Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

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Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

An intimate look at the life and career of Gordon Parks a true Renaissance man who has excelled as a photographer, novelist, journalist, poet...

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In Motion: Amiri Baraka

In Motion: Amiri Baraka

This video portrait, filmed in the days leading up to Amiri Baraka’s appeal of his 90-day sentence for resisting arrest following an argument in...

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Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Edited by famed filmmaker Kathleen Collins, Statues Hardly Ever Smile follows a group of middle school children during a six-week project at the...

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Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

James Forman, a 31-year-old public defender and son of a civil rights leader, provides representation for black youth in Washington, D.C., who...

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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic...

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Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

One in a series of 13 documentaries on renowned American poets produced by the New York Center for Visual History. Described by director St. Clair...

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Black Journal: 18; Malcolm X Liberation University

Black Journal: 18; Malcolm X Liberation University

The 1960s black student movement at Duke University evolved into a separate institution to study and engage with the history and culture of the...

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Something to Build On

Something to Build On

Bourne documenting the options granted to high school students who want to attend college

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On The Boulevard

On The Boulevard

Bourne's first fiction film, which stars Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as an unemployed musician who falls for a dancer on the streets of Hollywood. -...

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John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.

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Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

A short documentary subject made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program documenting a political rally in Newark...

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Before They Die!

Before They Die!

Before They Die! A film chronicling the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and their quest for justice.

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Black Dance

Black Dance

A film by St. Clair Bourne originally in Black Journal.

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Let the Church Say Amen!

Let the Church Say Amen!

A young seminarian's path to becoming a minister.

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Soul, Sounds, and Money

Soul, Sounds, and Money

A film examining Black musicians in the record industry, including Smokey Robinson, Isaac Hayes, and Gladys Knight and the Pips. - Wheeler Winston...

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Nothing But Common Sense

Nothing But Common Sense

An educational film about engineering, modern technology and problem solving; filmed in New York, Philadelphia, Michigan and Newark. Produced for...

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Big City Blues

Big City Blues

The film mixes scenes of the city of Chicago with musical performances and interviews with people connected with the Blues. In Big City Blues, the...

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The Black and the Green

The Black and the Green

Explores the influence of the African American civil rights movement, both in philosophy and strategy, on the fight for Catholic independence in...

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