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41) Woman in Motion
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
42) Ovarian Psycos
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Riding at night through streets deemed dangerous in Eastside Los Angeles, the OVARIAN PSYCOS use their bicycles to confront the violence in their lives. At the helm of the crew is founder Xela de la X, a single mother and poet M.C. dedicated to recruiting an unapologetic, misfit crew of women of color. The film intimately chronicles Xela as she struggles to strike a balance between her activism and nine year old daughter Yoli; street artist Andi who...
Publisher
Cargo Film & Releasing
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by James Earl Jones, this hour long documentary, produced by Refocus Digital Media, LLC, chronicles the rich history of Black baseball and examines the re-integration of the game. There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues documents these athletes struggles and achievements. The film features interviews with baseball Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, James ‘Cool Papa’ Bell, Buck Leonard, Judy Johnson, Monte...
44) Pure Grit
Publisher
Bohemia Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pure Grit is both a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse racing, and an intimate love story. Chronicling three years in the life of a young Native American bareback horse racer, her dogged determination, and the relationships that sustain her.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In only a few decades the United States will become a majority-minority nation, as people of color will outnumber today's white majority for the first time ever. Yet, a staggering number of people in this soon-to-be majority do not consider the outdoors as a place for them. By by taking on the grueling, 20,310 foot peak of the continent's biggest mountain, nine African-American climbers set out to shrink this Adventure Gap by building a legacy of...
46) Wild Style
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Universally hailed as the first hip-hop movie, WILD STYLE captures New York's 1981 hip-hop culture and several prominent figures including Busy Bee Starski, Fab Five Freddy, The Cold Crush Brothers, and one of the godfathers of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*It's a fascinating time capsule, worth examining for anyone interested in the cultural roots of hip hop.*" - Keith Phipps, ***AV...
47) Defining US
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This Documentary takes us inside the nations largest schools and to the front lines of a divisive war over race, education and national identity.
48) The Brother
Publisher
Les Films du 3 Mars
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
Living with an illness that is causing him to lose the use of his body, Kaïs is awoken every morning by a different member of his family. Though paralyzed, he dreams he is the hero of his favorite manga, along with his brothers: Fehd, the bodybuilder and Zaïd, the ninja.
49) You Got to Move
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Massie Phenix and Veronica Selver's documentary about Southern individuals working for social change elevates heart, heritage and community above all else. Whether it's fighting for civil rights, wages or shutting down excessive waste dumping, these Highlander people have been active in some of the most significant movements in the country. Rich in the language and music of the South, YOU GOT TO MOVE champions civil action and follows through...
50) Pitching Man
Publisher
Cargo Film & Releasing
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Satchel Paige was the single most important player in the old Negro Baseball Leagues in an era when baseball was segregated. He was an extraordinary athlete and a genuine original who played the game for forty years on makeshift rural sandlots and in major league ballparks against the best in the game. In 1948 he triumphed in the major leagues as a 42-year old rookie and solidified his position as an American hero and confirmed his status as one of...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mamie Lang Kirkland was seven years old when she fled Ellisville, Mississippi in 1915 with her mother and siblings as her father and his friend, John Hartfield, escaped an approaching lynch mob. John Hartfield returned to Mississippi in 1919 and was killed in one of the most horrific lynchings of the era. Mamie had vowed for a century that she would never return to Mississippi. Yet with Tarabu’s remarkable find, he urged his mother to finally confront...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Drop into the electric and subversive underground dance scene known as bucking. As voguing exploded out of the ballroom scene of NYC, bucking was boldly pioneered in the clubs of the Deep South as a new form of self-expression. WHEN THE BEAT DROPS presents a fresh glimpse into the magnetic artistry and flair behind this emerging dance culture. In his feature debut, famed choreographer and filmmaker Jamal Sims, who has worked with the likes of Madonna,...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"TWENTY PEARLS" tells a powerful story of sisterhood. In 1908, nine Black women enrolled at Howard University made one decision that would change the course of history. These college students created Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ®. For over 113 years, the sorority has influenced many of the most famous watershed moments in history.
54) Fruits of Labor
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A Mexican-American teenage farmworker dreams of graduating high school. When ICE raids her community, it threatens to separate her family and forces her to become her family's breadwinner. FRUITS OF LABOR is a lyrical, coming-of-age documentary feature about adolescence, nature and how ancestors paved the way. Director Emily Cohen Ibáñez documents life guided by the spirit world through her hardships and joys in modern America.
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a military-grade explosive on a residential building to end a standoff with Black liberation group MOVE, setting a new standard for institutionalized violence and the dehumanization of Black bodies. 11 people, including 5 children were killed. TARGET: PHILADELPHIA explores the rise of police militarization within the parallel contexts of Black nationalism and the systemic disenfranchisement that incubates movements...
57) With Drawn Arms
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tommie Smith, the gold medalist who is known for raising his fist after accepting a medal at the '68 Olympic games in protest of racial inequality, looks back 50 years to the moment that helped define a movement and changed the course of his life forever.
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A unique tour through the South reveals the power of place-based learning in understand the Civil Rights Movement. Does the arc of history truly bend towards justice? And what does justice mean, when the problems of our past are only a grandparent away? How can we heal as a nation without honestly engaging with our history? THE ROAD TO JUSTICE follows two groups on a civil rights tour through the American South as they reckon with the country’s...
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
What is it like to be Black in predominantly white "small-town America"? Through a series of interviews, Crossroads Stories uncovers how six Columbus, IN natives feel navigating life as Black Americans in their hometown. Al Tucker, John Bundick, Celeste Nudi, Nia Omega, Ridge Harris, and Alfonso Wadholm each share anecdotes that are woven together to tell an overarching story. Through an emotional yet hopeful exposition, these Black community members...
60) Dreams of Chonta
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Diego, an Afro-Colombian undocumented musician leaves his family behind in Pacific Coast of Colombia, facing a solitary life and a minimum wage job at a cemetery all to become an ambassador of his music and his culture in New York City. With unprecedented access to the New York’s underground Latin American music scene, Dreams of Chonta takes to a scene where the greatest musicians from around the world blend to create, perform, live and breath...
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