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Pluto TV
85
8.0
/996/
77
/58/
69
/21/
3.9
/1193/
94
97
/6/
cc age 13+

King in the Wilderness (2018)
A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
8.2
/7097/
79
/167/
72
/115/
4.1
/11583/
96
/28/
94
/283/
cc age 14+

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
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
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
82
7.6
/26615/
74
/544/
72
/332/
3.9
/11290/
92
/105/
90
/532/
90
/31/
cc age 17+

Bloody Sunday (2002)
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/8315/
69
/146/
68
/173/
3.7
/7713/
85
/13/
82
/106/

Danton (1983)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.3
/123402/
73
/3080/
72
/1719/
3.3
/63041/
85
/106/
81
/1620/
81
/17/
cc age 13+

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
poster
78
6.7
/154/
75
/13/
68
/4/
83
/24/
100
/11/
71
/8/
cc age 16+

Always in Season (2019)
When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.
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
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
Hulu
76
7.5
/379/
74
/48/
65
/4/
3.6
/1046/
96
/48/
81
/8/
cc age 11+

The League (2023)
The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil, as well as Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, the film highlights the league's pivotal role in Black communities and the impact of integration.
poster
76
7.0
/25060/
70
/723/
68
/436/
3.7
/66295/
98
/47/
79
/4091/
77
/14/
cc age 14+

Hairspray (1988)
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.3
/24909/
73
/486/
70
/390/
3.7
/15413/
90
/31/
85
/419/
69
/17/

Salvador (1986)
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.4
/435/
74
/17/
69
/15/
3.5
/521/
97
/32/
65
/10/
71
/8/

Mavis! (2015)
A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.
poster
Hulu
74
7.0
/1104/
70
/39/
65
/16/
3.4
/4168/
94
/51/
81
/30/
75
/8/

Joan Baez: I Am a Noise (2023)
Since her debut at the age of 18, musician, civil rights campaigner and activist Joan Baez has been on stage for over 60 years. For the now 82-year-old, the personal has always been political, and her friendship with Martin Luther King and her pacifism have shaped her commitment. In this biography that opens with her farewell tour, Baez takes stock in an unsparing fashion and confronts sometimes painful memories.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.8
/2911/
69
/284/
69
/63/
3.4
/4866/
100
/49/
60
/10/
73
/7/
cc age 11+

Coded Bias (2020)
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.
poster
Hulu
74
7.8
/247138/
78
/6432/
76
/2850/
3.9
/280104/
72
/138/
93
/23308/
48
/32/
cc age 10+

Remember the Titans (2000)
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.5
/19056/
73
/321/
73
/292/
3.9
/19984/
87
/31/
88
/321/
61
/9/

Lenny (1974)
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment as too obscene for the public.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.7
/438/
62
/35/
49
/4/
3.6
/2496/
91
/58/
55
/2/
82
/18/

Riotsville, USA (2022)
An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.
poster
Hoopla
65
6.0
/4430/
63
/64/
61
/67/
3.0
/1444/
75
/12/
49
/35/
67
/17/

Blaze (1989)
A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.
poster
64
6.8
/59693/
66
/1061/
64
/717/
2.9
/12174/
46
/153/
62
/7946/
55
/34/
cc age 16+

Rendition (2007)
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
poster
The CW
62
6.5
/8408/
69
/471/
64
/163/
3.0
/4395/
55
/84/
54
/114/
54
/19/
cc age 15+

LBJ (2017)
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
poster
Kanopy
61
6.7
/12972/
70
/268/
66
/156/
3.1
/5138/
43
/28/
62
/237/
56
/27/

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
poster
Netflix
76
60
7.3
/1530/
75
/95/
67
/36/
3.6
/1490/
100
/15/
82
/40/
68
/6/
cc age 13+

Seeing Allred (2018)
Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the nation and keep her in the spotlight.
poster
Kanopy
65
57
6.3
/2792/
68
/184/
65
/147/
2.7
/3113/
59
/17/
89
/36/
60
/4/
cc age 14+

Son of the South (2021)
In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner must choose which side of history to be on during the Movement. Defying his family and white Southern norms, he fought against social injustice, repression and violence to change the world around him
poster
55
6.5
/47600/
69
/3272/
63
/1355/
3.1
/39502/
55
/175/
57
/374/
58
/41/
cc age 13+

Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.
poster
Kanopy
75
53
7.5
/1282/
68
/54/
65
/30/
3.7
/1864/
94
/18/
78
/34/

Before Stonewall (1984)
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
poster
fuboTV
77
52
8.1
/1184/
75
/112/
77
/62/
3.9
/5131/

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.
poster
83
47
7.8
/862/
75
/67/
77
/19/
3.8
/1102/
100
/23/
89
/4/
92
/6/
cc age 13+

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017)
An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
45
7.7
/932/
70
/34/
69
/22/
3.9
/2283/
76
/488/

