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Documentaries
John Lewis: Good TroublePublication Date: 2020
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionPublication Date: 2015
13thPublication Date: 2016
I Am Not Your NegroPublication Date: 2017
Fundi: The Story of Ella BakerPublication Date: 1981
I Am SomebodyPublication Date: 1970
Standing in the Shadows of MotownPublication Date: 2002
By the People: The Election of Barack ObamaPublication Date: 2009
The Black power mixtape 1967-1975Publication Date: 2011Maya Angelou: And still I rise
Publication Date: 2018
The murder of Fred HamptonPublication Date: 2007Available as a DVD in the Pratt Library Media Collection
Paris is BurningPublication Date: 1991
Through a lens darkly: Black photographers and the emergence of a peoplePublication Date: 2014
Tongues UntiedPublication Date: 1989
Whose streets?: An unflinching look at the Ferguson uprisingPublication Date: 2017
Narrative Films
42Publication Date: 2013
Malcolm XPublication Date: 1992
The Watermelon WomanPublication Date: 1996
MoonlightPublication Date: 2016
BlackkklansmenPublication Date: 2018
SelmaPublication Date: 2014
BamboozledPublication Date: 2000
Bande de Filles / GirlhoodPublication Date: 2014
Cidade de Deus / City of GodPublication Date: 2002Available as a DVD in the Pratt Library Media Collection
The Color PurplePublication Date: 1985
Get OutPublication Date: 2017
Fruitvale StationPublication Date: 2013
PariahPublication Date: 2011A Raisin in the Sun
Publication Date: 1961
Sorry to Bother YouPublication Date: 2018
Collections
Alexander Street's "Black History" Channel
Publication Date: VariousA rich channel containing dozens of interviews, oral histories, speeches, and other film materials related to Black History in the United States.
Alexander Street's "Black Studies" ChannelPublication Date: VariousAn enormous collection of speeches, films, documentaries, and archival footage covering the spectrum of Black Studies, an interdisciplinary field primarily devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black people from the United States.
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