Midnight Ramble

The Black middle class, torn between white goals and Black needs, are examined by producers William Greaves and William Branch in a 90-minute NET...

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...

As a new chapter begins in this country, THE BLACK LIST offers a dynamic and never-before-heard perspective from achievers of color. This series of...

“The workers leave the Lumière factory.” Workers pass through the gate of the Lumière factory and are followed by a...

RICHARD WRIGHT was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction that dealt with powerful themes and controversial topics. Much...

An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights...

A group of children is playing in the garden.

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

An exploration of the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from...

BLACK SUNS: AN ASTROPHYSICS ADVENTURE is a documentary about chasing eclipses and science dreams. It chronicles the lives of two globetrotting...

The Magic Lantern is a non-narrated celebration of early cinema and silent-film imagination, exploring the early work of pioneers such as Georges...

Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.