Jesse Jackson
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1941-10-08
Locus Natus: Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Et ut:
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise, surprising reign,...
release : 2021.10.13popularis : 0.461
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he...
release : 1982.03.12popularis : 5.85
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this...
release : 2002.09.21popularis : 2.213
BaadAsssss Cinema
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...
release : 2002.08.14popularis : 3.552
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most...
release : 2021.05.05popularis : 6.777
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...
release : 2021.07.02popularis : 10.95
University, Inc.
The closing of a student film program serves as a paradigm for interrogating the corporate ideology that guides the largest public university in the...
release : 1999.09.10popularis : 0.586
The Subtext of a Yale Education
Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.
release : 1999.09.24popularis : 0.993
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with...
release : 2009.09.12popularis : 2.549
A Man's Story
Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.
release : 2011.10.08popularis : 4.131
The Soul of Stax
"Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim...
release : 1994.01.01popularis : 1.628
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...
release : 2021.04.23popularis : 4.366
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering drug-addled mayor of the nation's capital. He's the poster boy for corruption, a pariah. Yet to...
release : 2009.06.21popularis : 0.721
Chicago at the Crossroad
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's segregated communities? What is known...
release : 2019.06.01popularis : 0.535
Uptight
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
release : 1968.12.28popularis : 3.749
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the...
release : 2007.01.16popularis : 2.484
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a...
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 1.787
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.
release : 2013.04.23popularis : 7.057
Operation Breadbasket
Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.
release : 1969.07.07popularis : 0.876
Crashing the Party
With the survival of the Democratic Party at stake after the country's worst three presidential losses a little-known Bill Clinton and a band of...
release : 2016.07.21popularis : 0.4
Michael Jackson Memorial
A live telecast of the public memorial service for the king of pop, Michael Jackson.
release : 2009.07.07popularis : 1.618
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.
release : 1983.01.01popularis : 0.823
Uncle Tom
In this collection of interviews with some of America's most conservative black pundits, white director Justin Malone presents his vision of being...
release : 2020.06.19popularis : 3.872
The Road to Mass Incarceration
This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the...
release : 2018.06.13popularis : 1.975
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional...
release : 1970.03.24popularis : 6.355
We Are Many
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
release : 2014.06.08popularis : 1.199
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.
release : 2012.02.12popularis : 1.389
Loudmouth
Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.
release : 2022.12.09popularis : 0.629
4 Little Girls
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a...
release : 1997.07.09popularis : 3.796
A Matter of Respect
Teen pregnancy short drama, mixed with a real Planned Parenthood group session of women, and excerpts from a lecture by Reverend Jesse Jackson.
release : 1980.01.01popularis : 0.392
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
TV short about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
release : 1988.08.15popularis : 0.524
South to Black Power
In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a...
release : 2023.11.28popularis : 2.597
Anecdotes about Fidel
23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida, Che Guevara's...
release : 2009.01.01popularis : 0.727
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.
release : 2021.01.11popularis : 11.334
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chicago Bears -- Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, Mike...
release : 2016.10.01popularis : 3.14
Save the Children
A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.
release : 1973.05.13popularis : 0.643
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes...
release : 2009.10.14popularis : 1.722
Fantastic Lies
One night in Durham, North Carolina, a rape accusation set fire to the reputations of three college athletes and their elite university. As the Duke...
release : 2016.03.13popularis : 1.549
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished...
release : 2018.04.04popularis : 0.868
A Decade of Struggle
This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the...
release : 1980.06.01popularis : 5.276
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
"This biography profiles the life and faith of the man who has preached to more people than any other person in history. "William Franklin Graham,...
release : 1993.01.01popularis : 1.001
Route One/USA
Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Doc, a physician who...
release : 1989.09.10popularis : 1.389
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....
release : 2018.03.24popularis : 1.908
In Remembrance of Martin
Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins...
release : 1986.02.08popularis : 1.032
Decade
Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on...
release : 1989.12.09popularis : 0.934
Nationtime
A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the...
release : 1972.11.01popularis : 1.168
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...
release : 1996.02.12popularis : 1.901
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo,...
release : 1973.06.02popularis : 0.409
I Am MLK Jr.
This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events – The Montgomery Bus...
release : 2018.04.04popularis : 1.067
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came...
release : 2021.03.01popularis : 0.792
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
The story of the iconic singer's fascinating six-decade career in both music and Black and LGBTQ activism.
release : 2021.09.11popularis : 2.107