  • 2019
    Hair Love

    Hair Love

    Hair Love

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    When dad has to unexpectedly step in for mom to do his daughter Zuri’s hair before a big event, what seems like a simple task is anything but...

    Hair Love
  • 1959
    Come Back, Africa

    Come Back, Africa

    Come Back, Africa

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    Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

    Come Back, Africa
  • 2009
    Locks

    Locks

    Locks

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    A young man in Oakland, California, wakes with a heavy heart and decides to take a walk through the neighborhood to the local barbershop.

    Locks
  • 1984
    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

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    An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in...

    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People
  • 1994
    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

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    African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses...

    Black Is… Black Ain’t
  • 2018
    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

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    A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

    Where are the African Gods?
  • 1984
    Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

    Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

    Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

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    A documentary, combining archival material and live interviews with Marcus Garvey, Jr., and others, which introduces the life and work of the pioneer...

    Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
  • 2021
    Voodoo in My Heart

    Voodoo in My Heart

    Voodoo in My Heart

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    Emily’s boyfriend has turned into a zombie overnight. She has successfully tied him to the bed frame with a phone charger, but not before he...

    Voodoo in My Heart
  • 1970
    Bitch: a word movie

    Bitch: a word movie

    Bitch: a word movie

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    Nantali Indongo, the rapper of the group Nomadic Massive, has long refrained from using the word Bitch in the lyrics of the songs she sings. As an...

    Bitch: a word movie
  • 2018
    Here: A Visual Poem

    Here: A Visual Poem

    Here: A Visual Poem

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    An experimental visual poem combining film, animation, photography, and archival footage inviting people to occupy the Black Body and examine the...

    Here: A Visual Poem
  • 2024
    Sugar Island

    Sugar Island

    Sugar Island

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    An unwanted pregnancy triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in the Batey, a community surrounded...

    Sugar Island
  • 2012
    Stone Street

    Stone Street

    Stone Street

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    Stone Street documents the life and experiences of a Trinidadian diaspora family and their enduring connection to the long standing family home in...

    Stone Street
  • 2024
    Bi and By

    Bi and By

    Bi and By

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    A man struggles with uniting different aspects of his identity. He finds some solace in a conversation with his cousins who experience similar...

    Bi and By