Browse African American History Movies
- 2016
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures8.062016HD
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brain...
- 2020
The Banker
The Banker7.612020HD
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
- 2013
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave7.9422013HD
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...
- 1989
Glory
Glory7.4741989HD
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.
- 2012
Red Tails
Red Tails6.5342012HD
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
- 2014
Selma
Selma7.3982014HD
"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 stateme...
- 1992
Malcolm X
Malcolm X7.5321992HD
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 b...
- 2016
13th
13th7.92016HD
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
- 2013
The Butler
The Butler7.3452013HD
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...
- 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah7.3542021HD
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—fal...
- 1995
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen7.0531995HD
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....
- 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)7.6282021HD
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and pr...
- 1968
Uptight
Uptight6.3851968HD
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
- 1998
The Temptations
The Temptations101998HD
A biographical look at The Temptations, the Motown soul vocal quintet who first came to fame in the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surv...
- 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson7.12004HD
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
- 2022
Stonebreakers
Stonebreakers72022HD
In a year of uprisings and political unrest, Stonebreakers documents the fights around monuments in the United States and explores the shifting landsc...
- 2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches62022HD
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America as...
- 2018
Guion
Guion02018HD
a short, narrative biopic that tells the story of Guion Bluford, as he grapples with the reality that he is to become the first African American man i...
- 1971
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris7.21971HD
In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin set in Paris, insisting on setting aside his politic...
- 2006
The N Word
The N Word6.62006HD
The film explores the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from cel...