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2016
13th
13th7.912 2016 HD
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jelani Cobb
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2017
Birth of a Movement
Birth of a Movement6.4 2017 HD
In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Danny Glover
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2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property6.1 2003 HD
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Carl Lumbly
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2004
A Place of Our Own
A Place of Our Own0 2004 HD
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Stanley Nelson
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1992
Color Adjustment
Color Adjustment6.9 1992 HD
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Ruby Dee
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2017
Not Black Enough
Not Black Enough7.5 2017 HD
A deep look at the class warfare and the contradictions that African-Americans face within their own community when many of them are ostracized...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War7 2019 HD
The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2009
Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln0 2009 HD
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2015
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address10 2015 HD
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Cary Elwes
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1999
Leaving Cleaver
Leaving Cleaver0 1999 HD
In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2020
Frontline: America's Great Divide
Frontline: America's Great Divide8.2 2020 HD
A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: David Axelrod
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2020
John Lewis: Good Trouble
John Lewis: Good Trouble4.6 2020 HD
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Lewis
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2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches6 2022 HD
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: André Holland
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2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Nas: Time Is Illmatic7 2014 HD
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Nas
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2018
America's Library
America's Library0 2018 HD
With special access to the Library of Congress, rediscover the history and culture of America through rarely seen treasures unearthed from its...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Tom Brokaw
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1970
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Black America since MLK: And still I rise0 1970 HD
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2024
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.0 2024 HD
A one-of-a-kind musical celebration that honors the legacy and influence of Gospel music in America. Contemporary artists join celebrated gospel...
Genre: TV Movie
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War7 2019 HD
The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2009
Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln0 2009 HD
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2009
Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln0 2009 HD
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2003
Let the Church Say, Amen
Let the Church Say, Amen5.5 2003 HD
In Washington D.C., one church becomes the symbol of a local community dedicated to one another.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Darlene Duncan
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2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War7 2019 HD
The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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1999
Leaving Cleaver
Leaving Cleaver0 1999 HD
In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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2021
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Black Art: In the Absence of Light7.1 2021 HD
An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Kerry James Marshall
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2021
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)4 2021 HD
A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches6 2022 HD
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: André Holland
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