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6.7

♡ 3

97%

87%

Joe Brewster Director

John F. Kennedy as Se;f

Jesse Jackson as Self

Harry Belafonte as Self

Taraji P. Henson as Self - Reading Giovanni's Poems

Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of legendary queer poet Nikki Giovanni as she reflects on her life and legacy.

We Are Many

2014

7.4

♡ 21

83%

Amir Amirani Director

Susan Sarandon as Herself

Jesse Jackson as Himself

Danny Glover as Himself

George W. Bush as Self

The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.

Undercover Brother

2002

5.9

♡ 41

78%

64%

african american comedy

blaxploitation

Comedy

double life

policy and organisations

undercover

usa president

Malcolm D. Lee Director

Jesse Jackson as Himself - Shouting 'I Am Somebody'

Robert Townsend as Mr. UB

Denise Richards as White She Devil

Tig Fong as White She-Devil's Enforcer

An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell behaves strangely in his presidential campaign, Undercover Brother is hired to work undercover for "The Man" and find what happened with the potential candidate.

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

1982

7.6

♡ 9

Joe Layton Director

Julie Hampton as Herself - Audience Member

Richard Pryor as Himself

Jesse Jackson as Himself - Audience Member

Gene Cross as Stoned Hipple

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.

The Blood Is at the Doorstep

2017

6.8

♡ 7

100%

Erik Ljung Director

Wes Tank as Officer Christopher Manney

Hillary Clinton as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Tom Barrett as Self - Milwaukee Mayor

After Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on a quest for answers, justice and reform as the investigation unfolds.

Wattstax

1973

7.6

♡ 4

90%

Mel Stuart Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Isaac Hayes as Self

Melvin Van Peebles as Self

Mavis Staples as Self - The Staple Singers

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current-day Watts neighborhood.

All In: The Fight for Democracy

2020

6.9

♡ 6

100%

Liz Garbus Director

Joe Jonas as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Michelle Obama as Self

Trevor Noah as Self

Examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the film offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021

6.7

♡ 10

67%

Stanley Nelson Director

Bill Clinton as Self

Clint Eastwood as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

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

Chicago at the Crossroad

2019

7.1

♡ 2

Brian Schodorf Director

Jesse Jackson as Self Glc

Glc as Self

Leon Rogers as Self

Phenom Universal as Self

While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's segregated communities? What is known about the systems that created the problem, the laws that isolated it, and the policies that abandoned it? Using dramatic footage, including interviews with residents on the front lines over the last 15 years, this documentary opens a rare historical window into the systematic creation of poverty stricken communities plagued by gun violence.

LA 92

2017

8.2

♡ 2

96%

Daniel Lindsay Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self

Edward James Olmos as Self

Bill Clinton as Self - Democratic Presidential Candidate

Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.

Medium Cool

1969

7.2

♡ 9

96%

presidential election

Thriller

vietnam war

violence

Haskell Wexler Director

Felton Perry as Black Militant

Peter Boyle as Gun Clinic Manager

Marianna Hill as Ruth

Jesse Jackson as Self

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.

Nationtime

1972

7.2

♡ 2

100%

William Greaves Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Isaac Hayes as Self

Al Freeman Jr. as Self

Sidney Poitier as Self - Narrator

A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, and H. Carl McCall.

How Jack Became Black

2018

7.1

♡ 3

86%

Eli Steele Director

Jon Stewart as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self

Louis Armstrong as Self

After his son is denied enrollment by the local elementary school for not identifying his "primary race," a multiracial father journeys through America's maze of Identity Politics to better understand our relentless preoccupation with race.

Muhammad Ali

2021

8.6

♡ 17

Ken Burns Director

Dann Fink as 1 episode, 2021

Keith David as Narrator unknown episodes

Malcolm X as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self unknown episodes

An in-depth look at the life of boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his years as an activist and philanthropist.

Gleason

2016

nfl (national football league)

8.3

96%

new orleans, louisiana

new orleans saints

saints

Clay Tweel Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Eddie Vedder as Self

Mike McCready as Self

John Elway as Self

At the age of 34, former New Orleans Saints defensive back Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS and given a life expectancy of two to five years. Weeks later, Gleason found out his wife, Michel, was expecting their first child. A video journal that began as a gift for his unborn son expands to chronicle Steve’s determination to get his relationships in order, build a foundation to provide other ALS patients with purpose, and adapt to his declining physical condition—utilizing medical technologies that offer the means to live as fully as possible.

Take Me to the River

2014

6.8

♡ 1

73%

Martin Shore Director

Snoop Dogg as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Isaac Hayes as Self

Mavis Staples as Self

Take Me to the River is a film about the soul of American music. The film follows the recording of a new album featuring legends from Stax records and Memphis mentoring and passing on their musical magic to stars and artists of today.

Civil: Ben Crump

2022

5.9

♡ 2

88%

political documentary

social documentary

victim

Nadia Hallgren Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Al Sharpton as Self

Gayle King as Self

Helen Crump as Self

Crump's mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking while Black victims, Crump challenges America to come to terms with what it owes his clients.

True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality

2019

8.3

♡ 1

black lives matter

criminal justice

criminal justice system

prison industrial complex

incarceration

justice

Peter W. Kunhardt Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self Ed Koch

Ed Koch as Self

Janet Maull-Martin as Self

An intimate portrait of Alabama public interest attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who for more than three decades has advocated on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned, seeking to eradicate racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.

Jasper, Texas

2003

6.5

♡ 1

72%

Drama

Jeffrey W. Byrd Director

Jon Voight as Billy Rowles

Blu Mankuma as James Byrd Sr.

Jesse Jackson as Self

Deborah Odell as Woman Reporter

In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

2016