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  • Solomon Northup’s Odyssey

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    This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He’s a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However,…

  • Glory

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    Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War’s first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

  • The Long Walk Home

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    Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

  • Malcolm X

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    A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the ’50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

  • The Tuskegee Airmen

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    During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the “Tuskegee Airman” for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the…

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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    The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

  • Red Tails

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    The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

  • The Butler

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    A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House’s head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

  • 12 Years a Slave

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    In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian…

  • Selma

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    “Selma,” as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

  • 13th

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    An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.

  • Hidden Figures

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    The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream…

  • Judas and the Black Messiah

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    Bill O’Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

  • The Banker

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    In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

  • Nickel Boys

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    Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

  • The Six Triple Eight

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    During World War II, the US Army’s only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn’t been delivered to American soldiers and finish within six months.