African American Movies

Four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City break down the walls of their profession.

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

Based on a True Story, we journey back to 1980 to see John King, a 10yr old African American boy, see his mother experience the Joy of Salvation,...

FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. Family-friendly, funny, and moving, this 60-minute film...

This production was originally staged for the Pepsico Summerfare Festival, The International Performing Arts Festival of the State University of New...

In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied...

Summer 2017, a string of brutal police killings of young African American men has sent shockwaves throughout the country. A Black community in the...

In the old American South, a black teen with a white adoptive family becomes curious about her roots after hearing birds for the first time.

Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's short story, 'Sonny's Blues.'

Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. Night School follows three adult students living in the city’s...

Based on Kwame Onwuachi's memoir which tells his unprecedented journey from childhood in the Bronx with a mostly single mother to opening a...

Two lovers learn they've known each other over many life times and that this is their last life together. They don't have long to live and must clean...

A young woman in a photography class begins taking pictures of black men out of fear they will soon be extinct.

A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or...

Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...

Four African American families relate their experiences with adoption.

An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South Dakotan farmgirl.

To receive their inheritance, business magnate Hudson Graham has mandated his surviving family members return to their homestead and spend his final...

Despite Blacks making up only 7% of Madison WI's population, they are leading in so many important areas from education to politics, and are...

On a sunny day in 2004, a drug dealer with a secret gets stuck babysitting his girlfriend's 9 year old cousin.