African American Filmes

A powerful documentary starring Morgan Freeman about the genesis of The Blues in the South and the music spreading around the world. Morgan Freeman...

Comedy short (only fragments remain at LoC)

Film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, Tan, and Jet to encourage advertisers to reach out to African American...

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

The Black Contribution – Literature and Theater 1978 is a rare documentary highlighting the voices and cultural impact of African American...

A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apache tribes and the African-American Buffalo soldier...

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

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

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

Four African American families relate their experiences with adoption.

In contrast to the lens that focuses exclusively on the racist traditions that are rooted in America’s social history, the moral counterweight...

In the old American South, a black teen with a white adoptive family becomes curious about her roots after hearing birds for the first time.

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