African American Movies

Based on a True Story, we journey back to 1980 to see John King, a 10yr old African American boy, see his mother experience the Joy of Salvation,...

A young woman named Her meets a stranger in the park named He, who recounts a surreal and melancholic past. They share stories and a strange...

Hazel is a romantic comedy that explores the journey of a young woman navigating her personal relationships and discovering the importance of...

This musical comedy with an all-black cast imagines what television entertainment will be like in the near future.

Two years after the riots and deaths at Attica, New York, a community day was organized at Greenhaven, a federal prison in Connecticut. The event was...

Sightings is a sexy, humorous short film about the trials of romantic connection. Two beautiful, urbane African American lesbians first sight and...

Comedy short (only fragments remain at LoC)

“This classic award-winning documentary is the first definitive treatment of the origins and rituals of the Black Mardi Gras Indians of New...

Portable Channel, a community documentary group in Rochester, New York, was one of the first small format video centers to have an ongoing...