A documentary chronicling the pioneering efforts of black filmmaker William D. Foster in the early years of the industry and Oscar Micheaux's controversial impact on the subsequent "race movies".
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a t...
The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman t...
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many rol...
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provid...
Young members of 3 New Orleans school marching bands grow up in America's most musical city, and one...
The grand opening dedication ceremony of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American Histo...
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment o...
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a medit...
In World War II. African-American GIs liberate Germany from Nazi rule while racism prevailed in thei...
We have volunteered for the Earth Conservation Corps to restore the Anacostia river and the Washingt...
A championship high school basketball team provides pride, tradition and hope for an African America...
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, ...
Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and ...
Henry Browne, an African American farmer, and his family are profiled in this film. The important jo...
An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial ...
BLACK BALLERINA tells the story of several black women from different generations who fell in love w...
About the creative career of People's Artist of the USSR N.K. Cherkasov. The film uses footage from ...
As a new chapter begins in this country, THE BLACK LIST offers a dynamic and never-before-heard pers...