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Jan 17, 2022 · Congress passed the Martin Luther King Day holiday to make sure that we remember the man and the movement. Both have been depicted in documentary films, but this list focuses on fictional movies about the civil rights movement and the Black experience, including some that describe people and events prior to the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v Board of Education ruling and the 1955 Montgomery bus ...
Jan 16, 2017 · Documentary films. “ A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom” (1996) – chronicles the life of the man often called the father of the modern civil rights movement, who led the first Black trade union and was the real force behind the 1963 March on Washington. “At the River I Stand” (1993) – about the 1968 garbage workers strike that ...
Jan 12, 2015 · Children of the Civil Rights: Directed by Julia Clifford. With Julian Bond, Bob Bruosseau, Bill Clifford, Sue Clifford. For six years, a group of Oklahoma City black kids went into restaurants and asked for service.
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- 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
- 'Hidden Figures'
- 'A Ballerina's Tale'
- 'Lee Daniels' The Butler'
- 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'
- '42'
- 'The Help'
- 'Remember The Titans'
- 'Selma'
- 'A Raisin in The Sun'
This timeless film stars acting great Gregory Peck and is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Peck stars as Atticus Finch, father of the film’s narrator, Scout. Atticus defends a Black man, Tom Robinson, after he’s accused of raping a white girl, Mayella Ewell. The accusation and trial turn the Finches’ small D...
Starring Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae and Octavia Spencer, it's the story of African-American women who served as human computersand made other vital contributions to NASA during the '50s and '60s that helped launch the space program. For ages 10 and older. Where to watch: Disney+
This documentary examines race and body image in the elite ballet world with the rise of African-American ballerina Misty Copeland. She was the first principal dancer at New York's American Ballet Theater. For ages 9 and older. Where to watch: Sling TV Premium, Amazon Prime, YouTube, iTunes, Google Play
Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, a Black man who worked at the White House for 34 years before retiring as head butler in 1986, this drama stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines. During Gaines’ tenure at the White House, he has a unique perspective on landmark social and political events such as president Dwight D. Eisenhower sending ...
Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a 23-year-old white woman, brings home her Black fiancé (Sidney Poitier) to meet her upper-class family. Despite being liberal, Drayton’s parents (Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) have a hard time adjusting to the relationship. The comedic drama made waves when it was released as it was among the first film...
The inspiring biopic follows the two years in which Jackie Robinson (played by Chadwick Boseman) broke the sport's color barrier in Major League Baseball. Families can expect to hear many uses of the "N" word and the movie has serious racial themes. So it would be best for ages 11 and older. Where to watch: fuboTV, Philo, YouTube, iTunes, Google Pl...
The PG-13 movie is best suited for mature tweens as there is smoking, the "N" word, an abusive marriage and a miscarriage with blood. An aspiring writer (Emma Stone) seeks to tell the story of the struggles of the African-American maids (including Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis) who work for white families during the 1960s. Where to watch: Netflix
Denzel Washington stars in the true story of a new African-American high school football coach at a newly integrated school in Alexandria, Va. in 1971. The Titans are struggling to get along and play as a team, divided by racial tensions, when a major player is critically injured in a car accident. Recommended for ages 10 and older. Where to watch:...
A critically acclaimed historical drama, "Selma" chronicles the Selma to Montgomery marchesled by civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr. (played by David Oyelowo). The marches, held over a period of 18 days, aimed to secure equal voting rights and were met with violent resistance. They contributed to passage of the Voting Rights Act...
Based on the landmark play by Lorraine Hansberry and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Louis Gossett Jr., an African-American family living in Chicago works for a better way of life amid poverty and racism and disagree on how to distance themselves from both. The classic film, which was selected for the Library of Congress' National Film Regist...
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6. 4 Little Girls (1997) TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History. A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement. Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Maxine McNair, Walter Cronkite, Chris McNair, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth. Votes: 3,575 | Gross: $0.13M.
Jan 3, 1997 · Ghosts of Mississippi: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Virginia Madsen, Whoopi Goldberg. A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Jan 17, 2022 · The outstanding cast includes Andre Braugher (as Randolph), Charles Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Brock Peters, Ernestine Jackson, Kenneth McGregor, and Ardon Bass. “The Butler” (2013) — As ...
