Making 'Do the Right Thing'
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
See moreHalf 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...
See moreIn 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...
See moreStatues 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...
See moreInnocent 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...
See morePaul 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...
See moreLangston 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...
See moreBlack 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...
See moreSomething to Build On
Bourne documenting the options granted to high school students who want to attend college
See moreOn 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. -...
See moreJohn Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.
See moreBlack Journal: 23; New-Ark
A short documentary subject made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program documenting a political rally in Newark...
See moreBefore They Die!
Before They Die! A film chronicling the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and their quest for justice.
See moreBlack Dance
A film by St. Clair Bourne originally in Black Journal.
See moreLet the Church Say Amen!
A young seminarian's path to becoming a minister.
See moreSoul, 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...
See moreNothing But Common Sense
An educational film about engineering, modern technology and problem solving; filmed in New York, Philadelphia, Michigan and Newark. Produced for...
See moreBig 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...
See moreThe 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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