Movies: Civil rights

  • 2001
    Boycott

    Boycott (2001)

    Boycott

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    This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....

    Boycott
  • 2019
    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

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    In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws we...

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
  • 1984
    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

    The Times of Harvey Milk

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    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world....

    The Times of Harvey Milk
  • 1974
    Lenny

    Lenny (1974)

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    The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment as too obscene for the public....

    Lenny
  • 2023
    Reggie

    Reggie (2023)

    Reggie

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    One of sport’s first and most influential megastars, beloved baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson contemplates his legacy as a trailblazing Black athlete fighting for dignity, respect, and a seat at the table in this intimate...

    Reggie
  • 2022
    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy (2022)

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

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    Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The Negro Travelers’ Green Book was a directory of lodgings, restaurants, and entertainment venues where ...

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
  • 2016
    We The People 2.0

    We The People 2.0 (2016)

    We The People 2.0

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    American citizens who are normally marginalized, forgotten and left to fend against toxic dumps and other violations, come to understand that the only way to survive and save their communities is to challenge the system head-on....

    We The People 2.0
  • 2015
    What Happened, Miss Simone?

    What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

    What Happened, Miss Simone?

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    The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words....

    What Happened, Miss Simone?
  • 2018
    Seeing Allred

    Seeing Allred (2018)

    Seeing Allred

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    Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence ...

    Seeing Allred
  • 2018
    King in the Wilderness

    King in the Wilderness (2018)

    King in the Wilderness

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    A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum....

    King in the Wilderness
  • 1991
    Separate But Equal

    Separate But Equal (1991)

    Separate But Equal

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    A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation....

    Separate But Equal
  • 1994
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (1994)

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective

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    Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch opposition to the Vietnam War. Also included is his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech....

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
  • 2023
    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise (2023)

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

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    Since her debut at the age of 18, musician, civil rights campaigner and activist Joan Baez has been on stage for over 60 years. For the now 82-year-old, the personal has always been political, and her friendship with Martin Luther King and her pacifi...

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
  • 2021
    Framing Britney Spears

    Framing Britney Spears (2021)

    Framing Britney Spears

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    Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life....

    Framing Britney Spears
  • 2010
    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride (2010)

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

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    Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland, Hungary, Russia, Sri Lanka and others where there is great opposition to pride parades. In North America, Pr...

    Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
  • 2020
    Coded Bias

    Coded Bias (2020)

    Coded Bias

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    Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in th...

    Coded Bias
  • 1963
    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

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    During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F. Kennedy, attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, Alabama governor George Wallace, deputy attorney general N...

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
  • 1964
    The March

    The March (1964)

    The March

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    The March, also known as The March to Washington, is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. It was made for the Motion Picture Service unit of the United States Information Agency for use outside the Un...

    The March
  • 1985
    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead (1985)

    And the Children Shall Lead

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    Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions....

    And the Children Shall Lead
  • 2025
    News Without A Newsroom

    News Without A Newsroom (2025)

    News Without A Newsroom

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    As local newsrooms vanish, "News Without a Newsroom" explores journalism's uncertain future in the digital age. Through powerful stories and expert insights, the film examines the collapse of traditional media, the rise of misinformation, and the fig...

    News Without A Newsroom