Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
• January 1st, 1985 • 0h 33min
History, Drama
Overview
This director's cut of the William Greaves' documentary short film dramatizes the life and deeds of the noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Fitzcarraldo
Released on: 1982-03-02
Drama, Adventure
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, ...
Guilt
Released on: 1990-02-17
Drama, TV Movie
The film is set in the 1840s. A charming village girl, Rozina, falls in love with a farmhand, Martin...
A Story of Love and Honor
Released on: 1978-01-27
History, Drama
A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as ...
London Recruits
Released on: 2024-11-22
Documentary, Drama, Thriller, History
The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid durin...
Greta, the Misfit Greyhound
Released on: 1963-02-03
Adventure, Family, Drama
A racing greyhound is deserted and has to learn to live on her own. Finally she is taken in by a she...
Moby Dick
Released on: 1956-06-27
Adventure, Drama
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. ...
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Released on: 1992-12-11
Music, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Drama
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accoun...
Cries and Whispers
Released on: 1972-12-21
Drama
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are...
The Age of Innocence
Released on: 1993-09-10
Drama, Romance
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her ...
Glory
Released on: 1989-12-15
Drama, History, War
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...
Love Is a Gypsy Child: A Carmen Story
Released on: 2026-10-21
Animation, Drama
Andalusia, Spain, 1840. After three years of wandering, Salva, who works as an assistant to a blind ...
The White Reindeer
Released on: 2019-04-21
Documentary, Drama
Imagine one of the most remote wildernesses in the world. Granddaughter Masha and Vladimir, the prot...
Lost Illusions
Released on: 2021-10-20
Drama, Romance, History
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, h...
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Released on: 2004-04-23
Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda ...
Mary Reilly
Released on: 1996-02-23
Drama, Horror, Thriller
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
Little Women
Released on: 1994-12-21
Drama, Romance
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
History of Philosophy
Released on: 1937-11-05
Drama, History
A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.
FX's A Christmas Carol
Released on: 2019-12-19
Drama, Fantasy
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of...
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Released on: 2003-11-14
Adventure, Drama, War
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a ...
Ghosts
Released on: 2014-06-26
Drama
Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's...