African American Movies
- 2016
The Blackboard
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A documentary exploring the issue of racial identity among African-Americans through the lens of skateboarding.
- 1971
Attica Interviews
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Portable Channel, a community documentary group in Rochester, New York, was one of the first small format video centers to have an ongoing...
- 1991
Wylie Avenue Days
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The Pittsburgh History Series is an ongoing series of hour-long documentaries that highlight various parts of our city's history. Since 1988, these...
- 2005
Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
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One Nation Under A Groove - P-Funk Documentary 2005 Known to its legions of fans simply as P-Funk, Parliament Funkadelic has had a profound impact...
- 2021
Black Enough
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A gritty look at two friends differing viewpoints as they react to a video one of them has made.
- 2019
Follow the Drinking Gourd
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FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. Family-friendly, funny, and moving, this 60-minute film...
- 1975
Being Me
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A 1975 documentary short about how children perceive themselves in terms of their surroundings, family, and ethnicity.
- 2022
They Flew Like Blackbirds
They Flew Like Blackbirds02022HD
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.
- 1973
Queen Mother Moore Speech at Greenhaven Prison
Queen Mother Moore Speech at Greenhaven Prison01973HD
Two years after the riots and deaths at Attica, New York, a community day was organized at Greenhaven, a federal prison in Connecticut. The event was...
- 1976
The Black Indians of New Orleans
The Black Indians of New Orleans01976HD
“This classic award-winning documentary is the first definitive treatment of the origins and rituals of the Black Mardi Gras Indians of New...
- 1908
Nellie, the Beautiful Housemaid
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Comedy short (only fragments remain at LoC)