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F. Kennedy, attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, Alabama governor George Wallace, deputy attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach and the students Vivian Malone and James Hood. As Wallace has promised to personally block the two black students from enrolling in the university, the JFK administration discusses the best way to react to it, without rousing the crowd or making Wallace a martyr for the segregationist cause. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1999.
poster
Hoopla
80
44
7.7
/995/
78
/44/
69
/21/
3.6
/607/
100
/19/
85
/27/

The Loving Story (2011)
This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmark Supreme Court Case, Loving v. Virginia, that changed history.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
36
7.1
/875/
68
/55/
54
/11/
3.5
/1175/
100
/12/
91
/8/
cc age 14+

Reggie (2023)
One of sport’s first and most influential megastars, beloved baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson contemplates his legacy as a trailblazing Black athlete fighting for dignity, respect, and a seat at the table in this intimate and revealing documentary exploring his life and barrier-busting career.
poster
75
33
7.3
/151/
60
/2/
100
/1/
94
/16/
48
/16/
77
/9/

Home of the Brave (2004)
Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effect on her family.
poster
Kanopy
73
33
6.2
/402/
65
/32/
65
/22/
3.3
/403/
100
/7/
69
/2/
cc age 13+

Growing Up Coy (2016)
A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
70
28
7.1
/1210/
70
/40/
66
/16/
3.3
/427/
78
/27/
cc age 13+

Boycott (2001)
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
poster
69
28
6.5
/847/
71
/66/
70
/26/
3.2
/836/
77
/11/
cc age 12+

The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013)
In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. So the Watsons load up their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and head South. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert and discover that life is very different there than in Flint. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron’s antics; something that will change their lives and country forever.
poster
Kanopy
65
27
6.3
/239/
80
/10/
41
/6/
3.5
/619/
82
/22/
58
/2/
66
/9/

The Gospel of Eureka (2018)
Faith, love and civil rights collide on voting day in a small Southern town that hosts a famous performance of the last days of Christ and an infamous gospel drag show.
poster
72
26
7.3
/561/
81
/5/
52
/5/
82
/68/

Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2011)
Travel across four continents, through 19 countries, and into dingy Cambodian karaoke bars, Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Moldovan orphanages, legal Nevada brothels, and the street corners and alleyways of metropolises worldwide for more than a glance at the fastest-growing organized crime industry in the world with the groundbreaking, tell-all Nefarious: Merchant of Souls.
poster
45
24
5.6
/1034/
56
/26/
47
/27/
33
/6/
36
/39/

Gospel Hill (2008)
Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist. Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the former sheriff who never got to the bottom of the murder. Their paths begin to cross when a development corporation comes to town with plans to raze Julia's historic Gospel Hill.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
15
7.5
/156/
63
/3/
66
/8/
4.0
/876/

Baldwin's Nigger (1968)
James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.
poster
78
14
7.6
/102/
79
/10/
82
/6/
3.8
/804/

Denying Brazil (2000)
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
poster
Kanopy
56
14
7.5
/246/
40
/4/
36
/5/
3.7
/1081/

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)
The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood up were trans women and gay men. Now, nearly 40 years on, Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman tell the story of this oft-overlooked event in the history of American civil rights.
poster
63
?
7.1
/40/
50
/1/
3.4
/535/

Soul of the Desert (2025)
A documentary on the road that tracks the journey by Georgina, an elderly transgender woman forced to cross the sandy peninsula Guajira, on foot, to obtain the thing she has desired for almost half a century: a document that will hand her the right to be what she has always felt she was, and will allow her, at long last, to vote.
poster
Hoopla
?
6.0
/98/
66
/6/
57
/3/

In Search of Bass Reeves (2024)
By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of 3,000 outlaws to justice and served in law enforcement for 32 years during Reconstruction after the Civil War. His story is one of an escape to freedom and the dangers of the West for a former slave who rose to become a legend of the law. Join us as we go in search of Bass Reeves.
poster
?
70
/2/

Cannabis : Une enquête de Mathieu Kassovitz et Antoine Robin (2024)
In many countries, cannabis legislation is becoming more relaxed, whether for therapeutic reasons or to combat illegal trafficking. In France, the country with the highest number of cannabis users in Europe, this issue is still a subject of debate. To understand why some countries are legalizing it and how they regulate its use, Mathieu Kassovitz and Antoine Robin spent a year investigating ten different countries. This documentary explores the organization, successes, and failures of this legislation and questions the adaptability of these different models to France.
poster
?
9.4
/9/

A Letter to Claudette Colvin (2017)
A short film entitled "A Letter To Claudette Colvin", written and directed by Victoria Wilson bringing awareness to Colvin's involvement in the Montgomery Bus Boycott which ignited due to her refusal on March 2, 1955.
poster
?
8.2
/17/

For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska (2009)
In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, culminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws.


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