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92
8.9
/23705/
84
/313/
84
/254/
4.5
/48739/
100
/56/
98
/90/
cc age 15+

O.J.: Made in America (2016)
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.2
/8859/
79
/206/
78
/89/
3.9
/2441/
96
/97/
94
/1228/
89
/28/

No End in Sight (2007)
Chronological look at the fiasco in Iraq, especially decisions made in the spring of 2003 - and the backgrounds of those making decisions - immediately following the overthrow of Saddam: no occupation plan, an inadequate team to run the country, insufficient troops to keep order, and three edicts from the White House announced by Bremmer when he took over.
poster
Netflix
87
8.2
/39106/
81
/2484/
79
/773/
4.3
/117244/
97
/105/
90
/240/
81
/29/
cc age 16+

13th (2016)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
poster
Netflix
86
8.1
/780667/
80
/18827/
79
/11771/
4.2
/667050/
95
/376/
90
/6137/
96
/57/
cc age 15+

12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
85
7.9
/24641/
79
/1229/
77
/503/
4.2
/63505/
99
/210/
83
/257/
95
/36/
cc age 13+

I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
7.8
/3855/
77
/124/
72
/47/
4.0
/5767/
100
/25/
90
/116/
88
/16/

4 Little Girls (1997)
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
poster
The Roku Channel
85
8.0
/59783/
79
/4132/
77
/1375/
4.0
/49688/
96
/143/
87
/511/
88
/38/
cc age 16+

Citizenfour (2014)
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
8.1
/35165/
79
/604/
77
/449/
4.0
/19967/
93
/28/
91
/649/
75
/8/
cc age 12+

Inherit the Wind (1960)
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
poster
YouTube TV
83
7.7
/109833/
77
/3093/
75
/1828/
4.3
/181010/
89
/83/
91
/2301/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
poster
Netflix
83
7.7
/8667/
77
/437/
72
/156/
4.1
/33444/
100
/100/
90
/49/
86
/29/
cc age 15+

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.
poster
Netflix
83
7.4
/57096/
75
/2442/
73
/1282/
3.8
/55876/
97
/202/
85
/314/
85
/44/
cc age 15+

Mudbound (2017)
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.5
/98735/
75
/3419/
73
/2287/
3.8
/106788/
99
/310/
86
/2324/
79
/52/
cc age 13+

Selma (2014)
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
poster
fuboTV
82
7.5
/3285/
76
/209/
69
/42/
3.8
/8482/
100
/56/
87
/17/
87
/11/

Attica (2021)
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.9
/60792/
78
/2158/
73
/817/
3.8
/78691/
96
/52/
87
/1364/
88
/10/

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.4
/17583/
72
/326/
69
/246/
3.8
/4286/
100
/93/
90
/751/
82
/25/

Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.4
/14383/
74
/636/
72
/257/
3.7
/14313/
99
/126/
82
/459/
83
/25/
cc age 11+

20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
poster
82
7.5
/185284/
74
/3415/
72
/2341/
3.8
/109990/
93
/241/
89
/11620/
83
/39/
cc age 16+

Milk (2008)
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
poster
81
7.9
/5472/
79
/217/
75
/75/
3.9
/3284/
94
/65/
85
/143/
77
/24/
cc age 16+

The House I Live In (2012)
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
poster
80
7.2
/17553/
72
/1053/
72
/320/
3.7
/33974/
96
/196/
97
/529/
77
/48/
cc age 13+

Till (2022)
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
poster
80
7.7
/1299/
78
/85/
80
/12/
4.0
/1473/
98
/51/
54
/49/
73
/12/
cc age 13+

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022)
Jeffery Robinson's talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism, with archival footage and interviews.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
8.4
/6779/
80
/589/
78
/135/
4.0
/4164/

George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya! (2008)
It's Bad For Ya, Carlin's Emmy nominated 14th and final HBO special from March of 2008 features Carlin's noted irreverent and unapologetic observations on topics ranging from death, religion, bureaucracy, patriotism, overprotected children and big business to the pungent examinations of modern language and the decrepit state of the American culture.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.8
/126478/
77
/2926/
76
/1854/
3.9
/135975/
79
/29/
90
/1311/
65
/11/
cc age 16+

Mississippi Burning (1988)
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/542/
86
/10/
64
/7/
97
/30/
84
/37/
80
/16/
cc age 13+

The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005)
Never-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/8276/
78
/401/
70
/120/
3.9
/6750/
92
/76/
86
/161/
79
/20/

