Search results for "Angela Davis"
P.O.V.

P.O.V.

P.O.V.
TMDb: 6.8
60 min

Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social issues by relating a compelling story in an…

Status: Returning Series
Genre: Documentary
The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The Legacy of Black Wall Street
IMDb: N/A
N/A

One hundred years after the Tulsa massacre, the powerful and tumultuous story of “Black Wall Street” is told by its founders and their descendants, as well as contemporary entrepreneurs and…

Status: Returning Series
Genre: Documentary
Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields

Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields

Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields
IMDb: 6.8
100

In an Argentina divided between a deep conservatism and an unprecedented momentum in feminism, the film delves into the political journey and intimate lives of Claudia and Violeta. Trans women…

Genre: Documentary
Stamped from the Beginning

Stamped from the Beginning

Stamped from the Beginning
IMDb: 6.5
92

Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi’s bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.

Dolores

Dolores

Dolores
IMDb: 7.3
95

Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by starting the country’s first farm worker’s union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez. What starts out as a struggle for racial and labor justice,…

Genre: Documentary
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
IMDb: 7
101

FREE ANGELA is a feature-length documentary about Angela Davis and the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26 year-old newly appointed philosophy professor at the University…

Genre: Documentary
Black Is … Black Ain’t

Black Is … Black Ain’t

Black Is … Black Ain’t
IMDb: 7.7
87

African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses the camera from his hospital bed in several scenes….

Genre: Documentary
What Is Democracy?

What Is Democracy?

What Is Democracy?
IMDb: 6.6
107

A vast, timely, and often chilling investigation into the idea and practice of democracy, ranging from Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe to civil rights, fears of voter fraud, and the…

Genre: Documentary
The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The U.S. vs. John Lennon
IMDb: 7.3
99

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

Genre: Documentary
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
IMDb: 7.5
119

This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. Toni Morrison leads an assembly…

Genre: Documentary
Take Me Out

Take Me Out

Take Me Out
IMDb: 7
83

Not Your Ordinary Day in the Park.

Genre: Drama, Family
13th

13th

13th
IMDb: 8.2
100

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.

Genre: Documentary
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
IMDb: 7.6
100

Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States during…

Genre: Documentary
This Is Personal

This Is Personal

This Is Personal
IMDb: 5.1
105

While the 2016 election catalyzed the Women’s March and a new era of feminist activism, Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola have been fighting for their communities for decades. Their stories…

Genre: Documentary