African American Movies

  • 2022
    Leaders of Madison’s Black Renaissance

    Leaders of Madison’s Black Renaissance

    Leaders of Madison’s Black Renaissance

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    Despite Blacks making up only 7% of Madison WI's population, they are leading in so many important areas from education to politics, and are...

    Leaders of Madison’s Black Renaissance
  • 1908
    Nellie, the Beautiful Housemaid

    Nellie, the Beautiful Housemaid

    Nellie, the Beautiful Housemaid

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    Comedy short (only fragments remain at LoC)

    Nellie, the Beautiful Housemaid
  • 1973
    Queen Mother Moore Speech at Greenhaven Prison

    Queen Mother Moore Speech at Greenhaven Prison

    Queen Mother Moore Speech at Greenhaven Prison

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    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...

    Queen Mother Moore Speech at Greenhaven Prison
  • 2025
    Black Trans Masculine Experience

    Black Trans Masculine Experience

    Black Trans Masculine Experience

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    "Last year in the summer, I was speaking to Kings-Lee Rose in my living room in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, about my transition. The drastic shift in...

    Black Trans Masculine Experience
  • 1938
    Hits and Bits of 1938

    Hits and Bits of 1938

    Hits and Bits of 1938

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

    Hits and Bits of 1938
  • 1970
    Haunted Holiday

    Haunted Holiday

    Haunted Holiday

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    Eight high school students enter into an abandon movie studio to have some Halloween fun, little do they know that a wanted killer is hiding inside,...

    Haunted Holiday
  • 2019
    Follow the Drinking Gourd

    Follow the Drinking Gourd

    Follow the Drinking Gourd

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

    Follow the Drinking Gourd
  • 1976
    The Black Indians of New Orleans

    The Black Indians of New Orleans

    The Black Indians of New Orleans

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

    The Black Indians of New Orleans
  • 1971
    Attica Interviews

    Attica Interviews

    Attica Interviews

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

    Attica Interviews
  • 1970
    Hazel

    Hazel

    Hazel

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    Hazel is a romantic comedy that explores the journey of a young woman navigating her personal relationships and discovering the importance of...

    Hazel