Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Steve James examines racial, economic and class issues in contemporary American education in the multipart unscripted documentary series. Witness it through their eyes.

Director: Steve James

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 10x60 min.

Year of production: 2018

Children Current Affairs Education Family Gender Politics Society Youth

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Pray the Devil Back to Hell

The dramatic success story of the women's peace movement of Liberia

Director: Abigail Disney | Gini Reticker

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 72 min.

Year of production: 2008

Activism African Cinema and Culture Anthropology Conflicts Gender History Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Women

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Broken Places

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

Director: Roger Weisberg

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 55/76 min.

Year of production: 2018

Addiction Children Crime Disability Education Family Health Law and Justice Poverty Society Youth

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John Lewis: Good Trouble

A fascinating look into the life and times of U.S representative and activist, John Lewis. Using interviews and rare archival footage the film delivers an intimate account of Lewis's legacy and contribution to the Civil Rights Movement

Director: Dawn Porter

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 98 min.

Year of production: 2020

Activism Biography Current Affairs History Human Rights Law and Justice Personal Story Politics

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MLK/FBI

Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Director: Sam Pollard

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 106 min.

Year of production: 2020

Activism Biography Current Affairs History Human Rights Law and Justice Personal Story Politics

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Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

The history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.

Director: Barak Goodman

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 84 min.

Year of production: 2000

American History Crime History Human Rights Law and Justice Politics

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Driving While Black

A ground-breaking examination of the history of African Americans on the road from the early 1900’s through the 1960’s and beyond - a crucial window on issues of class, automobile culture, discrimination and national identity

Director: Gretchen Sorin | Ric Burns

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 57 + 69 min.

Year of production: 2020

African American Studies American History Current Affairs History Law and Justice Social Justice Society

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CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap

Debugging the Gender Gap: What would society gain from having more women and minorities in the tech industry, and how do we get there?

Director: Robin Hauser

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 78 min.

Year of production: 2015

Children Current Affairs Education Gender Internet Media Society Technology Women

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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

In 1936, 18 African-American athletes won hearts and medals the Berlin Olympic Games, defying theories of Aryan supremacy. History forgot all except one. This is the story of the other 17.

Director: Deborah Riley Draper

Language: English, German (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 52/73 min.

Year of production: 2016

American History European History History Human Rights Sports War

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3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

3½ MINUTES: TEN BULLETS dissects the aftermath of the murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis and the trial of Michael Dunn who, in 2012, shot him repeatedly at a Florida gas station for playing his music too loudly.

Director: Marc Silver

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 98 min.

Year of production: 2015

Crime Current Affairs Education Family Human Rights Law and Justice Media Personal Story Politics Society Youth

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Romeo Is Bleeding

Richmond, CA is a community struggling with gun violence, stemming from a turf war which spans multiple generations. A local arts organization recruits young people to take part in an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.

Director: Jason Zeldes

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 93 min.

Year of production: 2015

Arts and Culture Education Literature Personal Story Society Urbanism Youth

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Mr. SOUL!

Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL! Ellis Haizlip ensures the Revolution will be televised with SOUL!, America’s first “Black Tonight Show.”

Director: Melissa Haizlip

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 104 min.

Year of production: 2018

African American Studies American History Arts and Culture Biography Music

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Ready Or Not

A Black 17 year-old gun violence survivor challenges a powerful white incumbent for a seat on Houston City Council. With one foot in teenagerhood and the other in hardball politics, Marcel McClinton comes of age before our very eyes

Director: David Modigliani | Paloma Martinez

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 82 min.

Year of production: 2020

African American Studies Politics Youth

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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States

Director: Göran Hugo Olsson

Language: English, Swedish (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 92 min.

Year of production: 2011

Activism American History History

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The Torch

Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy.

Director: Jim Farrell

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 109 min.

Year of production: 2019

African American Studies Arts and Culture Biography Music Personal Story

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Shipwrecked America

A portrait of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, revealing how displacement and destruction were used as an opportunity for neoliberal initiatives, drastically intensifying the city’s economic, social and racial inequalities.

Director: Alexandra Kandy Longuet

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 52 min.

Year of production: 2016

American History Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Economy Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Poverty Society

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The Cemetery of Cinema

A delightful and modern Don Quixote tale

Director: Thierno Souleymane Diallo

Language: French (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 95 min.

Year of production: 2023

African Cinema and Culture

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Black & AA Studies

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