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Cover of If Beale Street Could Talk
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Barry Jenkins
Based on the novel by James Baldwin,  “a timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year-old Tish and her fiancé Fonny who have a…
Cover of I Am Not Your Negro
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Raoul Peck
“Using James Baldwin’s unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author’s friends, Medgar…
Cover of Fruitvale Station
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Ryan Coogler
“Oscar wakes up on New Years’s Eve and decides to try and be a better person to those he cares about. The day goes well until an encounter with police officers puts him in the…
Poster for Malcolm X
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Spike Lee
“Adapted from the novel, The Autobiography of Malcolm X written by Alex Haley, this is an amazing biopic of one of the most influential African American leaders to date. It…
Cover of Race: The Power of an Illusion
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Larry Adelman
“Race: The Power of an Illusion is a three-part documentary series produced by California Newsreel that investigates the idea of race in society, science and history. It…
Poster for Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
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William Greaves
“Documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period.”
Poster for Ethnic Notions
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Marlon Riggs
“Ethnic Notions is Marlon Riggs’ Emmy-winning documentary that takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the deep-rooted…