Movies

A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.

"Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...

Set to a jazz accompaniment, the dramatic performance centered on Black love and survival weaves together Bible verses, free-verse and prose Davis...

Over the course of one day in August 1912, the family of retired actor James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of his wife Mary, the...

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

Follows the band's rise in show business, starting with its origins in the Navy during World War II and their struggle to make it.

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

A documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair...

Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up...

A multimedia short created for the U.S. millennium celebrations, The Unfinished Journey reflects on America’s history and spirit through six...

The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.

Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young...

This intimate, uncannily moving documentary profiles Norma Canner, a pioneer in dance movement therapy, who found in dance a way to help people who...