Civil Rights Movies
- 2022
Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield
Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield02022HD
See how New Deal-era Redlining maps delineated risk areas for federally-backed mortgages and home-ownership programs, resulting in a wealth gap that...
- 1968
The Second Largest Minority
The Second Largest Minority01968HD
Documentary short documents the “Reminder Day Picket” at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1968.
- 2021
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day82021HD
This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.
- 2021
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale72021HD
For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the...
- 2020
The Issue of Mr. O'Dell
The Issue of Mr. O'Dell02020HD
A documentary examining the life of civil rights organizer, Jack O'Dell, a close colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a force in his own...
- 2016
Arc of Justice
Arc of Justice02016HD
ARC OF JUSTICE traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. and the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African...
- 2020
We Are George Floyd
We Are George Floyd02020HD
On May 25th, 2020, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man, by driving his knee into George's neck for 8...
- 2016
Rogues In Robes
Rogues In Robes92016HD
A clinical review of judicial corruption, the good and the bad guys showcased. The need for complete, federal and state judicial reform, term limits,...
- 2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America02018HD
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...
- 1949
Clues to Adventure
Clues to Adventure61949HD
This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press,...
- 2016
Political Animals
Political Animals5.52016HD
The story of four pioneering lesbian politicians and the battles they fought to pass a wide range of anti-discrimination laws.
- 2016
We The People 2.0
We The People 2.002016HD
American citizens who are normally marginalized, forgotten and left to fend against toxic dumps and other violations, come to understand that the...
- 1983
Lousy Little Sixpence
Lousy Little Sixpence61983HD
Tells of Aborigines' removal from their families to be sent to work as servants for white people and the rise of the first Aboriginal organisations...
- 1985
And the Children Shall Lead
And the Children Shall Lead101985HD
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...
- 2012
Ghosts of Ole Miss
Ghosts of Ole Miss72012HD
In the fall of 1962, a dramatic series of events made Civil Rights history and changed a way of life. On the eve of James Meredith becoming the first...
- 1999
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story01999HD
The Lori Jackson Story - A civil rights campaigner, Lori Jackson, champions the the cause of a black marine convicted of rape, as she thinks he is...
- 1968
Baldwin's Nigger
Baldwin's Nigger6.61968HD
James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.
- 2010
A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die6.52010HD
Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of...
- 2004
Citizen King
Citizen King7.82004HD
Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial...
- 1963
Free, White and 21
Free, White and 214.21963HD
A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.