Civil Rights Movies

  • 2022
    Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

    Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

    Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

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    See how New Deal-era Redlining maps delineated risk areas for federally-backed mortgages and home-ownership programs, resulting in a wealth gap that...

    Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield
  • 1968
    The Second Largest Minority

    The Second Largest Minority

    The Second Largest Minority

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    Documentary short documents the “Reminder Day Picket” at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1968.

    The Second Largest Minority
  • 2021
    Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

    Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

    Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

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    This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

    Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
  • 2021
    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

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    For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the...

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale
  • 2020
    The Issue of Mr. O'Dell

    The Issue of Mr. O'Dell

    The Issue of Mr. O'Dell

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    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...

    The Issue of Mr. O'Dell
  • 2016
    Arc of Justice

    Arc of Justice

    Arc of Justice

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    ARC OF JUSTICE traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. and the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African...

    Arc of Justice
  • 2020
    We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd

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    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...

    We Are George Floyd
  • 2016
    Rogues In Robes

    Rogues In Robes

    Rogues In Robes

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    A clinical review of judicial corruption, the good and the bad guys showcased. The need for complete, federal and state judicial reform, term limits,...

    Rogues In Robes
  • 2018
    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

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    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...

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
  • 1949
    Clues to Adventure

    Clues to Adventure

    Clues to Adventure

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    This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press,...

    Clues to Adventure
  • 2016
    Political Animals

    Political Animals

    Political Animals

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    The story of four pioneering lesbian politicians and the battles they fought to pass a wide range of anti-discrimination laws.

    Political Animals
  • 2016
    We The People 2.0

    We The People 2.0

    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...

    We The People 2.0
  • 1983
    Lousy Little Sixpence

    Lousy Little Sixpence

    Lousy Little Sixpence

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    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...

    Lousy Little Sixpence
  • 1985
    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead

    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...

    And the Children Shall Lead
  • 2012
    Ghosts of Ole Miss

    Ghosts of Ole Miss

    Ghosts of Ole Miss

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    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...

    Ghosts of Ole Miss
  • 1999
    Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

    Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

    Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

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    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...

    Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
  • 1968
    Baldwin's Nigger

    Baldwin's Nigger

    Baldwin's Nigger

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    James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.

    Baldwin's Nigger
  • 2010
    A Good Day to Die

    A Good Day to Die

    A Good Day to Die

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    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...

    A Good Day to Die
  • 2004
    Citizen King

    Citizen King

    Citizen King

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    Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial...

    Citizen King
  • 1963
    Free, White and 21

    Free, White and 21

    Free, White and 21

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    A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.

    Free, White and 21