African American History Movies

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...

The Black Contribution – Literature and Theater 1978 is a rare documentary highlighting the voices and cultural impact of African American...

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...

Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of...

The story of Dr. George Washington Carver (1864-1943), black educator and horticulturist. He is perhaps most well known for developing over 140...

Black people face a lot of problems, but the root cause of those issues is our lack of businesses. 7 A.M. is the first documentary ever that talks...

Celebrate the life and work of Donald McKayle, whose contributions as choreographer, dancer and teacher have enriched our nation's cultural heritage....

Alice Ball, a 23 year-old African American Chemist living in 1915 Hawaii fights against racial and gender barriers to find an effective treatment for...

The history of Chicago's African-American community told like never before -- through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists,...

Oscar nominated documentary short.

A Black American is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas discovering...

"River of Hope" tells the story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in...

a short, narrative biopic that tells the story of Guion Bluford, as he grapples with the reality that he is to become the first African American man...

The Movie "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America" uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel by proving the true ethnicity of Abraham,...

The first in-depth analysis of the unspoken ethnic component behind the most devastating socio-economic movement in America today.

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...

While George Washington Carver's rise from slavery to scientific accomplishment has inspired millions, time has reduced him to the man who did...

A documentary that chronicles the rise and decline of the black-owned ethnic beauty industry in America.

THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their...

Stepping is a dance form that can be found across the country at virtually every college with a substantial African American enrollment. Stepping is...