African American Filmes

Evanston, a suburb just north of Chicago, touts its progressivism and inclusion. It was the first city in the U.S. to offer reparations for Black...

Two years after the riots and deaths at Attica, New York, a community day was organized at Greenhaven, a federal prison in Connecticut. The event was...

Pata Seca (1828), a man whose back bore the whip marks of his enslavers , whose eyes held the haunted memory of being forced to breed over 200 slave...

FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. Family-friendly, funny, and moving, this 60-minute film...

Four African American families relate their experiences with adoption.

The Pittsburgh History Series is an ongoing series of hour-long documentaries that highlight various parts of our city's history. Since 1988, these...

A gritty look at two friends differing viewpoints as they react to a video one of them has made.

A documentary exploring the issue of racial identity among African-Americans through the lens of skateboarding.

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

This musical comedy with an all-black cast imagines what television entertainment will be like in the near future.

A chilling anthology of three trap genre stories including a polyamorous relationship that’s not quite right and a funeral that becomes a...

“This classic award-winning documentary is the first definitive treatment of the origins and rituals of the Black Mardi Gras Indians of New...

Portable Channel, a community documentary group in Rochester, New York, was one of the first small format video centers to have an ongoing...

Comedy short (only fragments remain at LoC)