Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

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These Amazing Shadows

These Amazing Shadows

Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...

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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

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A Walk with Charles Burnett

A Walk with Charles Burnett

Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it, he...

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We Blew It

We Blew It

How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who...

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Dreams Are Colder Than Death

Dreams Are Colder Than Death

What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this...

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Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts

Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts

Olivia's Story

Olivia's Story

A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...

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