John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

Seville, Spain, 14th century. A group of black slaves brought from Africa form the Hermandad de los Negros, a Holy Week brotherhood that has survived...

This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...

More than 60,000 of Ernest Cole’s 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden. Most considered these...

Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and...

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...

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...

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent...

Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.