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Netflix
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6.6
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67
/714/
62
/333/
3.5
/58129/
91
/247/
86
/7/
85
/46/
cc age 13+

Passing (2021)
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
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Kanopy
65
43
7.1
/1317/
64
/20/
47
/18/
3.6
/969/
76
/45/
73
/59/
57
/18/
cc age 16+

Brother to Brother (2004)
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
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75
34
7.0
/598/
75
/25/
71
/13/
3.5
/643/
95
/20/
83
/2/
64
/5/
cc age 13+

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019)
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. Over the next six decades, her sublime voice would transform the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS retraces this extraordinary journey.
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72
10
7.0
/213/
78
/15/
63
/3/
79
/12/

On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
The story of the Harlem Rens: the greatest basketball team you never heard of.
poster
Kanopy
65
9
7.2
/228/
60
/12/
62
/4/
3.4
/593/

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
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5.0
/42/
10
/2/

Smoke, Lilies and Jade (2021)
Alex, a young artist of the Harlem Renaissance, flirts with the idea of bisexuality through posturing and conversations he has with his girlfriend, Melva, and his Bohemian mentor, Raymond. Then he meets Beauty, a Latin man who pursues Alex with poetry and fire, and the fun turns to earnest. The music of a concert performance breaks the floodgates of Alex's desires, and he finds himself torn between Melva and Beauty. Which one will he choose?
poster
68
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7.4
/340/
64
/7/

Stompin' at the Savoy (1992)
As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs, dreaming of stardom, riches and happiness. By night, they dance their troubles away at the famous Savoy Ballroom. But when World War II appears on the horizon, the girls find their fortunes unfolding too unevenly to reconcile, and they inevitably begin to drift apart.
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5.8
/7/

A Study of Negro Artists (1935)
This film shows several important visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance at work.
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Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam? (2018)
The story of Noble Sissle Jr., a production company owner, community development expert, and veteran of the Vietnam War. Combining archival footage with interviews and family portraits, the film explores Sissle Jr.’s life, and the way he carries on the legacy of his father, Noble Sissle – the famous WWI Harlem Hell Fighter and leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes original music and footage of Noble Sissle.
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Kanopy
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Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime (2018)
Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural development.
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.


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