Civil Rights Movies

  • 1975
    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

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    After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.

    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
  • 1994
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective

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    Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch op...

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
  • 2007
    The Red Elvis

    The Red Elvis

    The Red Elvis

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    A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.

    The Red Elvis
  • 2015
    Mavis!

    Mavis!

    Mavis!

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    A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.

    Mavis!
  • 1994
    But... Seriously

    But... Seriously

    But... Seriously

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    A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.

    But... Seriously
  • 2011
    The Loving Story

    The Loving Story

    The Loving Story

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    This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmar...

    The Loving Story
  • 1985
    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead

    And the Children Shall Lead

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    Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease in...

    And the Children Shall Lead
  • 2004
    Citizen King

    Citizen King

    Citizen King

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    Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial in...

    Citizen King
  • 2018
    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

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    On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor McDonald travels to the Deep South of America to get closer to the man who meant so much...

    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
  • 1979
    Lawman Without a Gun

    Lawman Without a Gun

    Lawman Without a Gun

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    During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a...

    Lawman Without a Gun
  • 2021
    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

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    An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK, surveying both the individuals and the cultural forces that defined the era....

    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
  • 2018
    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

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    The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F....

    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
  • 2006
    Steal This Film

    Steal This Film

    Steal This Film

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    Steal This Film focuses on Pirate Bay founders Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde, prominent members of the Swedish filesharing communit...

    Steal This Film
  • 2016
    Political Animals

    Political Animals

    Political Animals

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    The story of four pioneering lesbian politicians and the battles they fought to pass a wide range of anti-discrimination laws.

    Political Animals
  • 2004
    Home of the Brave

    Home of the Brave

    Home of the Brave

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    Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effec...

    Home of the Brave
  • 2023
    James Baldwin Abroad

    James Baldwin Abroad

    James Baldwin Abroad

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    Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbu...

    James Baldwin Abroad
  • 2022
    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA

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    An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a moc...

    Riotsville, USA
  • 2016
    We The People 2.0

    We The People 2.0

    We The People 2.0

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    American citizens who are normally marginalized, forgotten and left to fend against toxic dumps and other violations, come to understand that the only...

    We The People 2.0
  • 2011
    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls

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    Travel across four continents, through 19 countries, and into dingy Cambodian karaoke bars, Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Moldovan orphanag...

    Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
  • 2016
    Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

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    A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landma...

    Growing Up Coy