by Owen Gleiberman | Variety Do white filmmakers have the right to make a movie like “Detroit”? The moral right, that is? Set during the Detroit riots of 1967, the movie tells an essential true story about the brutalization of African-Americans. The fact that the...
https://youtu.be/rNUYdgIyaPM Director: Raoul Peck Writer(s): Raoul Peck, James Baldwin Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, Robert F. Kennedy, Harry Belafonte, Paul Weiss, Dick Cavett, H. Rap Brown, Bob Dylan,...
Michael Mann | Variety One of Muhammad Ali’s biggest struggles culminated in 1974’s Rumble in the Jungle, where it seemed that the spirit of the progressive forces in the world was about to battle the spirit of the repressive status quo. Early on, Cassius Clay related...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7jIOawq8y8 Director: Liz Garbus Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman, George Wein, Stanley Crouch, Andrew Stroud, Dick Gregory, Ilyasah Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, Gerrit De Bruin, Eleanor Belinfanti, Gregory...
https://youtu.be/5DxogZblRL8 Director: Alex Gibney Writer(s): Alex Gibney Starring: James Brown, Christian McBride, Bobby Byrd, Greg Tate, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington, Mick Jagger, John Starks, Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor, Al Sharpton, Martha High, Little Richard, Melvin...
https://youtu.be/Vt_TD2oYS0A Director: Bill Siegel Writer(s): N/A Starring: Eamonn Andrews, Muhammad Ali, David Susskind, George W. Bush, Louis Farrakhan, Rahman Ali, Gordon B. Davidson, Bill Faversham, W.L. Lyons Brown, Alberta Jones, Abdul Rahman, Salim Muwakkil,...
https://youtu.be/jFWHNpfjByQ Director: Göran Olsson Writer(s): Göran Olsson Starring: Abiodun Oyewole, Stokely Carmichael, Talib Kweli, Mable Carmichael, Ingrid Dahlberg, Martin Luther King, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, King Gustaf VI Adolf,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urFY3jp759c Director: Lee Daniels Writer(s): Geoffrey Fletcher (screenplay), Sapphire (novel) Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, Stephanie Andujar, Chyna Layne, Amina...
https://youtu.be/hKZ9BjWdDEc Director: Owen Alik Shahadah Writer(s): M.K. Asante Stars: Kolfi Adu, Sona Jobarteh, Hunter Adams III, Hakim Adi, Toyin Agbetu, Mukasa Afrika, Ras Kumasi, Adisa Alkebulan, Molefi Kete Asante, Afrar Afriyea, M.K. Asante, Sister Aya, Amiri...
https://youtu.be/Qd96NIT5osA Director: Craig Laurence Rice Writer(s): Lou Potter Starring: Philip Brookman, Avery Brooks, Flavio da Silva, Nelson George, Isaac Hayes, Coretta Scott King, Philip Kunhardt Jr., Malcolm X, Kermit Moore, Roger E. Mosley, Ron O'Neal, Gordon...
https://youtu.be/8lI4NV_PxFg Director: Rob Reiner Writer(s): Lewis Colick Starring: Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Virginia Madsen, Whoopi Goldberg, Susanna Thompson, Craig T. Nelson, Lucas Black, Joseph Tello, Alexa PenaVega, William H. Macy, Ben Bennett, Darrell Evers,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csWByunwVI8 Director: Orlando Bagwell Writer(s): Orlando Bagwell, Steve Bagwell, Steve Fayer Starring: Malcolm X, Alfre Woodard, Sharon 10X, Benjamin 2X, Mohmaed Al-Faysal, Maya Angelou, John Henrik Clarke, Ossie Davis, Alex Haley, Yuri...