Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021

6.80

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

2021

My First Mister

My First Mister 2001

6.51

Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.

2001

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution 2015

7.00

The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.

2015

Attica

Attica 2021

7.10

Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.

2021

Sound of the Police

Sound of the Police 2023

10.00

This documentary examines the fraught relationship between African Americans and the police, often rife with tension, fear, suspicion and hostility on all sides. Framed by some of the most recent conflicts between Black Americans and police officers, which garnered national media attention, the film traces the country’s complex racial history that set the path for policing in Black communities and fuels the ongoing conflict between African American communities and law enforcement.

2023

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business 2019

6.00

The history of business and entrepreneurship lies at the heart of the American story, but often absent are the names and experiences of African Americans who, from the country’s earliest days, have embodied the qualities of innovation, risk-taking and determination to forge a path toward a better life – which is at the heart of the American entrepreneurial spirit.

2019

Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer 2014

7.20

In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.

2014

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day 2021

8.00

This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

2021