The Central Park Five (2012)
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.
poster
Kanopy
80
8.0
/10205/
82
/552/
77
/195/
3.8
/5869/
92
/25/
84
/71/
cc age 12+

Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.
poster
80
8.0
/152010/
74
/3579/
75
/1639/
3.9
/96101/
95
/172/
83
/6982/
72
/32/
cc age 17+

Bowling for Columbine (2002)
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.
poster
79
7.3
/105145/
72
/2070/
69
/1205/
3.6
/50407/
88
/58/
80
/1197/
79
/24/
cc age 17+

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.8
/4518/
80
/223/
72
/70/
3.7
/3204/
96
/85/
89
/116/
75
/23/

Muscle Shoals (2013)
In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.1
/95089/
68
/1493/
66
/924/
3.6
/78773/
91
/156/
82
/5415/
85
/31/
cc age 16+

Half Nelson (2006)
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
poster
79
7.3
/120402/
73
/2792/
73
/1726/
3.7
/145570/
92
/239/
76
/21/
78
/36/
cc age 17+

Precious (2009)
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
poster
Netflix
79
7.9
/747818/
77
/24085/
74
/10090/
3.8
/509050/
90
/309/
82
/39344/
81
/36/
cc age 17+

District 9 (2009)
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.1
/550/
78
/35/
82
/5/
3.6
/1026/
94
/47/
83
/3/
73
/13/
cc age 13+

My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021)
Overlooked by history, Pauli Murray was a legal trailblazer whose ideas influenced RBG's fight for gender equality and Thurgood Marshall's landmark civil rights arguments. Featuring never-before-seen footage and audio recordings, a portrait of Murray's impact as a non-binary Black luminary: lawyer, activist, poet, and priest who transformed our world.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.1
/35678/
70
/1543/
70
/679/
3.7
/86374/
98
/348/
78
/132/
83
/51/
cc age 15+

One Night in Miami... (2020)
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.3
/5543/
76
/173/
76
/153/
3.5
/5014/
88
/17/
85
/110/
73
/13/
cc age 13+

The Long Walk Home (1990)
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.
poster
Fandor
78
7.4
/3861/
72
/122/
67
/47/
3.6
/2520/
92
/59/
87
/211/
77
/23/

The Weather Underground (2002)
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
poster
Netflix
78
7.6
/15319/
76
/737/
73
/381/
3.9
/26354/
90
/51/
85
/105/
75
/12/
cc age 15+

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
poster
Curiosity Stream
78
7.5
/66076/
74
/1262/
72
/677/
3.6
/23904/
80
/132/
86
/4778/
65
/32/
cc age 13+

The Great Debaters (2007)
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.6
/8752/
74
/289/
69
/127/
3.7
/6279/
85
/98/
83
/813/
73
/28/

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
poster
77
6.9
/6384/
68
/118/
63
/73/
3.6
/5646/
89
/45/
71
/161/
84
/27/
cc age 16+

Get on the Bus (1996)
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the march, including manhood, religion, politics, and race.
poster
77
7.2
/20767/
68
/265/
67
/221/
3.6
/6478/
90
/105/
82
/402/
84
/29/

Lantana (2001)
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.3
/8394/
74
/724/
69
/185/
3.7
/23846/
96
/133/
85
/99/
76
/31/

Hail Satan? (2019)
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society.
poster
77
6.7
/144806/
70
/4075/
67
/2581/
3.6
/372794/
92
/216/
84
/63404/
81
/37/
cc age 11+

Hairspray (2007)
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
poster
77
8.1
/524484/
81
/12198/
82
/8841/
3.9
/637055/
75
/231/
89
/7629/
62
/41/
cc age 12+

The Help (2011)
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
6.8
/6835/
67
/279/
62
/99/
3.4
/12542/
94
/126/
76
/102/
74
/25/
cc age 13+

Sylvie's Love (2020)
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.3
/28606/
76
/1864/
72
/657/
3.5
/18418/
80
/145/
84
/292/
66
/34/
cc age 13+

Marshall (2017)
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
poster
Hulu
76
7.6
/15562/
77
/799/
75
/303/
3.8
/27161/
93
/179/
78
/297/
71
/32/
cc age 10+

RBG (2018)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
7.2
/16061/
73
/1081/
67
/304/
3.5
/8703/
85
/47/
82
/119/

All the Way (2016)
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.0
/38367/
74
/2563/
67
/950/
3.5
/39515/
88
/292/
76
/440/
79
/46/
cc age 12+

Loving (2016)
In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.


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