Civil Rights Movies
- 2005
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria4.22005HD
The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in...
- 2009
The Black List: Volume Two
The Black List: Volume Two62009HD
THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to...
- 2017
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-19927.72017HD
An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers...
- 2010
A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die6.52010HD
Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of...
- 2024
In Search of Bass Reeves
In Search of Bass Reeves5.72024HD
By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of...
- 2016
Political Animals
Political Animals5.52016HD
The story of four pioneering lesbian politicians and the battles they fought to pass a wide range of anti-discrimination laws.
- 2016
Growing Up Coy
Growing Up Coy6.82016HD
A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a...
- 2015
Mavis!
Mavis!6.92015HD
A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.
- 2010
Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride4.42010HD
Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland,...
- 2022
Civil: Ben Crump
Civil: Ben Crump7.42022HD
Crump's mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking...
- 2018
Through the Banks of the Red Cedar
Through the Banks of the Red Cedar6.52018HD
In 1963 at Michigan State University, Head Coach Duffy Daugherty chose 23 black men to play on the college team. From this move came legends Gene...
- 2022
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp02022HD
The story of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil rights.
- 1974
Stories of A
Stories of A11974HD
French documentary campaigning for the liberalization of abortion and contraception, directed by Charles Belmont and Marielle Issartel in 1973.
- 2017
The State of Eugenics
The State of Eugenics02017HD
This film shines a light on a sorry and oft-forgotten chapter in US history— the forced sterilization of 7,600 people thought to have...
- 2016
America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience
America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience02016HD
Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown,...
- 2013
Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeding Kennedy02013HD
- 2012
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot102012HD
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden was hailed by...
- 2022
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream92022HD
The real dream of the American pastor Martin Luther King was never limited to civil rights. He hoped for a just America, where poverty would no...
- 1994
Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen
Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen01994HD
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots who saw combat during the Second World War. The 332nd Fighter Group stands apart...
- 2008
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 3065.52008HD
Oscar nominated documentary short from 2008