Odessa's Reign

This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...

The history of warfare as it relates to global Black society, broken down into 7 chapters that examines the ways the system of racism wages warfare...

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in...

Prepare for an eye-opening journey into the heart of identity and division. 'Tethers' is a groundbreaking interview-style documentary that delves...

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Color footage of inventor George Washington Carver at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Dr. Carver is filmed at his apartment, office, laboratory, and...

An upbeat and humorous account of the hard life under police protection led by Italian writer Roberto Saviano since the publication in 2006 of...

Sapelo is a feature-length documentary film that journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of two young brothers, their adoptive...

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.