Civil Rights Movies

  • 1996
    Ghosts of Mississippi

    Ghosts of Mississippi

    Ghosts of Mississippi

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    A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil...

    Ghosts of Mississippi
  • 1974
    Lenny

    Lenny

    Lenny

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    The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment...

    Lenny
  • 2001
    Boycott

    Boycott

    Boycott

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    This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Boycott
  • 2017
    LBJ

    LBJ

    LBJ

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    The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

    LBJ
  • 2021
    Son of the South

    Son of the South

    Son of the South

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    In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner must choose which side of history to be on during the Movement. Defying his...

    Son of the South
  • 2023
    Reggie

    Reggie

    Reggie

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    One of sport’s first and most influential megastars, beloved baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson contemplates his...

    Reggie
  • 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

    7.32018HD

    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
  • 1984
    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

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    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his...

    The Times of Harvey Milk
  • 1991
    Separate But Equal

    Separate But Equal

    Separate But Equal

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    A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

    Separate But Equal
  • 2023
    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    6.52023HD

    Since her debut at the age of 18, musician, civil rights campaigner and activist Joan Baez has been on stage for over 60 years. For the now...

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
  • 1989
    Blaze

    Blaze

    Blaze

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    A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made...

    Blaze
  • 2020
    Coded Bias

    Coded Bias

    Coded Bias

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    Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces...

    Coded Bias
  • 2022
    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

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    Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The...

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
  • 2023
    Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell

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    Tracing the U.S. military's long history of discrimination against the gay community and one couple's personal journey for acceptance.

    Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell
  • 2014
    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    1.52014HD

    In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love,...

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
  • 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...

    The Loving Story
  • 2021
    Framing Britney Spears

    Framing Britney Spears

    Framing Britney Spears

    7.22021HD

    Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now...

    Framing Britney Spears
  • 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
  • 2013
    The Watsons Go to Birmingham

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham

    7.0382013HD

    In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his...

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham
  • 2015
    Klansville U.S.A.

    Klansville U.S.A.

    Klansville U.S.A.

    6.82015HD

    Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the...

    Klansville U.S.A.