African American Movies

This production was originally staged for the Pepsico Summerfare Festival, The International Performing Arts Festival of the State University of New...

A young woman in a photography class begins taking pictures of black men out of fear they will soon be extinct.

In The Singer: A Montford Point Marine, the enthralling journey of Henry Charles Johnson, one of the first African Americans in the U.S. Marine...

The untold true story: The rise and fall of the greatest funk band ever, Parliament Funkadelic.

What happens when a bartender on a mission to find her cheating boyfriend gets stuck driving a drunk high-schooler home? Trans Am, emergency room,...

An oral history documentary of people of color at Miami University during its Public Ivy period—from 1970 to the early 2000s.

Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like everyone else. They saw fighting heroically in...

An African-American family in Georgia works to save money for a power saw. Includes depictions of timber harvest techniques and process. Film made in...

Based on the traditional American folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one family's escape from slavery via the...

An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy.

An African-American teenager grapples with his sexual identity on the night Barack Obama is elected President and Proposition 8 — the...

The James Brown Story

Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown,...

To receive their inheritance, business magnate Hudson Graham has mandated his surviving family members return to their homestead and spend his final...

"Golds" follows Mercy, a young boy who lives in a poor neighborhood with his ill mom who can not afford the medical attention she needs. Mercy comes...

A little-known story of the Indian Wars involves the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the conquest of the Apache tribes.

A romantic comedy about a man's wife that has a closet secret literally. When James begins to work for the company that rents Closet Spaces, he finds...

A shell-shocked black soldier is cared for by a miner and his daughter when he wanders into their camp, and makes a fresh start in life with the aid...

Funk legend Sly Stone disappeared from the limelight for more than 20 years. Musicians and the media tried to find the recluse but failed. In 2005...

Two lovers learn they've known each other over many life times and that this is their last life together. They don't have long to live and must clean...